Flying over the Arctic Ocean, NASA researchers with the Arctic Radiation-Cloud-Aerosol-Surface Interaction Experiment (ARCSIX) are studying how certain types of clouds might influence the melting rate of ice sheets and how that is impacting our global climate system.
Sea planes carrying scientists fly directly through clouds to collect data on atmospheric profiles, various cloud properties, and precipitation. By coordinating 3 aircraft — the high-flying G3 jet with…
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