NASA and university scientists are studying thunderstorms for the second year in row as part of the Dynamics and Chemistry of the Summer Stratosphere, or DCOTSS, project to understand the effects of intense thunderstorms on Earth’s atmosphere and how it contributes to climate change. Based at NASA’s Armstrong Flight Research Center Building 703 in Palmdale, California, the ER-2 aircraft will be flying as high as 70,000 feet with 12 instruments attached to collect atmospheric chemistry samples that are carried above Earth’s surface and into the ozone layer by intense thunderstorms. Studying the overshooting tops of thunderstorms over North America will help scientists understand how pollutants and water vapor are potentially affecting the ozone layer.
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AFRC-2022-13772-ER-2_DCOTTS_VideoFile_May2022
Date Created
May 26, 2022
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AFRC
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video
Photographer
Lori Losey
Location
Palmdale, CA
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