ACTIVATE Begins Year Two of Marine Cloud Study

A NASA airborne study has returned to the field for a second year of science flights to advance the accuracy of short- and long-term climate models.

 

The Aerosol Cloud meTeorology Interactions oVer the western ATlantic Experiment (ACTIVATE) began the third of six planned flight campaigns — two campaigns each year beginning in 2020 and ending in 2022 — in late January at NASA's Langley Research Center in Hampton, Virginia.

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Researcher Luke Ziemba checks an instrument on the Falcon prior to a flight. Credits: NASA/David C. Bowman
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