Pilots expertly flew the NSF NCAR C-130 during both daytime and nighttime flights. (Image: Britt Stephens/NSF NCAR)
Taking to the skies to track urban air quality
NSF NCAR facilitates airborne field campaign over New York
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Read more at NSF NCAR & UCAR News about the C-130 research aircraft flying above the skyscrapers of Manhattan.
#GOTHAAM field campaign
NSF NCAR C-130 research aircraft.
Manhattan at night from the Empire State Building.
We are hearing exciting research reports from @ncar-acom.bsky.social and @ncar-eol.bsky.social staff returning from #GOTHAAM field campaign in New York City! Most of the research flights were at night, measuring atmospheric chemistry over the metro area.
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Logo: Greater New York Oxidant Trace Gas Halogen and Aerosol Airborne Mission
NSF @ncar-acom.bsky.social welcomes staff back from #GOTHAAM field campaign in New York City! They worked together with @ncar-eol.bsky.social staff mostly on night shift. Excited to see preliminary results at research reports! Watch this space for further photos.
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Lauren and me flying Mission Scientist together!
Adam is a grad student in charge of SP2 data and keeping the AMS running…
The NSF C-130 getting ready for a flight!
So it’s been about four years in the making, but #GOTHAAM is finally happening. We’re two weeks in with a phenomenal team - and some impressive datasets! Three Farmers flew today and we had a blast taking transects of urban pollution plumes and then studying stratification over the ocean!
Field campaign #GOTHAAM sends the NSF NCAR C-130 research aircraft flying low over New York City area, collecting air quality data through Aug 31, 2025.
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GOTHAAM involves NCAR labs @ncar-eol.bsky.social and @ncar-acom.bsky.social :
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