DC3: Chemistry of thunderstorms
Wednesday, May 9, 2012 - 17:30
in Astronomy & Space
NASA researchers are about to fly off on a campaign that will take them into the heart of thunderstorm country. The Deep Convective Clouds and Chemistry (DC3) field campaign will use an airport in Salina, Kan., as a base to explore the impact of large thunderstorms on the concentration of ozone and other substances in the upper troposphere.
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