ARCTAS
Arctic Research of the Composition of the Troposphere from Aircraft and Satellites
past Mission
Type
Airborne Science
Launch
April-July 2008
Target
Earth
Objective
Study changes in the Arctic climate
An extensive NASA airborne field campaign to investigate the chemistry of the Arctic's lower atmosphere – at the time, ARCTAS was the largest airborne experiment ever undertaken to study the impact of air pollution on arctic climate.
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