Glen Sachse of NASA's Langley Research Center adjusts the Differential Absorption CO Measurement, or DACOM, instrument mounted in NASA's DC-8 flying laboratory in preparation for the Operation Ice Bridge deployment to the Antarctic. Operation IceBridge
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Mission: Operation IceBridge 2009
Glen Sachse of NASA’s Langley Research Center adjusted the Differential Absorption CO Measurement, or DACOM, instrument mounted in NASA’s DC-8 flying laboratory in preparation for the Operation IceBridge deployment to the Antarctic. DACOM measured carbon monoxide, nitrous oxide, and methane during the Operation IceBridge mission to the Antarctic.September 29, 2009
NASA photo / Tom Tschida