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DC-8, P-3, and B-200 research flights during the ARCTAS spring deployment1
Flight # |
Date |
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DC-8 |
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3 |
Palmdale-Fairbanks |
April 1 |
TES and MLS validation, Asian pollution |
4 |
Fairbanks-Thule |
April 4 |
OMI BrO validation |
5 |
Thule-Fairbanks |
April 5 |
Summit spiral, OMI BrO validation, North American plume |
6 |
Fairbanks-Iqaluit |
April 8 |
Prudhoe Bay overpass, P-3B intercomparison, Eureka spiral, OMI BrO validation |
7 |
Iqaluit-Fairbanks |
April 9 |
OMI validation, coordination with B-200, missed Barrow landing |
8 |
Fairbanks local 1 |
April 12 |
Asian plume, missed Barrow landing, intercomparison with NOAA P-3 |
9 |
Fairbanks local 2 |
April 16 |
Asian plume, coordination with B-200 |
10 |
Fairbanks local 3 |
April 17 |
N. Pole flight, Asian and European plumes, missed Prudhoe Bay approach |
11 |
Fairbanks-Palmdale |
April 19 |
MLS/CALIPSO underflights, P-3 intercomparison, Asian pollution |
P-3 |
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3 |
Wallops-Yellowknife |
March 31 |
CO structure at several altitudes over & S of Great Lakes. Arctic haze aerosols, incl dust. |
4 |
Yellowknife-Fairbanks |
April 1 |
CO & aerosol plume as predicted by models. Spiral & legs under CALIPSO, OMI track. |
5 |
Fairbanks local 1 |
April 6 |
Spiral & legs under B-200 & CALIPSO, OMI. Square spiral & radiation legs. Albedo, BRDF at Elson Lagoon. |
6 |
Fairbanks-Thule |
April 8 |
DC-8 comparison in stairsteps. Spiral over Eureka during CALIPSO, OMI OP. Albedo, BRDF. |
7 |
Thule-Fairbanks |
April 9 |
Square spiral on CALIPSO, OMI track. BRDF & albedo, ice & cloud. AOD gradient & stack. CO & aerosol structure in predicted plume. |
8 |
Fairbanks local 4 |
April 13 |
Cloud albedo & BRDF. In situ aerosol & CO in Asian transport episode to test models. |
9 |
Fairbanks local 5 |
April 15 |
Comparison & radiation stack w NOAA P-3 under B-200. Cascade impactor. Albedo, BRDF at Elson Lagoon with surface-based meas. Zero ozone over open leads. 6 special albedo sites. Radiation leg on CALIPSO, OMI track. |
10 |
Fairbanks-Moffett Field |
April 19 |
DC-8 comparison on CALIPSO, OMI track. Steps in DC-8 lidar curtain. Square spiral during CALIPSO, OMI OP. Aerosol gradients predicted by models. |
B-200 |
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Barrow local |
April 3 |
CALIPSO Validation over Arctic Ocean NW of Barrow |
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Barrow local |
April 4 |
Coordinated pattern with Convair-580, multiple passes over ARM NSA site, extensive clouds |
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Barrow local |
April 6 |
CALIPSO Validation SW of Barrow, Coordination with P-3, Dust layers in upper troposphere |
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Barrow local |
April 8 |
Two-flights; Coordinated with Convair-580, DOE ISDAC “Golden Dayâ€, extensive low cloud over Barrow, aerosol layers aloft |
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Barrow local |
April 9 |
CALIPSO Validation over western Alaska, Coordinated flight with DC-8 under CALIPSO track and near Barrow, Flight along northwest coast of Alaska, several aerosol layers, ice/aerosol over Barrow |
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Barrow local |
April 10 |
CALIPSO Validation NW of Barrow, extensive aerosol/ice over Barrow and along CALIPSO track |
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Barrow local |
April 12 |
Coordinated CALIPSO track with DC-8 and NOAA P-3 SW of Barrow, considerable biomass burning smoke |
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Barrow to Fairbanks |
April 13 |
Coordinated with NASA P-3 and CALIPSO track over western Alaska, extensive clouds along most of track, coordinated with Convair-580 near Barrow |
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Fairbanks local |
April 15 |
Coordinated with NASA P-3 and NOAA P-3 west of Fairbanks and with CALIPSO track over central Alaska, elevated smoke layers through most of flight |
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Fairbanks-Nome-Barrow |
April 16 |
Two flights; coordination with DC-8 and CALIPSO track over western Alaska; elevated Asian pollution/smoke layers |
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Barrow local |
April 17 |
CALIPSO validation NW of Barrow; DC-8 coordination east of Barrow; aerosol/ice over Barrow |
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Barrow local |
April 19 |
CALIPSO Validation NW of Barrow; coordination with Convair-580 and NOAA P-3 near Barrow; extensive Siberian smoke layers sampled with other aircraft over ARM NSA site |
DC-8, P-3, and B-200 research flights during the ARCTAS summer deployment4
Flight # |
Date |
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DC-8 |
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16 |
Palmdale-Cold Lake |
June 26 |
California fire plumes, OMI validation, HIAPER intercomparison |
17 |
Cold Lake local 1 |
June 29 |
Siberian fire plume, pyroconvective outflow, Saskatchewan fires |
18 |
Cold Lake local 2 |
July 1 |
Near-field evolution of Saskatchewan fire plumes |
19 |
Cold Lake local 3 |
July 4 |
Near-field evolution of Saskatchewan fire plumes, Californian and Siberian fire plumes, TES validation |
20 |
Cold Lake local 4 |
July 5 |
Saskatchewan fire plumes, biogenic emissions |
21 |
Cold Lake-Thule |
July 8 |
Siberian fires and Asian pollution |
22 |
Thule local |
July 9 |
MOPITT validation over Summit, intercomparison with DLR Falcon, Siberian fires and Asian pollution |
23 |
Thule-Cold Lake |
July 10 |
P-3 intercomparison, Alberta oil sands emissions |
24 |
Cold Lake-Palmdale |
July 14 |
California fire plumes |
P-3 |
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11 |
Moffett Field - Local |
June 22 |
Power plant plume, CAR circles, ship plume, AERONET, Terra, sonde, smoke. |
12 |
Moffett-Los Angeles-Moffett |
June 24 |
19 ship plume crossings. Profiles under Terra & Aqua. Ocean BRDF (calm & 50-kt winds). Fire plumes & pollution plumes. |
Moffett Field-Cold Lake |
June 26 |
Lake Tahoe smoke radiation study in DC-8 lidar curtain & under Terra. Lake albedo & BRDF. Central Valley smoke gradient legs. |
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15 |
Cold Lake local 1 |
June 28 |
Sampled many fire plumes (incl. pyrocumulus) in many stages of development under B-200. |
16 |
Cold Lake local 2 |
June 29 |
Fire plumes. Albedo, BRDF over lake & land. Ft. McMurray plume. DC-8 comparison scrubbed by clouds. |
17 |
Cold Lake local 3 |
June 30 |
CALIPSO, OMI underflight w AOD & in situ. Black & white smoke. In situ & radiation under B-200. BRDF over smoke pall. Asian pollution w dust as predicted by models. |
18 |
Cold Lake local 4 |
July 2 |
Radiation work under B-200. Aerosol evolution in downwind transport. Pyrocumulus. |
19 |
Cold Lake local 5 |
July 3 |
Ft McMurray AERONET spiral in regional biomass haze. MODIS-MISR-MOPITT spiral. B-200 + CALIPSO, OMI spiral. Radiation stack. Forest BRDF. Fresh smoke sampling + downwind evolution. Radiation-AOD-in situ ramp. |
20 |
Cold Lake local 6 |
July 6 |
Radiation profiles & legs under Terra. BRDF of blue & muddy water. Cloud edges under B-200. Dense smoke spirals under B-200. Radiation stacks. CAR in cloud. PyroCu outflow. |
21 |
Cold Lake local 7 |
July 7 |
Radiative forcing efficiency of Asian/Siberian plume. Aerosol effects on MODIS-Terra cloud sensing. Tests of model aerosol, CO, & O3 predictions. Radiation stacks. CAR circles over AERONET. In situ-AATS-AERONET spiral. |
22 |
Cold Lake local 8 |
July 9 |
Spirals & radiation legs under Terra-MISR. Radiation legs + stacks in fire plumes under B-200 + CALIPSO, OMI. Black & white smoke. |
23 |
Cold Lake local 9 |
July 10 |
DC-8 intercomparison under B-200. Cloud edge work. Ft. McMurray sampling. Camsell & Viking fires—greatest CO, AOD>4. |
24 |
Cold Lake-BWI-Wallops |
July 14 |
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B-200 |
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Yellowknife local |
June 28 |
Extensive clouds along CALIPSO Validation track; coordination with NASA P-3 over fires near Lake Athabasca |
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Yellowknife local |
June 29 |
Coordination with DC-8 over fires and smoke near Lake Athabasca; elevated aerosol layers also observed |
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Yellowknife local |
June 30 |
CALIPSO Validation and coordination with NASA P-3 along CALIPSO track and over fires/smoke between Lakes Athabasca and Reindeer; Asian pollution and dust |
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Yellowknife local |
July 2 |
Two flights; Coordination with NASA P-3 over fresh and aged smoke; CALIPSO Validation on second flight |
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Yellowknife local |
July 3 |
CALIPSO Validation and NASA P-3 coordination along CALIPSO track; extensive aerosollayers along track |
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Yellowknife local |
July 6 |
Two flights; first flight around Yellowknife found no fresh smoke; second flight was coordination with P-3 for fires/smoke near Lake Athabasca |
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Yellowknife-Cold Lake-Edmonton |
July 7 |
Two flights: Asian/Siberian smoke over Alberta |
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Edmonton local and Edmonton-Yellowknife |
July 8 |
Two flights; Asian/Siberian smoke over western Alberta/eastern British Columbia; CALIPSO Validation over northern Alberta |
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Yellowknife local |
July 9 |
CALIPSO Validation; coordination with NASA P-3 along CALIPSO track an in area of dense smoke |
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Yellowknife local |
July 10 |
CALIPSO validation; coordination with NASA P-3 and DC-near Yellowknife |
2 Palmdale, California (35N, 118W), Wallops, Virginia (38N, 75W), and Moffett Field California (37N, 122W) were the aircraft home bases.
3 All flights in the spring deployment targeted pollution layers from mid-latitudes. The DC-8 flights featured extensive vertical profiling from 0.45 km altitude to the stratosphere.
5 Palmdale, California (35N, 118W) and Moffett Field California (37N, 122W) were the aircraft home bases.