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ARCTAS mission update, April 17, 2008
The first three-week phase of an Arctic atmospheric sampling field campaign by a team of multi-agency scientists and three NASA environmental science aircraft is nearing its conclusion, with the aircraft and personnel slated to return to their respective bases beginning the weekend of April 19-20. The field campaign is part of the Arctic Research of the Composition of the Troposphere from Aircraft and Satellites -- or ARCTAS -- a major science field campaign in 2008 to study the atmosphere in the Arctic and high northern latitudes as part of the International Polar Year, a major scientific research effort.
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The first three-week phase of an Arctic atmospheric sampling field campaign by a team of multi-agency scientists and three NASA environmental science aircraft is nearing its conclusion, with the aircraft and personnel slated to return to their respective bases beginning the weekend of April 19-20. The field campaign is part of the Arctic Research of the Composition of the Troposphere from Aircraft and Satellites -- or ARCTAS -- a major science field campaign in 2008 to study the atmosphere in the Arctic and high northern latitudes as part of the International Polar Year, a major scientific research effort.
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News and Features
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ARCTAS mission status update, April 17, 2008
The first three-week phase of the ARCTAS campaign is nearing its conclusion.
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ARCTAS mission status update, April 7, 2008
Scientists aboard NASA's DC-8 airborne laboratory collected data on atmospheric pollution during flights spanning the breadth of northern Canada.
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ARCTAS mission update, April 3, 2008
NASA's DC-8 airborne lab is carrying 22 sophisticated instruments and about 35 scientists during a series of flights for the ARCTAS mission in 2008.
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NASA Studies Arctic Air From the Sky
NASA and its partners have begun the most extensive field campaign ever to study the chemistry of the Arctic's lower atmosphere.
About ARCTAS
ARCTAS: Arctic Research of the Composition of the Troposphere from Aircraft and Satellites
The Arctic is undergoing significant environmental changes related to global climate change. Now, NASA is extensively studying the role of air pollution in this climate-sensitive region as part of the ARCTAS field campaign, the largest airborne experiment ever to do so.
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Notes From the Field
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Sensing the Atmosphere of an Arctic Mission
05.02.08 - Arsineh Hecobian, of Georgia Tech's Department of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, participated in ARCTAS by flying aboard the DC-8.
Media Resources
> ARCTAS Fast Facts
> NASA's ARCTAS project site
Aircraft Fact Sheets
> DC-8
> B200 King Air
> P-3B
Satellite Web Sites
> Aura
> CALIPSO