
Student Airborne Research Program
Atmospheric Composition, Carbon Cycle & Ecosystems, Climate Variability & Change
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2009-07-12 2009-08-13 2010-06-20 2010-07-30 2011-06-19 2011-07-29 2012-06-17 2012-08-10 2013-06-09 2013-08-02 2014-06-15 2014-08-08 2015-06-14 2015-08-07 2016-06-12 2016-08-05 2017-06-18 2017-08-11 2018-06-18 2018-08-10 2019-06-16 2019-08-09 2021-12-03 2021-12-10 2022-06-12 2022-08-05 2023-06-11 2023-08-04 2023-06-18 2023-08-11 2024-06-16 2024-08-09 2024-06-23 2024-08-16 - 10
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The Campaign
The Student Airborne Research Program (SARP) is an eight–week summer NASA internship program. Since 2009, SARP has provided undergraduate students with an opportunity to get hands-on experience in collecting airborne measurements using NASA aircraft such as the DC-8 and P-3. During SARP, the students are based at Armstrong Flight Research Center (AFRC) in California for the first two weeks to collect in situ and remotely sensed data on board the aircraft and ground-based measurements. Starting in 2023, SARP began an eastern component based out of Wallops Flight Facility (WFF) in Virginia. For the rest of the program, the students analyze the data collected to develop and implement individual research projects covering topics such as atmospheric chemistry, ocean biology, and terrestrial ecology. Typical airborne instruments used are the UC Irvine Whole Air Sampler (WAS), Atmospheric Vertical Observations of CO2 in the Earth’s Troposphere (AVOCET), Compact Airborne Formaldehyde (CAFE), Airborne Visible/Infrared Imaging Spectrometer (AVIRIS), and MODIS/ASTER Airborne Simulator (MASTER). SARP is organized by the NASA Airborne Science Program and the Bay Area Environmental Research Institute (BAERI).
N: 41°N
S: 33°N
W: 125°W
E: 75°W
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- Overview of the SARP program
- SARP Project Website (BAERI)
Additional Notes
SARP 2020 is not included as a deployment since it was virtual due to COVID-19 restrictions. Students collected WAS observations from home. MASTER data from SARP is available at ORNL DAAC.

Douglas DC-8

Campaign Field Sites

Douglas DC-8

P-3 Orion

Douglas DC-8

Douglas DC-8

Douglas DC-8

NASA Earth Resources-2 Aircraft

Douglas DC-8

Beechcraft B-200 King Air

Short Brothers C-23 Sherpa

Douglas DC-8

Douglas DC-8

Beechcraft B-200 King Air

Douglas DC-8

Campaign Balloons

Campaign Vehicles

Douglas DC-8

Campaign Field Sites

Campaign Balloons

Beechcraft B-200 King Air

Gulfstream III

Douglas DC-8

Gulfstream-V

P-3 Orion

Beechcraft B-200 King Air
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