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\rNASA is wrapping up the third year of flights for the Carbon in Arctic Reservoirs Vulnerability Experiment (CARVE), which is measuring the emission of greenhouse gases from thawing permafrost. Operation IceBridge-Alaska recently concluded its sixth year of flights measuring changes of Alaskan mountain glaciers.\r

Related feature story: www.nasa.gov/press/2014/september/nasa-airborne-campaigns-focus-on-climate-impacts-in-the-arctic



Briefing Speakers


Introduction: Tom Wagner, program scientist for cryospheric sciences in the Earth Science Division at NASA Headquarters in Washington.

Bill Smith, principal investigator for ARISE at NASA’s Langley Research Center in Hampton, Virginia.

Charles Miller, principal investigator for CARVE at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, California

Evan Burgess, Operation IceBridge-Alaska/University of Alaska-Fairbanks.

Presenter 1: Tom Wagner


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Presenter 2: Bill Smith
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NASA’s C-130 carries a unique group of sensors to characterize sea ice and to measure cloud properties and how much sunlight and heat are transferred through the Arctic atmosphere. The C-130 is based at Wallops Flight Facility, Wallops Island, Virginia.\r

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Presenter 3: Charles Miller
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Presenter 4: Evan Burgess



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