DC-8 Missions

OIB OPERATION ICE BRIDGE FALL (Sep-Nov) 2009 DC-8 Locales: Palmdale, CA Organization / Instrumentation Punta Arenas, Chile Base of Operations Antarctica Glacier Topography Mapping Antarctica Sea Ice extent and thickness measurements

SARP 2009

STUDENT AIRBORNE RESEARCH PROGRAM 2009 SUMMER (Jul-Aug) 2009 DC-8 Locales: Palmdale, CA Organization / Instrumentation Central Valley, CA Dairy Farm Emissions Monterey Bay, CA Algae Blooms Central Valley, CA Agricultural Practices in Almond and Cotton Fields

ATV AUTOMATED TRANSFER VEHICLE September 2008 DC-8 Locales: Palmdale, CA Organization / Instrumentation Papeete, Tahiti ATV re-entry observation flight

AMISA ARCTIC MECHANISIMS FOR INTERACTION BETWEEN SURFACE AND ATMOSPHERE August 2008 DC-8 Locales: Palmdale, CA Organization / Instrumentation Kiruna, Sweden Aerosols, Sea Ice

ARCTAS ARCTIC RESEARCH OF THE COMPOSITION OF THE TROPOSPHERE FROM AIRCRAFT AND SATELLITES SPRING (Apr) 2008 SUMMER (Jun-Jul) 2008 DC-8 Locales: Palmdale, CA Organization / Instrumentation Thule, Greenland Aerosols, Arctic Haze Fairbanks, AK Aerosols, Arctic Haze Yellowknife, NWT Biomass Burning Cold Lake, AB, Canada Biomass Burning

TC-4 TROPICAL COMPOSITION CLOUD & CLIMATE COUPLING SUMMER (Jul) 2007 DC-8 Locales: Grand Forks, ND Organization / Instrumentation Costa Rica Tropical troposphere analysis

NAMMA NASA AFRICAN MONSOON MULTIDISCIPLINARY ACTIVITIES SUMMER-FALL (Aug-Sep) 2006 DC-8 Locales: Grand Forks, ND Organization / Instrumentation Cape Verde Islands Tropical cyclogenesis

INTEX-B THE INTERCONTINENTAL CHEMICAL TRANSPORT EXPERIMENT (B) SPRING (Mar-May) 2006 DC-8 Locales: Grand Forks, ND Test Flights Houston, TX Mexico City Megaplex Pollution Honolulu, HI & Anchorage, AK Asian Pollution

STARDUST REENTRY STARDUST MISSION HYPERVELOCITY CAPSULE REENTRY WINTER (Oct-Jan) 2005-06 (Arrival: January 15, 2006) DC-8 Locales: Grand Forks, ND Organization / Instrumentation NASA Ames, CA Mission

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