Airborne Studies of Ocean-Particle-Cloud-Interactions in the Arctic

• Main Author: Hobbs, Peter V.
• Other Authors: WASHINGTON UNIV SEATTLE DEPT OF ATMOSPHERIC SCIENCES
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: 1993
• Subjects: Atmospheric Physics; Physical and Dynamic Oceanography; *CLOUDS; *ATMOSPHERIC SCATTERING; *ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; *AIR WATER INTERACTIONS; OPTICAL RADAR; CONCENTRATION(COMPOSITION); HEAT FLUX; ARCTIC OCEAN; REMOTE DETECTION; TRANSPORT AIRCRAFT; INFRARED RADIATION; DATA ACQUISITION; ICE FORMATION; RADIATIVE TRANSFER; DIMETHYL SULFIDE; LIDAR(LIGHT DETECTION AND RANGING); C-131A AIRCRAFT; Arctic; Arctic Ocean; Alaska
• Online Access: http://www.dtic.mil/docs/citations/ADA270752; http://oai.dtic.mil/oai/oai?&verb=getRecord&metadataPrefix=html&identifier=ADA270752

The specific tasks of this grant were to operate the University of Washington's Convair C-131A research aircraft in the arctic in support of LeadEx, to analyze data collected aboard the aircraft, and to provide theis data to other LeadEX investigators. the Convair C-131A made 18 flights totaling 70 hours over the ice pack north of Deadhorse, Alaska, in April 1992. Data was collected on: (1) Particles and gases in the air; (2) The radiative properties of the ice surface, leads and ice crystal clouds; (3) Various methods for the remote detection of leads and surface temperatures; and (4) Heat fluxes from leads.