Tunable laser spectrometers for Earth studies:

• ALIAS   Aircraft Laser Infrared Absorption Spectrometer for the ER-2: HCl, N₂O, CH₄, CO, NO₂ 
  and isotopic water HDO, H₂¹⁸O, H₂O measurements on the WB57F aircraft.
  Adventures in Sweden: Katy's  SOLVE mission web-page.
  Adventures in Houston and Key West:Katy's CRYSTAL-FACE mission web-page.
  Coming Soon! Adventures in Costa Rica: proposed schedule for AVE mission

• ALIAS II Airborne Laser Infrared Absorption Spectrometer-II for balloon and UAV: N₂O, CH₄, and HCl.
  Adventures in Ft. Sumner New Mexico: Oct. 2002: Katy's Balloon flight web-page
  

• More adventures from Ft. Sumner New Mexico, September 2004: Aaron's Ft. Sumner 2004 web-page
  

• ER-2, DC-8, and WB57 aircraft: JPL Near-IR Laser Spectrometers for stratospheric and tropospheric H₂O measurements.
  
• Aircraft Laser Isotope Spectrometer (ALIS)  for ¹³CO_2, OC¹⁸O, ¹²CO₂ on the WB-57F and DC-8 aircraft.

• Laser Paleothermometer  measuring H₂¹⁸O/H₂O on Earth and Mars for Determining Climate Change.
   
• WISP   Water Isotope Spectrometer for HDO/H₂O measurements of the Earth's upper troposphere.

• BLISS   Balloon-borne Laser In Situ Spectrometer for Earth's stratosphere: HCl, N₂O, CH₄, CO, NO₂, NO, HNO_3.

• UAV   Atmospheric Water and Climate Change:  A UAV Science Demonstration.
  
  
• CO₂ Laser Absorption Spectrometer for profiling CO₂ in Earth's troposphere

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