Federal award (DELIVERY ORDER, fiscal year 2023)
Recipient: NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF AEROSPACE ASSOCIATES
Awarding agency: National Aeronautics and Space Administration / National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Funding agency: National Aeronautics and Space Administration / National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Period of performance: 2017-12-14 to 2018-05-04
Current total value of award: $26492.94
Description: PTR-MS (PROTON TRANSFER-MASS SPECTROSCOPY) MEASUREMENTS OF NON-METHANE HYDROCARBONS INSTRUMENT IS CAPABLE OF PROVIDING MEASUREMENTS OF A WIDE ARRAY OF NON-METHANE HYDROCARBON SPECIES WITH HIGH TIME RESOLUTION (E.G., 1 SECOND OR LESS).  EXPERTISE TO MAKE SUCH MEASUREMENTS FROM AN AIRBORNE PLATFORM IS RARE, BUT SUCH MEASUREMENTS ARE NEEDED BY NASA S NORTH ATLANTIC AEROSOLS AND MARINE ECOSYSTEM STUDY (NAAMES) FIELD CAMPAIGN TO HELP UNDERSTAND THE ATMOSPHERIC DISTRIBUTIONS OF THESE IMPORTANT COMPOUNDS AND THEIR ROLE IN ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY.  RECENT CHANGES IN PTR-MS TEAM PERSONNEL NECESSITATE CONTRACTING OUT THE WORK DESCRIBED BELOW.  THE PTR-MS SYSTEM IS INCLUDED IN THE AIRBORNE PAYLOAD FOR THE NAAMES FIELD CAMPAIGN.  THIS TASK SUPPORTS THE FOLLOWING SUBTASKS OF THIS FIELD CAMPAIGN: OPERATION OF THE PTR-MS SYSTEM ONBOARD THE NASA C-130 DURING THE NAAMES MARCH/APRIL 2018 FIELD CAMPAIGN DE-INTEGRATION OF THE PTR-MS SYSTEM FROM THE NASA C-130 AT THE CONCLUSION OF THE FIELD CAMPAIGN PROCESS, QUALITY CONTROL, AND ARCHIVE PRELIMINARY DATA AFTER THE FIELD CAMPAIGN CONCLUDES