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IMPEX: Intercontinental and Mega-city Pollution Experiment Earth Science Division - NASA Ames Research Center • 2006 National Science Foundation C-130 on the ramp at Paine Field, Seattle, WA. Inter-comparison flights wingtip to wingtip the NASA DC-8 provided instrument calibration between aircraft. Intercontinental Mega-city Pollution Experiment was managed by the Ames, Earth Science Project Office out of Seattle, Washington. The experiment was a collaborative effort between the NASA DC-8 and the NSF C-130 aircraft measuring the intercontinental flow of pollutants from Asia into North America. The IMPEX portion of the coordinated INTEX mission was designed to investigate several issues that occur out of Asia and into North America. The NASA DC-8 aircraft, based in Hawaii and Alaska, provided early interception of Asian pollution plums traveling across the Pacific ocean. The NSF C- 130 aircraft engaged the same air mass to characterize the aging of chemicals several days later, as they traveled into North America. In the experiment the Asian pollution plums layered structure was also characterized. The NSF C-130 platform was chosen because it is best suited for lower tropospheric and boundary layer (lower altitude) studies including processes of exchange with the free troposphere. Coordinated flights expanded the scale of measurements and study processes of evolution under a variety of conditions. Several inter- comparison flights with the NASA DC-8, as well as, over fixed points were conducted to develop a unified data set. This very successful mission was conducted in the March and April of 2006. Image here. Preferred formats: JPEG GIF TIFF EPS PSD Image NSF C-130 Atmospheric Chemistry Instrument layout.
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IMPEX: Intercontinental and Mega-city PollutionExperiment
Earth Science Division - NASA Ames Research Center • 2006
National Science Foundation C-130on the ramp at Paine Field, Seattle,WA.
Inter-comparison flights wingtip towingtip the NASA DC-8 providedinstrument calibration between aircraft.
Intercontinental Mega-city Pollution Experiment was managedby the Ames, Earth Science Project Office out of Seattle,Washington. The experiment was a collaborative effort betweenthe NASA DC-8 and the NSF C-130 aircraft measuring theintercontinental flow of pollutants from Asia into NorthAmerica. The IMPEX portion of the coordinated INTEX missionwas designed to investigate several issues that occur out of Asiaand into North America. The NASA DC-8 aircraft, based inHawaii and Alaska, provided early interception of Asianpollution plums traveling across the Pacific ocean. The NSF C-130 aircraft engaged the same air mass to characterize the agingof chemicals several days later, as they traveled into NorthAmerica. In the experiment the Asian pollution plums layeredstructure was also characterized.
The NSF C-130 platform was chosen because it is best suited forlower tropospheric and boundary layer (lower altitude) studiesincluding processes of exchange with the free troposphere.Coordinated flights expanded the scale of measurements and studyprocesses of evolution under a variety of conditions. Several inter-comparison flights with the NASA DC-8, as well as, over fixedpoints were conducted to develop a unified data set.
This very successful mission was conducted in the March andApril of 2006.
Image here.Preferred formats:
JPEGGIFTIFFEPSPSD
Image
NSF C-130 Atmospheric Chemistry Instrument layout.
