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Alternative Title:
Flux Observations of Carbon from an Airborne Laboratory (FOCAL) system
Personal Author:
Dumas, Edward J. (Edward James); Dobosy, Ronald J.; Senn, David Lawrence; Baker, Clifford Bruce, 1930-; Sayres, D.; ... More +
Dumas, Edward J. (Edward James); Dobosy, Ronald J.; Senn, David Lawrence; Baker, Clifford Bruce, 1930-; Sayres, D.; Tuozzolo, C.; Rivero, M.; Allen, N.; Healy, C.; Munster, J.; Anderson, J.; Less -
Corporate Authors:
Air Resources Laboratory (U.S.), Atmospheric Turbulence and Diffusion Division,;
NOAA Program & Office:
OAR (Oceanic and Atmospheric Research); ARL (Air Resources Laboratory);
OAR (Oceanic and Atmospheric Research); ARL (Air Resources Laboratory); Less -
Description:
The Flux Observations of Carbon from an Airborne Laboratory (FOCAL) project is a cooperative effort among the Anderson Group from Harvard University, Aurora Flight Sciences, and NOAA's Atmospheric Turbulence and Diffusion Division (NOAA/ATDD) to add scientific instruments to a Diamond Aircraft DA-42 Twin Star aircraft to measure fluxes of CO₂ and CH₄ in the planetary boundary layer. The work, funded by the National Science Foundation in 2012, uses the Anderson Group's Integrated Cavity-Output Spectroscopy (ICOS) instrument suite to measure concentrations and isotopologues of CO₂ and CH₄, NOAA/ATDD's Best Airborne Turbulence (BAT) probe to measure atmospheric turbulence in 3-dimensions, and Aurora Flight Sciences' DA-42 Twin Star aircraft to carry the complete instrument package. The DA- 42 collected 36.9 hours of research data based from Deadhorse Airport in Prudhoe Bay, Alaska in August, 2013. A flight track was created to compare the CO₂ and CH₄ flux measurements made by instruments aboard the DA-42 against a groundbased tower which made simultaneous CO₂ and CH₄ flux measurements. Flight tracks were then expanded to measure fluxes far beyond the tower comparison area. Tracks were flown over inland melt-pond lakes and the Arctic Ocean to monitor CH₄ concentrations and fluxes, as well as to compare coincident measurements of bulk water-column and in-situ tundra flux measurements made by the Naval Research Laboratory (NRL). Tracks were also flown to characterize the background CO₂ and CH₄ concentrations around the Prudhoe Bay oil fields. This report describes the NOAA/ATDD BAT probe instrumentation and the August 2013 Alaska flight campaign. [doi:10.7289/V5/TM-OAR-ARL-267 (http://dx.doi.org/10.7289/V5/TM-OAR-ARL-267)]
Content Notes:
E. Dumas, R. Dobosy, D. Senn, B. Baker, D. Sayres, C. Tuozzolo, M. Rivero, N. Allen, C. Healy, J. Munster, J. Anderson. "May 2014." System requirements: Adobe Acrobat Reader. Includes bibliographical references (pages 18-19).
Keywords:
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Analysis
Atmospheric Carbon Dioxide
Atmospheric Chemistry
Atmospheric Circulation
Atmospheric Methane
Boundary Layer (Meteorology)
Dynamic Meteorology
Experiments
Measurement
Meteorological Instruments
Research

Series:
NOAA technical memorandum OAR ARL ; 267;
DOI:
http://doi.org/10.7289/V5/TM-OAR-ARL-267
Document Type:
Technical Memorandum;
Place as Subject:
United States;
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Public Domain
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Library
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urn:sha256:2048ea7fa1d0ab949f646b03c4f7e835578805acbf1d60cdd8effb2a494d9ce8
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