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Tropical Composition, Cloud and Climate Coupling

Atmospheric Composition

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The Campaign

The Tropical Composition, Cloud and Climate Coupling (TC4) was a NASA field campaign that investigated the structure, properties, and processes in the tropical Eastern Pacific. TC4 had 1 deployment based in Costa Rica and Panama during the boreal summer of 2007. TC4 utilized airborne, ground-based, balloon, and satellite to study the microphysical and chemical properties of the tropical tropopause layer (TTL) to understand the role that TTL plays in Earth’s climate and atmospheric chemistry. TC4 was funded by the Upper Atmospheric Research Program, Radiation Science Program, and Tropospheric Chemistry Program.

2007-06-16 — 2007-08-15

Costa Rica, tropical Eastern Pacific
boreal summer

N: 20°N

S: 5°S

W: 96°W

E: 74°W

Additional Notes

TROPICAL TROPOPAUSE LAYER
WATER VAPOR
BOUNDARY LAYER PROPERTIES
RADIATION
ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY
TROPICAL TROPOPAUSE LAYER MICROPHYSICS
HUMIDITY
OZONE
AEROSOLS
TRACE GASES
CLOUDS
CONVECTIVE TRANSPORT
CIRRUS ANVILS
CIRRUS ANVIL PROPERTIES
CONVECTION
TROPICAL CLOUDS
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Events

1 Deployment
1 IOP
3 Significant Events
20082009

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NASA
Upper Atmospheric Research Program, Radiation Science Program, Tropospheric Chemistry Program
Michael Kurlyo, Hal Maring, Jim Crawford
David Starr, Owen Toon
Steve Gaines
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