Outreach - Department of Earth, Atmospheric, and Planetary Sciences

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Project Background

Interviews with Teams

PALMS - NG: Researching Particulates in the Stratosphere
Using weather balloons to research isotopes in the stratosphere generated through cosmic rays.
DPOPS - Measuring stratospheric particles from wildfires, volcanoes, industrial and biogenic sources
UCATS - Looking at Atmospheric Trace Gases to Understand Climate and Air Quality
WI - ICOS - Looking at Heavy Water to Discover How Much Water Vapor Enters the Stratosphere
HAL - A Wellness Check on the Ozone Layer Using Atmospheric Chemistry
AWAS - How we Sample Air in the Stratosphere
HWV - Using real time data to detect water vapor plumes in the upper atmosphere
ROSE, CANOE, CAFE - Instruments Used by NASA Goddard Space Flight Center to Research the Atmosphere
MMS - Measuring Temperature and Pressure to Understand the Chemistry of the Upper Atmosphere

Lessons and Activities

Superheroes of Science Interviews

The hangar in the early morning before the launch

Thank you for your support

This work was supported by the Dynamics and Chemistry of the Summer Stratosphere (DCOTSS) project. DCOTSS is funded by the NASA Earth Science Division Earth Venture Suborbital 3 program, which includes grant NSSC80NSSC19K1058 to Purdue University

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