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The Deep Convective Clouds and Chemistry (DC3) airborne campaign got an up-close look at what happens when wildfire smoke makes its way into a thunderstorm.
Two flying science laboratories fly around thunderstorm cores and anvil clouds over the central U.S. during NCAR's DC3 atmospheric science campaign.
Complex environmental science campaign over central U.S. to aid scientists' understanding of how large thunderstorms affect atmospheric chemistry.
The Deep Convective Clouds and Chemistry (DC3) field campaign is exploring the impact of large thunderstorms on the concentration of ozone and other substances in the upper troposphere. The campaign is being led by the National Center for Atmospheric Research in Boulder, Colorado, and is funded by the National Science Foundation (NSF) and NASA.
The NASA DC-8, the NSF/NCAR Gulfstream-V (GV), and the DLR Falcon 20 are based in Salina, Kansas for the mission.
Watch a time-lapse video of the inside of the NASA DC-8 as over 20 instruments were installed.
NASA researchers begin a campaign that will take them into the heart of thunderstorm country.