Chris Cantrell and Becky Anderson of the National Center for Atmospheric Research assess the CIMS instrument's operation during ARCTAS mission preparations

Climate researchers from the National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR) and several universities install and perform functional checkouts of a variety of sensitive atmospheric instruments on NASA's DC-8 airborne laboratory prior to beginning the ARCTAS mission.

Climate researchers from the National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR) and several universities install and perform functional checkouts of a variety of sensitive atmospheric instruments on NASA's DC-8 airborne laboratory prior to beginning the ARCTAS mission.

Photographer NASA/Tony Landis
Location AFRC
Chris CantrellBecky AndersonNational Center for Atmospheric ResearchCIMS instrumentArctic Research of the Composition of the Troposphere from AircrARCTASThree NASA research aircraftground stationsweather balloonsDC-8 flying laboratory21 experiments35 scientistsInternational Polar YearFairbanksAlaskaThuleGreenlandthick aerosol layersarctic hazeCold LakeAlbertaCanadaboreal forest firesnorthwest Canada