CalNex 2010

Research at the Nexus of Air Quality and Climate Change

Where: California and the eastern Pacific coastal region

When: May - July 2010

How: The focus of the NOAA Earth System Research Laboratory Chemical Sciences Division's measurement component of this project will be the NOAA WP-3D and Twin Otter Remote Sensing aircraft, the R/V Atlantis ship platform as well as ground sites.

Who: Investigators in this project include researchers from several universities, industries, and governmental agencies. Participating institutions include Georgia Tech and the University of Colorado at Boulder.

Schematic diagram of the trade-offs between the implications for regional air quality and global climate change of new policies for management of the atmosphere. The gray ellipse approximately represents the direction of current trends in the U.S.

Schematic diagram of the trade-offs between the implications for regional air quality and global climate change of new policies for management of the atmosphere. The gray ellipse approximately represents the direction of current trends in the U.S.