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CARVE - Carbon in Arctic Reservoirs Vulnerability Experiment

Thursday, April 16, 2015

Due to continued inclement weather this week in Alaska, CARVE was only able to fly 2 days.  First flight was to Fort Yukon (4/9) and the second flight was over the Innoko (4/10).

Fort Yukon data summary:

Surface brightness temperatures -10 to +5 C
+1 to +5 ppm CO2 enhancements
+5 to +50 ppb CH4 enhancements 

Innoko data Summary:

Surface brightness temperatures -10 to +10 C
+1 to +11 ppm CO2 enhancements; background ~ 407 ppm
+20 to +250 ppb CH4 enhancements; background ~ 1920 ppb 

 

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