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 10<br />
The Oden Research Vessel<br />
taken from the <strong>NASA</strong> DC-8<br />
during an AMISA mission flight.<br />
Photo credit: Rick Shetter.<br />
particle properties and their size distribution.<br />
These data will be used directly to further the<br />
understanding of the relationship between<br />
cloud processes, atmospheric radiation and<br />
the Arctic climate. They will also be used to<br />
test and validate similar measurements taken<br />
by <strong>NASA</strong> satellites.<br />
While on the ground in Kiruna, the DC-8 and<br />
its team of scientists and flight crew were<br />
housed in the Arena Arctica at the Kiruna<br />
Airport, located at 67 degrees North latitude,<br />
above the Arctic Circle. The large hangar<br />
and environmental science facility served<br />
as the deployment site for two previous<br />
<strong>NASA</strong> science field campaigns involving the<br />
DC-8, the SOLVE campaign in 2000 and the<br />
SOLVE-II campaign in 2003.<br />
The AMISA mission was an International<br />
Polar Year (IPY) project organized in<br />
conjunction with a related European IPY<br />
project, the Arctic Summer Cloud Ocean<br />
Study (ASCOS).<br />
URL: http://www.nserc.und.edu/missions/<br />
AMISA.html<br />
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