Megacity Initiative: Local and Global Research Observations

The Campaign

The Megacity Initiative: Local and Global Research Observations (MILAGRO) was a multiagency field project that studied atmospheric processes involved in the formation, transportation, and transformation of aerosols and trace gases at various scales. It coordinated four field campaigns: the Molina Center on Energy and the Environment’s Mexico City Metropolitan Area -2006 Experiment (MCMA-2006), DoE’s Megacity Aerosol Experiment (MAX-Mex), NCAR’s Megacity Impacts on Regional and Global Environments (MIRAGE-Mex), and NASA’s Intercontinental Chemical Transport Experiment-B (INTEX-B). MILAGRO included one deployment in March 2006 across the Mexico City Metropolitan Area, with aircraft gathering in situ and remote sensing data on aerosols and trace gases. Ground-based observations were collected from ground stations, mobile laboratories, and balloons. The project was funded by NASA, NSF, DoE, and other research agencies.

Additional Notes

Repositories

• data center outside NASA