NOAA WP-3D instrumentation and flight operations on AGASP-II |
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Authors: | R. C. Schnell T. B. Watson B. A. Bodhaine |
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Affiliation: | (1) Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences, University of Colorado, 80309 Boulder, CO;(2) Geophysical Monitoring for Climatic Change, NOAA, 325 Broadway, 80303 Boulder, CO |
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Abstract: | The second Arctic Gas and Aerosol Sampling Program (AGASP-II) was conducted across the non-Soviet Arctic in March and April 1986, to study the aerosol, gaseous, chemical, and optical properties of Arctic haze. One component of the program was supported with an instrumented NOAA WP-3D atmospheric research aircraft. Measurements of wind, temperature, ozone, water vapor, condensation nucleus concentration, and aerosol scattering extinction coefficient were used to determine the locations and properties of haze layers. The first three NOAA WP-3D research flights were conducted north of Barrow, Alaska, and over the Beaufort Sea northeast of Barter Island, Alaska. The next three sampled conditions in the high Arctic near Alert, Northwest Territories, Canada. All basic meteorological, gas, and aerosol systems are described. The WP-3D flight tracks and operations are presented. |
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Keywords: | Arctic haze AGASP-II Arctic airborne atmospheric measurements aircraft gas and aerosol sampling systems Arctic flight operations |
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