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https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-11-1757-2018
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Research article
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28 Mar 2018
Research article |
| 28 Mar 2018
| 28 Mar 2018
The NASA Carbon Airborne Flux Experiment (CARAFE): instrumentation and methodology
Atmospheric Chemistry and Dynamics Lab, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD, USA
Joint Center for Earth Systems Technology, University of Maryland Baltimore County, Baltimore, MD, USA
S. Randy Kawa
Atmospheric Chemistry and Dynamics Lab, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD, USA
Thomas F. Hanisco
Atmospheric Chemistry and Dynamics Lab, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD, USA
Reem A. Hannun
Atmospheric Chemistry and Dynamics Lab, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD, USA
Joint Center for Earth Systems Technology, University of Maryland Baltimore County, Baltimore, MD, USA
Paul A. Newman
Atmospheric Chemistry and Dynamics Lab, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD, USA
Andrew Swanson
Atmospheric Chemistry and Dynamics Lab, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD, USA
Goddard Earth Sciences Technology and Research, Universities Space Research Association, Columbia, MD, USA
Steve Bailey
Atmospheric Chemistry and Dynamics Lab, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD, USA
John Barrick
NASA Langley Research Center, Hampton, VA, USA
K. Lee Thornhill
NASA Langley Research Center, Hampton, VA, USA
Glenn Diskin
NASA Langley Research Center, Hampton, VA, USA
Josh DiGangi
NASA Langley Research Center, Hampton, VA, USA
John B. Nowak
NASA Langley Research Center, Hampton, VA, USA
Carl Sorenson
NASA Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, CA, USA
Geoffrey Bland
Wallops Flight Facility, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Wallops Island, VA, USA
James K. Yungel
AECOM, ATM Project, Wallops Flight Facility, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Wallops Island, VA, USA
Craig A. Swenson
SSAI, ATM Project, Wallops Flight Facility, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Wallops Island, VA, USA
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Short summary
We describe a new NASA airborne system for directly observing the surface–atmosphere exchange of greenhouse gases and energy over regional scales. Such measurements are needed benchmark model and satellite products and can improve process-level understanding of greenhouse gas sources and sinks over forest, croplands, wetlands, urban areas, and other ecosystems.
We describe a new NASA airborne system for directly observing the surface–atmosphere exchange of...
