DC-8 Missions

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

PAVE POLAR AURA VALIDATION EXPERIMENT (PAVE) WINTER (Jan-Feb) 2005 DC-8 Locales: Portsmouth, NH Organization / Instrumentation Portsmouth, NH Polar Aura

INTEX-NA THE INTERCONTINENTAL CHEMICAL TRANSPORT EXPERIMENT (NA) SUMMER (May-Aug) 2004 DC-8 Locales: Edwards, CA Organization / Instrumentation MidAmerica/Mascoutah, Il North American Plume Portsmouth, NH North American TransAtlantic Outflow