CONTRAST

CONvective TRansport of Active Species in the Tropics (CONTRAST) quantified how convection redistributes atmospheric gases in the tropical atmosphere. Observations were obtained by the NSF/NCAR Gulfstream-V (GV) aircraft from a deployment in Guam in January and February 2014. The GV conducted a series of flights dedicated to CONTRAST goals as well as a number of other flights conducted in concert with the high altitude NASA ATTREX Global Hawk (GH) aircraft and the low altitude British CAST BAe-146 aircraft. The BAe-146, GV, and GH together span the marine boundary layer to the tropical lower stratosphere, providing unprecedented detail on the composition of the tropical atmosphere.

Publications by UCAR Staff

• Refereed journal articles containing CONTRAST
• Non-refereed presentations about CONTRAST

See also EOL's list of CONTRAST publications by Principal Investigator and by first author.