Journal article
The NASA Airborne Tropical TRopopause EXperiment (ATTREX): High-Altitude Aircraft Measurements in the Tropical Western Pacific
Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society, Vol.98(1), pp.129-144
01/23/2017
DOI: 10.1175/BAMS-D-14-00263.1
PMCID: PMC7375333
PMID: 32699427
Abstract
The February through March 2014 deployment of the NASA Airborne Tropical TRopopause EXperiment (ATTREX) provided unique in situ measurements in the western Pacific Tropical Tropopause Layer (TTL). Six flights were conducted from Guam with the long-range, high-altitude, unmanned Global Hawk aircraft. The ATTREX Global Hawk payload provided measurements of water vapor, meteorological conditions, cloud properties, tracer and chemical radical concentrations, and radiative fluxes. The campaign was partially coincident with the CONTRAST and CAST airborne campaigns based in Guam using lower-altitude aircraft (see companion articles in this issue). The ATTREX dataset is being used for investigations of TTL cloud, transport, dynamical, and chemical processes as well as for evaluation and improvement of global-model representations of TTL processes. The ATTREX data is openly available at https:espoarchive.nasa.gov.
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- The NASA Airborne Tropical TRopopause EXperiment (ATTREX): High-Altitude Aircraft Measurements in the Tropical Western Pacific
- Creators
- Eric J. Jensen - Ames Research CenterLeonhard Pfister - Ames Research CenterDavid E. Jordan - Ames Research CenterThaopaul V. Bui - Ames Research CenterRei Ueyama - Ames Research CenterHanwant B. Singh - Ames Research CenterTroy Thornberry - Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental SciencesAndrew W. Rollins - Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental SciencesRu-Shan Gao - NOAA Earth System Research LaboratoryDavid W. Fahey - NOAA Earth System Research LaboratoryKaren H. Rosenlof - NOAA Earth System Research LaboratoryJames W. Elkins - NOAA Earth System Research LaboratoryGlenn S. Diskin - Langley Research CenterJoshua P. DiGangi - Langley Research CenterR. Paul Lawson - Stratton Park Engineering Company (United States)Sarah Woods - Stratton Park Engineering Company (United States)Elliot L. Atlas - University of MiamiMaria A. Navarro Rodriguez - Miami UniversitySteven C. Wofsy - Harvard University PressJasna Pittman - Harvard University PressCharles G. Bardeen - NSF National Center for Atmospheric ResearchOwen B. Toon - University of Colorado BoulderBruce C. Kindel - University of Colorado BoulderPaul A. Newman - Goddard Space Flight CenterMatthew J. McGill - Goddard Space Flight CenterDennis L. Hlavka - Science Systems and Applications (United States)Leslie R. Lait - Morgan State UniversityMark R. Schoeberl - Science and Technology Corporation, Columbia, Maryland.John W. Bergman - Mental Research InstituteHenry B. Selkirk - Universities Space Research AssociationM. Joan Alexander - Northwest Research AssociatesJi-Eun Kim - Northwest Research AssociatesBoon H. Lim - Jet Propulsion LaboratoryJochen Stutz - University of California, Los AngelesKlaus Pfeilsticker - Heidelberg University
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Publication Details
- Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society, Vol.98(1), pp.129-144
- DOI
- 10.1175/BAMS-D-14-00263.1
- PMID
- 32699427
- PMCID
- PMC7375333
- NLM abbreviation
- Bull Am Meteorol Soc
- ISSN
- 0003-0007
- eISSN
- 1520-0477
- Publisher
- American Meteorological Society
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 01/23/2017
- Description audience
- PUBLIC
- Academic Unit
- Physics and Astronomy; Chemical and Biochemical Engineering
- Record Identifier
- 9984277264702771
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