Earth ID: 12342

ATom Postcard - Samoa to New Zealand

Released on August 16, 2016

Principal Investigator Steven Wofsy of Harvard University and atmospheric scientist Paul Newman of NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center sent back a video postcard of the second two legs of the Atmospheric Tomography, or ATom mission. They and the science team traversed the tropical Pacific from Kona, Hawaii to Pago Pago, American Samoa, and then to Christchurch, New Zealand.

The ATom mission aboard NASA’s DC-8 aircraft and flying laboratory is sampling world-wide in one of the most extensive surveys of the atmosphere to date, measuring over 200 gases as well as airborne particles. The science team is particularly interested in methane, tropospheric ozone and black carbon particles, which have strong effects on climate and which all have both human and natural origins.

Credits

Michael Randazzo (Advocates in Manpower Management, Inc.): Lead Producer
Aaron E. Lepsch (ADNET Systems, Inc.): Technical Support
Ellen T. Gray (ADNET Systems, Inc.): Lead Science Writer
Paul Newman (NASA/GSFC): Scientist
Steve S. Parcel (Arcata): Lead Videographer
Steven Wofsy (Harvard University): Lead Principal Investigator

Please give credit for this item to:
NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center

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Mission:
Atmospheric Tomography Mission (ATom)

Keywords:
SVS >> HDTV
SVS >> Methane
GCMD >> Earth Science
GCMD >> Earth Science >> Atmosphere
GCMD >> Earth Science >> Atmosphere >> Air Quality >> Tropospheric Ozone
SVS >> Black Carbon
SVS >> Atom
NASA Science >> Earth
SVS >> Tomography

GCMD keywords can be found on the Internet with the following citation: Olsen, L.M., G. Major, K. Shein, J. Scialdone, S. Ritz, T. Stevens, M. Morahan, A. Aleman, R. Vogel, S. Leicester, H. Weir, M. Meaux, S. Grebas, C.Solomon, M. Holland, T. Northcutt, R. A. Restrepo, R. Bilodeau, 2013. NASA/Global Change Master Directory (GCMD) Earth Science Keywords. Version 8.0.0.0.0