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Intercontinental Chemical Transport Experiment - N.America
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http://cloud1.arc.nasa.gov/intex-na/ http://cloud1.arc.nasa.gov/intex-na/desc.html The government says it knows nothing about any of this,Chemtrails.You have to ask the right questions to get the right answers. INTEX-NA Mission Description & Science Objectives
Mission Description
The principal NASA platform for the summer 2004 INTEX-NA mission is the DC-8 with long range and high altitude capability. This platform will be equipped with a comprehensive suite of in-situ and remote sensing instrumentation to provide a comprehensive suite of chemical, physical, and optical measurements involving gases and aerosols.
Complementing the NASA DC-8 will be as many as 12 other aircraft that will be concurrently operated over North America and Atlantic. Additionally several satellites (Terra, Aqua, Aura, Envisat) will be making atmospheric chemistry measurements from space. Interaction with ongoing satellites measurement programs is an important goal of INTEX-NA. INTEX-NA objectives require the use of satellite data and will also under fly key satellite instruments to validate their results. These platforms have complementary capabilities and their operation will be coordinated to maximize overall scientific output. The NASA DC-8 will be operated from bases in California, Illinois, Missouri, and New Hampshire. Flights will pursue targeted objectives with optimized observational priorities.
Meteorological and chemical forecasts provided by a number of groups will be the principal means for flight planning. Output from a number of models with varying resolution and capabilities will be available for this purpose. These models will also play a critical role in post mission analysis of data.
Science Objectives
The principal science objectives of INTEX-NA are to:
- Quantify the outflow of radiatively and chemically important trace gases and aerosols from North America to the Atlantic, and relate this outflow to our understanding of sources and sinks over North America and elsewhere;
- Understand the transport and chemical evolution of the North American outflow over the Atlantic, and assess the impact and implications of the intercontinental transport of pollution on the global atmosphere and on regional air quality and climate;
- Quantify the transpacific transport of Asian pollution to North America and its implications for air quality (Phase B).
INTEX-NA will also perform the following important supporting functions that address critical needs and greatly facilitate the achievement of its objectives:
- Utilize INTEX-NA airborne platforms and observational strategy to validate key satellite observations (e. g. H2O, O3, NO2, HNO3, CO, CH4 and HCN) in the troposphere especially from the Aura and Envisat platforms.
- Support the North American Carbon Program to quantify the North American carbon sink through direct observations of climatically relevant trace gases (e. g. CO2 and methane) and aerosols across North America and beyond.
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Mon Mar 19, 2007 2:47 pm
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The above info is made possible because of this lady's post,Thanks to Devvy Kidd. http://www.newswithviews.com/Devvy/kidd257.htm
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Mon Mar 19, 2007 11:36 pm
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http://cloud1.arc.nasa.gov/arctas/docs/arctas_wp.pdf
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