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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
2021
2020
2019
Taken from the cockpit of the NASA DC-8 at about 30,000 feet during a FIREX-AQ science flight – a historic flight for pyrocumulonimbus cloud research, providing the first detailed observations of pyroCb outflow at high altitudes. Layers of smoke in the atmosphere near the wildfire produced thunderstorm make the sun appear orange. Photo: David Peterson, NRL
2018
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
A container of instruments moves up the BAO tower while the NASA P3-B flies by during the multi-agency air quality study DISCOVER-AQ . Photo: Will von Dauster, NOAA
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 (SEAC4 RS) 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
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
2009
2008
NASA P-3B in flight sampling Arctic haze layer over Alaska during ARCPAC . Photo: Julie Cozic, NOAA / CIRES
2007
2006
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