The ARCTAS aircraft mission: design and execution

The ARCTAS aircraft mission: design and execution D. J. Jacob, J. H. Crawford, H. Maring, A. D. Clarke, J. E. Dibb, R. A. Ferrare, C. A. Hostetler, P. B. Russell, H. B. Singh, A. M. Thompson, G. E. Shaw, E. McCauley, J. R. Pederson, and J. A. Fisher Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA NASA Langley Research Center, Hampton, Virginia, USA NASA Headquarters, Washington, DC, USA University of New Hampshire, Durham, New Hampshire, USA University of Hawaii, Honolulu, Hawaii, USA NASA Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, California, USA Pennsylvania State University, State College, Pennsylvania, USA University of Alaska, Fairbanks, Alaska, USA California Air Resources Board, Sacramento, California, USA

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