ARCTAS AIRCRAFT MISSION AND PLANNING MOVIES

Prepared by Jenny Fisher

Last updated January 30, 2007
The NASA Arctic Research of the Composition of the Troposphere from Aircraft and Satellites (ARCTAS) aircraft mission will take place in spring/summer 2008 as part of the POLARCAT consortium of Arctic composition field campaigns under the auspices of the 2007-2008 International Polar Year. Daniel Jacob is co-leading the planning of the mission and Jenny Fisher is producing mission planning movies.

ARCTAS PLANNING DOCUMENTS:

ARCTAS PLANNING MOVIES:

The movies linked below show carbon monoxide (CO) concentrations from different source regions simulated with the GEOS-Chem chemical transport model in an arctic circumpolar projection. CO is used here as a long-lived tracer of combustion to track the flow patterns to the Arctic of northern mid-latitudes pollution and boreal forest fire plumes.

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Total CO in the Arctic

   

North American Fossil Fuel CO in the Arctic

   

North American Biomass Burning CO in the Arctic

   

European Fossil Fuel CO in the Arctic

   

European Biomass Burning CO in the Arctic

   

Asian Fossil Fuel CO in the Arctic

   

Asian Biomass Burning CO in the Arctic