2008 Annual Report - NASA Airborne Science Program
2008 Annual Report - NASA Airborne Science Program
2008 Annual Report - NASA Airborne Science Program
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Figure 4<br />
DC-8 Arrival in Thule, Greenland, April 4,<br />
<strong>2008</strong>. The DC-8 remained in Thule overnight<br />
and returned to Fairbanks the following day.<br />
2. Boreal forest fires and their implications for<br />
atmospheric composition and climate.<br />
3. Aerosol radiative forcing from arctic<br />
haze, boreal fires, surface deposited black<br />
carbon, and other perturbations.<br />
4. Chemical processes with focus on ozone,<br />
aerosols, mercury, and halogens.<br />
The ARCTAS experiment centered on three<br />
<strong>NASA</strong> aircraft, the DC-8, P-3B and B-200. The<br />
DC-8 flew 184 total flight hours in 22 sorties<br />
with a payload of 21 scientific instruments<br />
examining chemistry and aerosols. The P-<br />
3B logged 178 flight hours with 21sorties<br />
consisting of a payload of nine instruments<br />
examining radiation and aerosols. The B-200<br />
flew 176 flight hours over 48 sorties with the<br />
High Spectral Resolution Lidar (the primary<br />
validation instrument for CALIPSO) and the<br />
Research Scanning Polarimeter (the airborne<br />
simulator for the GLORY satellite instrument).<br />
These aircraft, along with ground sites and<br />
support staff, involved over 300 scientists and<br />
associates across eight <strong>NASA</strong> installations,<br />
12 Universities, three government labs, and<br />
numerous support organizations. The extent<br />
of satellite, aircraft and ground coordination<br />
with observations, and use of real-time<br />
information transfer between and among the<br />
aircraft and ground to achieve the science<br />
and validation goals during ARCTAS was<br />
unprecedented.<br />
The Project Scientists for the ARCTAS<br />
mission were Dr. Daniel Jacob of Harvard<br />
University and Dr. Hanwant Singh of <strong>NASA</strong><br />
Ames. The Platform Scientist for the DC-8<br />
was Dr. Jack Dibb of the University of New<br />
Hampshire. The Platform Scientist for the<br />
P-3 was Dr. Phil Russell of <strong>NASA</strong> Ames. For<br />
the B-200, the Platform Scientists were Dr.<br />
Chris Hostetler and Dr. Richard Ferrare of<br />
<strong>NASA</strong> Langley. The Chief Meteorologist was<br />
Dr. Henry Fuelberg of Florida State University.<br />
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