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[04/27/08] Time Warner So Cal News
NASA's ARCTAS Program [VIDEO Video]

[04/22/08] CBC News
Scientists study Arctic haze for clues to northern melting

[04/22/08] The New York Times
Scientists study Arctic haze for clues to rapid melting

[04/19/08] Fairbanks Daily News-Miner
Agencies go sky high to study Arctic haze

DC-8 OVERVIEW
The DC-8's primary purpose is to provide a platform where researchers can gather data while in flight. It allows several experiments to take place simultaneously and with constant conditions.   More >
DC-8
NEXT MISSION - ARCTAS
Arctic Research of the Composition of the Troposphere from Aircraft and Satellites - Spring/Summer 2008
ARCTAS
ARCTAS will involve two deployments in spring/summer of 2008. The spring deployment will target arctic haze, anthropogenic pollution in general, stratosphere-troposphere exchange, and sunrise photochemistry. The summer deployment will target boreal forest fires, stratosphere-troposphere exchange, and summertime photochemistry.   More >

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