Field Campaigns
CSL pursues field campaigns to advance scientific knowledge of our core research areas of air quality, climate, and the stratosphere as well as to address programmatic/stakeholder priorities. Field campaigns are an essential part of the CSL science portfolio. The size and scope of the field campaigns sets CSL apart from other research institutions.
2022
- Atmospheric Emissions and Reactions Observed from Megacities to Marine Areas (AEROMMA) May - July 2022, Ontario, CA and Portsmouth, NH
- Coastal Urban Plume Dynamics Study (CUPiDS) June - August 2022, NYC region
2021
- Asian Summer Monsoon Chemical & CLimate Impact Project (ACCLIP) Summer 2021, South Korea
2020
- POPS Stratollite Mission 2020 - 2021, Tucson, AZ
- PickUp based Mobile Atmospheric Sounder (PUMAS) June - October 2020, Colorado Front Range
- COVID Air Quality Study (COVID-AQS) Spring 2020, Boulder, CO
- Atlantic Tradewind Ocean-Atmosphere Mesoscale Interaction Campaign (ATOMIC) January - February 2020, tropical North Atlantic
2019
- Stratéole-2: Long-duration balloon flights at the tropical tropopause engineering campaign October 2019 - March 2020, Seychelles
- POPSnet-Southern Great Plains (SGP) September 2019 - August 2021, Kansas - Oklahoma
- Fire Influence on Regional to Global Environments and Air Quality (FIREX-AQ) 2019 wildfire season, Western U.S.
- Nighttime Fire Observations eXperiment (NightFOX) - UAS wildfire measurements in support of FIREX-AQ and fire weather forecasting 2019 wildfire season, Western U.S.
2018
- Propagation of Intra-Seasonal Tropical Oscillations (PISTON) Summer and Fall 2018, Philippine Sea
- Cloud Properties Experiment (CPEX) Summer 2018, Golden, CO
- New York Investigations of Consumer Emissions (NYICE) March and July 2018, New York City metro
- Atmospheric Tomography Mission (ATom) -4 Spring 2018, global
2017
- 30 year Remembrance – Airborne Antarctic Ozone Experiment (AAOE) 1987 August - September 1987, Punta Arenas, Chile
- Atmospheric Tomography Mission (ATom) -3 Fall 2017, global
- East Pacific Origins and Characteristics of Hurricanes (EPOCH) Project August 2017, Palmdale, CA
- Land-Atmosphere Feedback Experiment (LAFE) Summer 2017, Lamont, OK
- Fires, Asian, and Stratospheric Transport - Las Vegas Ozone Study (FAST-LVOS) May - June 2017, Clark County, NV
- Utah Winter Fine Particulate Study (UWFPS) January - February 2017, northern Utah basins
- Atmospheric Tomography Mission (ATom) -2 Winter 2017, global
2016
- Pacific Oxidants, Sulfur, Ice, Dehydration, and cONvection (POSIDON) Experiment October 2016, Guam
- Fire Influence on Regional and Global Environments Experiment (FIREX) Fire Lab October - November 2016, Missoula, MT
- Atmospheric Tomography Mission (ATom) -1 Summer 2016, global
- California Baseline Ozone Transport Study (CABOTS) Spring - Summer 2016, Central California
- KORUS-AQ: An International Cooperative Air Quality Field Study in Korea Spring 2016, Korea
- AeroMarine March 2016, Reunion Island, Indian Ocean
2015
- Aliso Canyon Study October 2015 - February 2016, Los Angeles, CA
- Volcano-plume Investigation Readiness and Gas-phase and Aerosol Sulfur (VIRGAS) October 2015, Houston, TX
- 2nd Wind Forecast Improvement Project (WFIP2) 2015 - 2017, Columbia River Basin, eastern OR & WA
- Shale Oil and Natural Gas Nexus (SONGNEX) - Studying the Atmospheric Effects of Changing Energy Use in the U.S. at the Nexus of Air Quality and Climate Change April - May 2015, Western U.S.
- Study of Aerosol Optical Properties with Manta Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS) April 2015, Svalbard, Norway
- Experimental Measurement Campaign (XMC) for Planetary Boundary Layer (PBL) Instrument Assessment (XPIA) Spring 2015, Erie, CO
- Wintertime INvestigation of Transport, Emissions, and Reactivity (WINTER) January - March 2015, Mid-Atlantic region
2014
- Denver-Julesburg Basin Flux Study (DJFlux) Fall 2014, Erie, CO
- Agricultural Emissions Studies Summer 2014, Northeastern Colorado
- Front Range Air Pollution and Photochemistry Éxperiment (FRAPPÉ) / Deriving Information on Surface conditions from Column and Vertically Resolved Observations Relevant to Air Quality (DISCOVER-AQ) July - August 2014, Colorado Front Range
- Lidar Uncertainty Measurement EXperiment (LUMEX) June - July 2014, Erie, CO
- Campaigns of Air Quality Research in Beijing and Surrounding Regions (CARE-Beijing) June - July 2014, North China Plain
- Twin Otter Projects Defining Oil/gas Well emissioNs (TOPDOWN) May - June and October 2014, North Dakota, Colorado, New Mexico
- NOAA Seed Project - Manta Unmanned Aircraft System (UAS) April 2014, Yakima, WA
- Airborne Tropical Tropopause Experiment (ATTREX) January - March 2014, Palmdale, CA and Guam
- Energy and Environment - Uintah Basin Winter Ozone Study (E&E UBWOS) January - March 2014, Horse Pool, UT
2013
- Deriving Information on Surface conditions from Column and Vertically Resolved Observations Relevant to Air Quality (DISCOVER-AQ) September 2013, Houston, TX
- Studies of Emissions and Atmospheric Composition, Clouds and Climate Coupling by Regional Surveys (SEAC4RS) August - September 2013, Houston, TX
- Las Vegas Ozone Study (LVOS) May - June 2013, Angel Peak, NV
- Southeast Nexus (SENEX) - Studying the Interactions Between Natural and Anthropogenic Emissions at the Nexus of Climate Change and Air Quality Summer 2013, Southeast U.S.
- Indiana Flux Study (INFlux) Spring 2013 - 2015, Indianapolis, IN
- Texas Flux Study (TXFlux) Spring and Fall 2013, Houston, TX
- Energy and Environment - Uintah Basin Winter Ozone Study (E&E UBWOS) January - March 2013, Horse Pool, UT
- Airborne Tropical Tropopause Experiment (ATTREX) Winter 2012-2013, Palmdale, CA
2012
- Summer Ozone Near Natural gas Emissions (SONNE) July - August 2012, Erie, CO
- Deep Convective Clouds & Chemistry (DC3) Experiment May - June 2012, Salina, KS
- Denver-Julesburg Basin CH4 Flux Study April - June 2012, Denver-Julesburg Basin, CO
- Energy and Environment - Uintah Basin Winter Ozone Study (E&E UBWOS) January - March 2012, Horse Pool, UT
2011
- Dynamics of the Madden-Julian Oscillation (DYNAMO) August - December 2011, Indian Ocean
- Airborne Tropical Tropopause Experiment (ATTREX) Fall 2011, Palmdale, CA
- Biofuel Crops emission of Ozone pRecursors iNtensive (BioCORN) July - August 2011, Fort Collins, CO
- HIAPER Pole-to-Pole Observations (HIPPO) IV & V Summer 2011, Pacific Basin
- Turbine Wake and Inflow Characterization Study (TWICS) April - May 2011, Golden, CO
- Mid-latitude Airborne Cirrus Properties Experiment (MACPEX) March - April 2011, Ellington Field, TX
- Nitrogen, Aerosol Composition, and Halogens on a Tall Tower (NACHTT) February - March 2011, Erie, CO
2010
- Deepwater Horizon June 2010, Gulf of Mexico
- California Research at the Nexus of Air Quality and Climate Change (CalNex) May - July 2010, Southern CA
- Global Hawk Pacific Mission (GloPac) Winter 2010, Palmdale, CA
2009
- HIAPER Pole-to-Pole Observations (HIPPO) of Carbon Cycle and Greenhouse Gases Study - Phase I January 2009, Pacific Basin
2008
- CONtrail and Cirrus ExpeRimenT (CONCERT) November 2008, Oberpfaffenhofen, Germany
- Boulder Atmospheric Observatory (BAO) Summer 2008, Erie, CO
- Aerosol, Radiation, and Cloud Processes affecting Arctic Climate (ARCPAC) Spring 2008, Fairbanks, AK
- International Chemistry Experiment in the Arctic LOwer Troposphere (ICEALOT) Spring 2008, North Atlantic
2007
- Tropical Composition, Cloud and Climate Coupling (TC4) Summer 2007, San Jose, Costa Rica
- VAMOS Ocean-Cloud-Atmosphere-Land Study (VOCALS) June 2007, Southeast Pacific
2006
- Costa Rica - Aura Validation Experiment (CRAVE) Winter 2006, San Jose, Costa Rica
- 2006 Texas Air Quality Study / Gulf of Mexico Atmospheric Composition and Climate Study (TexAQS/GoMACCS) late Summer 2006, Houston, TX
2005 and prior
- UAS Flight Demonstration Project 2005 April - November 2005, Palmdale, CA
- Rain in Cumulus over the Ocean Experiment (RICO) January 2005, Eastern Atlantic and Western Caribbean
- Aura Validation Experiment (AVE) Fall 2004, Houston, TX
- North American Monsoon Experiment (NAME) 2004 2004, Mexico
- International Consortium for Atmospheric Research on Transport and Transformation (ICARTT) – NEAQS - ITCT 2004 Summer 2004, New England
- Pre- Aura Validation Experiment (Pre-AVE) Winter 2004, San Jose, Costa Rica
- Lamar Low-Level Jet Program (LLLJP) September 2003, Southeastern Colorado
- New England Air Quality Study (NEAQS) 2002 Summer 2002, New England
- Cirrus Regional Study of Tropical Anvils and Cirrus Layers - Florida Area Cirrus Experiment (CRYSTAL-FACE) Summer 2002, Key West, FL
- Intercontinental Transport and Chemical Transformation (ITCT) 2002 Spring 2002, Coastal California
- fourth Convection And Moisture EXperiment (CAMEX-4) Summer - Fall 2001, Florida
- Eastern Pacific Investigation of Climate (EPIC) September - October 2001, Eastern Pacific
- Aircraft Plume Study May 2001, Los Angeles, CA
- Texas Air Quality Study (TexAQS) 2000 August - September 2000, Houston, Texas
- SAGE III Ozone Loss and Validation Experiment (SOLVE) 2000, Kiruna, Sweden
- Southern Oxidant Study (SOS) 1999 June - July 1999, Tennessee Valley
- Atmospheric Chemistry of Combustion Emissions Near the Tropopause (ACCENT) March 1999 - September 2000, Houston, TX
- WB-57F Aerosol Mission (WAM) Spring 1998, Houston, TX
- Southern Oxidant Study (SOS) 1995 July 1995, Tennessee Valley
- Airborne Antarctic Ozone Experiment (AAOE) 1987 August - September 1987, Punta Arenas, Chile