posted 04-27-2001 03:38 AM
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ACE-Asia plans to work closely with a NASA GTE experiment, TRACE-P (Transport and Chemical Evolution over the Pacific) that is planning to study Asian outflow to the Pacific in February and March of 2001. It will involve flights of both NASA’s P-3 and DC-8 aircraft. The focus of TRACE-P is on photochemistry in Asian outflow, which is complementary to the ACE-Asia aerosol-oriented focus. We plan to coordinate some part of our flight hours and ship observations to take advantage of the complimentary sets of instruments brought by the two programs. We will also work closely with the APEX (Asian Particulate Environment Change Studies) program, being organized by Prof. Nakajima. APEX will coordinate observations during a variety of periods from 2001 through 2004. IV.5. World Wide Web
Further information can be found on the ACE-Asia web site: http://saga.pmel.noaa.gov/aceasia/. The web site includes the Science and Implementation plans for each component, proposed platforms and measurements, instrument working groups, and a list of all persons having asked to be informed about ACE- Asia.
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