2008 Annual Report - NASA Airborne Science Program

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• Arctic Research of the Composition of the Troposphere from Aircraft and Satellite (ARCTAS I) to Pt. Barrow and Fairbanks, Alaska with HSRL. • ARCTAS II deployment to Yellowknife, Canada with HSRL and RSP. • B-200 deployment to Birmingham, Alabama for the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) with HSRL and RSP. • Initial local research flights on the UC-12B for Advance CO2 Sensing of Emissions over Nights, Days and Seasons (ASCENDS) with the LaRC In situ Atmospheric Sampling System and the ITT ACCLAIM instrument. For the EPA mission mentioned above, the B-200 flew 11 sorties from September 16-19 and again from October 12-16, 2008. The EPA was conducting an intensive air quality experiment with several ground-based instruments distributed around the city of Birmingham. The objective of the mission was to acquire vertically-resolved profiles of aerosol optical properties with the LaRC High Spectral Resolution Lidar (HSRL) over EPA ground sites, and upwind and downwind of those sites, to better assess transport into and out of the region, provide a greater spatial context for the ground-based measurements, and determine the degree to which the ground-based instruments capture the aerosol loading in the column. Overall, 11 flights were conducted for a total of 34 flight hours. The mission was considered a success by the EPA, and similar collaborations between NASA and the EPA are being planned for the future. Anticipated activities for FY09 include CALIPSO validation flights across a wide range of latitudes, ASCENDS development flights, MASTER and LVIS integrations, and possible further EPA missions. 74
Twin Otter Twin Otter International aircraft participated in several missions during FY08. The first mission was the Cold Land Processes Experiment (CLPX)-II (Alaska), that was conducted during two phases in December and February, for the Terrestrial Hydrology Program. Twin Otter International provided 165 hours of flight support to the Terrestrial Hydrology Program for CLPX-II. an investigation of the effects of invasive species on ecosystems. The mission suffered significant weather delays, but was successful in the end. A total of 52 hours were flown in Hawaii in support of the Terrestrial Ecology Program. In total, Twin Otter International supported the Airborne Science Program for 321 flight hours in FY08. The second mission of the year was the AVIRIS Hawaii 2008 Campaign during October 2007 to January 2008 for the Terrestrial Ecology Program. This was 75
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TABLE OF CONTENTS Executive Summary
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LIST OF FIGURES Fig. # Caption Page
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CONTRIBUTORS The contribution of th
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SCIENCE MISSIONS &
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ARCTAS Science Focus: Atmospheric C
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sample downwind evolution of Canadi
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Figure 7 ACCLAIM instrument on the
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configurations and interfaces. SIMP
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Figure 8 2008 UAS proposed operatio
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Figure 10 The Oden Research Vessel
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Page 129: APPENDICES In Memoriam Airborne Pro
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Figure 52 Early remote sensing payl
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APPENDIX D Acronyms & Abbreviations
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REVEAL RFI RPI RSD RSP RTMM RVSM Re
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