ACD scientists gear up to chase thunderstorms

As spring rolls toward summer, more thunderstorms are expected to build on the plains, shooting lightning bolts into the air and shaking up the mix of gases in the atmosphere. ACD researchers Mary Barth and Chris Cantrell hope to better understand how storms churn up the upper troposphere. ACD and EOL staff are bound for Salina, Kansas, where they will use three instrument-laden research aircraft to better understand the role of thunderstorms. This field campaign is dubbed DC3 (Deep Convective Clouds and Chemistry). More at the Boulder Daily Camera... More at NASA Earth Observatory...