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OVERVIEW OF ARCTAS AND SCIENTIFIC OBJECTIVES Daniel J. Jacob, Harvard University

ARCTAS CONTINUES LEGACY OF NASA TROPOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY PROGRAM Two 3-week deployments: Apr 1-21 Apr (Fairbanks), Jun 26 – Jul 14 (Cold Lake) Three NASA aircraft: DC-8 (in situ chemistry and aerosols, DIAL), P-3 (radiation, in situ aerosols), B-200 (remote aerosols, CALIPSO validation) Aircraft missions of the NASA Tropospheric Chemistry Program, ARCTAS

URGENT NEED TO BETTER UNDERSTAND ARCTC ATMOSPHERIC COMPOSITION AND CLIMATE ARCTIC IS A BEACON OF GLOBAL CHANGE Rapid warming over past decades Receptor of mid-latitudes pollution – arctic haze, ozone, persistent pollutants Large and increasing influence from boreal forest fires in Siberia and North America POTENTIALLY LARGE RESPONSE Melting of polar ice sheets and permafrost Decrease of snow albedo from soot depostion Efficient UV/Vis absorption by ozone, soot Halogen radical chemistry UNIQUE OPPORTUNITY FOR NASA Large NASA satellite fleet for atmospheric composition and radiation Interagency and international collaboration through POLARCAT international atmospheric chemistry field program during IPY Broader synergies enabled by other IPY activities (OASIS for oceans, etc.) Sea Ice Extent, 10/16/07

Satellite instruments: CALIPSO, OMI, TES, HIRDLS, MLS, MODIS, AIRS, MISR, MOPITT Aerosol optical depth, properties CO, ozone, BrO, NO 2, HCHO Aircraft: DC-8, P-3B, B200 Detailed in situ chemical and aerosol measurements Remote sensing of ozone, aerosol, surface properties Models: CTMs, GCMs, ESMs Source-receptor relationships for Arctic pollution Effects of boreal forest fires Aerosol radiative forcing Arctic chemistry Climate response Data assimilation Diagnostic studies Retrieval development & validation Observational error characterization Correlative information Local chemical & aerosol processes ARCTAS STRATEGY: use aircraft to increase value of satellite data for models of arctic atmospheric composition and climate

ARCTAS Science Theme 1: Transport of mid-latitudes pollution to the Arctic What are the transport pathways for different pollutants? What are the contributions from different source regions, what are the source-receptor relationships? Satellite capabilities: CO (TES, AIRS, MOPITT) Ozone (TES, OMI-MLS) aerosols (CALIPSO, MODIS, MISR) methane (TES) Aircraft added value: detailed chemical composition tracers of sources vertical information J. Worden, JPL European influence Seasonal sulfate build-up TES 600 hPa CO, March 2006 TOPSE Scheuer et al., 2003 Feb May

ARCTAS Science Theme 2: Boreal forest fires Fire trend over past decade CALIPSO view of fire plume MISR injection height b Siberian fire, July 26, 2006 A. Soja, LaRC C. Trepte, LaRC R. Kahn, JPL What are the chemical compositions & evolution of the fire plumes? What are their aerosol optical properties, how do these evolve? What are the injection heights? What are the implications for regional and global atmospheric composition? Satellite capabilities: aerosols (CALIPSO, MODIS, MISR, OMI) CO (TES, AIRS, MOPITT, MLS) ozone (TES, OMI-MLS) methane (TES) Aircraft added value: detailed chemical composition aerosol properties pyroconvective outflow

ARCTIC Science Theme 3: Aerosol radiative forcing CALIPSO clouds and smoke Arctic haze MISR true-color fire plume C. Trepte, LaRC R. Kahn, JPL What is the regional radiative forcing from Arctic haze, fire plumes? How does this forcing evolve during plume aging? What are the major sources of soot to the Arctic? How does soot deposition affect ice albedo? Satellite capabilities: UV/Vis/IR reflectances (Cloudsat, MODIS, MISR, OMI) multi-angle sensing (MISR) lidar (CALIPSO) Aircraft added value: detailed in situ aerosol characterization remote sensing of radiances, fluxes BRDFs

ARCTAS Science Theme 4: Chemical processes Ozone, Hg depletion events OMI tropospheric BrO TES tropospheric ozone Sprovieri et al. [2005] K. Chance, Harvard/SAO J. Worden, JPL What controls HO x -NO x chemistry in the Arctic? What drives halogen radical chemistry in the Arctic, what is its regional extent? What are the regional implications for ozone, aerosols, mercury? How does stratosphere-troposphere exchange affect tropospheric ozone in the Arctic? Satellite capabilities: Ozone (TES, OMI/MLS) BrO (OMI) strat-trop exchange (HIRDLS) CO (TES, AIRS, MOPITT) Aircraft added value: detailed chemical characterization, constraints on photochemical models validation of OMI tropospheric BrO HO x measurement intercomparison

AIRCRAFT PLATFORMS, PAYLOADS DC-8: in situ chemistry and aerosols Ceiling 37 kft, range 4000 nmi, endurance 9 h Payload: O 3, H 2 O, CO, CO 2, CH 4, NO x and HO x chemistry, BrO, mercury, NMVOCs, halocarbons, SO 2. HCN/CH 3 CN, actinic fluxes, aerosol composition, aerosol mass and number concentrations, aerosol physical and optical properties, remote ozone and aerosol B-200: aerosol remote sensing and CALIPSO validation Ceiling 32 kft, range 800 nmi, endurance 3.5 h Payload: High Spectral Resolution Lidar (HSRL) Research Scanning Polarimeter (RSP) P-3: radiation and in situ aerosols Ceiling 30 kft, range 3800 nmi, endurance 8 h Payload: optical depth, radiative flux, radiance spectra, aerosol composition, black carbon

SPRING DEPLOYMENT: April 1-21, Fairbanks (+ suitcase flight to Thule) SCIENTIFIC PRIORITIES: Asian WCB outflow transport and chemical evolution of mid-latitudes pollution Arctic haze aerosol chemical and optical properties aerosol radiative forcing from Arctic haze HO x -NO x -halogen chemistry and implications for ozone, aerosols, mercury SATELLITE VALIDATION PRIORITIES: CALIPSO aerosols OMI BrO, ozone TES CO, methane, ozone MLS ozone, CO, HNO 3 MODIS, MISR aerosols AIRS, MOPITT CO PRINCIPAL COLLABORATIONS: NOAA ARCPAC DOE ISDAC NSF pre-HIPPO NSF Summit NOAA ICEALOT

SUMMER DEPLOYMENT: June 26 – July 14, Cold Lake (+ suitcase flight to Thule) SCIENTIFIC PRIORITIES: Emissions from boreal forest fires Aerosol and chemical evolution of fire plumes Aerosol radiative forcing associated with the plumes Impact of boreal forest fires on regional and global atmospheric composition Secondary objectives: Biosphere-atmosphere exchange of boreal ecosystems Emissions from tar sands and local oil/gas extraction SATELLITE VALIDATION PRIORITIES: CALIPSO aerosols OMI ozone, NO 2, HCHO in fire plumes TES CO, methane, ozone; also methanol, formic acid in fire plumes MLS ozone, CO, HNO 3 MODIS, MISR aerosols AIRS, MOPITT CO PRINCIPAL COLLABORATIONS: DLR (aircraft out of Kanger) NSF Summit Environment Canada air quality forecasts

WHY COLD LAKE, WHY JULY? Canadian fire climatology, Cold Lake

ALBERTA TAR SANDS Cold Lake Potentially large and growing emissions of methane, other VOCs…