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Summary Of Measurement Intercomparisons During Trace-P, Fred Eisele, Lee Mauldin, C A. Cantrell, M Zondlo, E C. Apel, A Fried, J Walega, R E. Shetter, Barry Lefer, F Flocke, Andrew Weinheimer, M A. Avery, S Vay, G W. Sachse, J Podolske, G S. Diskin, J D. Barrick, H B. Singh, William H. Brune, H Harder, M Martinez, A R. Bandy, D C. Thornton, B J. Heikes, Y Kondo, D Riemer, S T. Sandholm, R. Talbot, Jack E. Dibb

Earth Sciences

The NASA DC-8 and P-3B aircraft flew within about a kilometer or less of each other on three occasions during the Transport and Chemical Evolution Over the Pacific (TRACE-P) campaign in order to intercompare similar measurements on the two aircraft. The first and last intercomparisons were in relatively remote marine environments during transits to and from Asia. The first began with a boundary layer measurement followed by an ascent to 3 km. The second set of intercomparisons was at a fixed altitude of about 5.2 km off the coast of Japan, also in relatively clean air. Finally, the third measurement …