Student Airborne Research Program Celebrates Tenth Year

Twenty-eight undergraduate students are participating in an eight-week NASA airborne science program field experience designed to immerse them in the agency's Earth Science research.

NASA Interns Complete Earth Science Summer Research Program

Thirty-two students from colleges and universities across the United States recently completed a NASA summer internship designed to provide them with an airborne Earth science research experience.

Students to Study Earth from Three NASA Flying Laboratories

This summer 32 undergraduate students are participating in an eight-week NASA airborne science field campaign designed to immerse them in the agency's Earth science research.

Students to Study Air Quality

Starting this week, 32 undergraduate students begin an eight-week NASA airborne science field experience designed to immerse them in the agency's Earth science research.

Students Study Earth from NASA Flying Laboratory

Thirty-two undergraduate students are participating in an eight-week NASA Airborne Science field experience designed to immerse them in the agency's Earth science research.

College Students Study Earth From NASA's DC-8 Flying Lab

Thirty-two undergraduate students are immersed in NASA's Earth Science research during the 2014 Student Airborne Research Program.

NASA's Student Airborne Research Program: Learning by Doing

32 college students in the 2013 Student Airborne Research Program were involved in every aspect of a NASA science mission over California.

College Students Study The Earth From NASA's DC-8 Flying Lab

College students in NASA's Student Airborne Research Program (SARP) will measure pollution and air quality, study forest ecology and ocean biology around California.

In Situ Airborne Formaldehyde

The NASA GSFC In Situ Airborne Formaldehyde (ISAF) instrument measures formaldehyde (CH2O) on both pressurized and unpressurized (high-altitude) aircraft. Using laser induced fluorescence (LIF), ISAF possesses the high sensitivity, fast time response, and dynamic range needed to observe CH2O throughout the troposphere and lower stratosphere, where concentrations can range from 10 pptv to hundreds of ppbv.

Formaldehyde is produced via the oxidation of hydrocarbons, notably methane (a ubiquitous greenhouse gas) and isoprene (the primary hydrocarbon emitted by vegetation). Observations of CH2O can thus provide information on many atmospheric processes, including:
 - Convective transport of air from the surface to the upper troposphere
 - Emissions of reactive hydrocarbons from cities, forests, and fires
 - Atmospheric oxidizing capacity, which relates to formation of ozone and destruction of methane
In situ observations of CH2O are also crucial for validating retrievals from satellite instruments, such as OMI, TROPOMI, and TEMPO.

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Student Airborne Research Program (SARP)

The Student Airborne Research Program (SARP) is an eight-week summer internship program for junior undergraduate students to acquire hands-on research experience in all aspects of a scientific campaign using one or more NASA Airborne Science Program flying science laboratories (aircraft used for SARP have included the DC-8, P-3B, C-23, UC-12B, and ER-2)

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