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Global Tropospheric Experiment - Atmospheric Boundary Layer Experiment

Atmospheric Composition, Carbon Cycle & Ecosystems

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The Campaign

The Atmospheric Boundary Layer Experiment (ABLE) was a NASA campaign that studied how emissions from the biosphere interacted with the boundary layer. ABLE consisted of five deployments during the boreal spring and summer from 1984 to 1990 across three different study regions: the Tropical North Atlantic Ocean, the Amazon Rainforest, and the Arctic regions of North America. NASA’s Electra aircraft was equipped with in situ and remote instruments to collect measurements of trace gases, ozone, and aerosols in the atmosphere. ABLE was funded through NASA’s Tropospheric Chemistry Program and was part of the Global Tropospheric Experiment (GTE) program.

Atlantic Boundary Layer Experiment, Amazon Boundary Layer Experiment, Arctic Boundary Layer Experiment, ABLE-1, ABLE-2, ABLE-3

1984-06-13 — 1990-08-15

Tropical North Atlantic Ocean, Amazon Rainforest, Greenland, Eastern Canada, Alaska
boreal spring, boreal summer, dry, wet

N: 76°N

S: 10°S

W: 170°W

E: 35°W

Additional Notes

BIOSPHERE-ATMOSPHERE INTERACTIONS
TROPOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY
BOUNDARY LAYER-FREE TROPOSPHERE INTERACTIONS
TRACE GASES
OZONE
AEROSOLS
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Events

5 Deployments
5 IOPs
4 Significant Events
1985198619871988198919901991

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10.5067/ASDC/SUBORBITAL/ABLE-3B_AircraftRemoteSensing_Electra_DIAL_Data_1External Link
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10.5067/ASDC/SUBORBITAL/ABLE-3A_AircraftRemoteSensing_Electra_DIAL_Data_1External Link
NASA
Tropospheric Chemistry Program
Robert J. McNeal
R.C. Harriss
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INPE
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