ARCPAC
Aerosol, Radiation, and Cloud Processes affecting Arctic Climate
A NOAA Climate Program Project for the International Polar Year 2008
Where: Fairbanks, Alaska
When: late March - April 2008
How: The focus of the NOAA Earth System Research Laboratory Chemical Sciences Division's airborne measurement component of this project is the NOAA WP-3D platform.
Who: Investigators in this project include researchers from several universities, industries, and governmental agencies. Participating institutions include Georgia Tech, the University of Colorado at Boulder, and NASA Ames Research Center.
photo collage: Julie Cozic, NOAA ESRL CSD. clockwise: Prudoe Bay plume. Photo: Sara Lance, NOAA ESRL CSD.; Project flight tracks over Alaska. Image: Ken Aikin, NOAA ESRL CSD.; Arctic haze layer (April 12, 2008). Photo: Daniel Lack, NOAA ESRL CSD.; Arctic Ocean leads partially refrozen. Photo: John Nowak, NOAA ESRL CSD; NOAA WP-3D Orion aircraft over the Brooks Range in Alaska (April 12, 2008). Photo: Eric James, NASA ARC.