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HIPPO Multimedia Gallery - 2011

Sep 7, 2011 - by Staff

 

News Release - 2011

Multimedia Gallery - 2011

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In September 2011, scientists wrapped up the HIPPO project (HIAPER Pole-to-Pole Observations). The three-year series of missions took researchers from the Arctic to the Antarctic aboard the NSF/NCAR Gulfstream V, an advanced research aircraft also known as HIAPER. The real-time observations and air sample flasks gathered en route form the most extensive airborne measurements of carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases and particles to date.

All images must be credited to UCAR and may be reproduced in news stories about NCAR & UCAR activities. High-resolution video is available; please send a request to Carlye Calvin.

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The NSF/NCAR Gulfstream V in Anchorage, Alaska. (©UCAR, photo by Carlye Calvin.) News media terms of use*

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David Nance and Fred Moore NOAA/CIRES). (©UCAR, photo by Carlye Calvin.) News media terms of use*

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Jonathan Bent (Scripps Institution of Oceanography) pouring out extra dry ice.  (©UCAR, photo by Carlye Calvin.) News media terms of use*

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Ralph Keeling (Scripps Institution of Oceanography) replacing used flasks filled with air samples with empty flasks. (©UCAR, photo by Carlye Calvin.) News media terms of use*

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Jonathan Bent (Scripps Institution of Oceanography) and Andy Watt (NCAR) replacing flasks. (©UCAR, photo by Carlye Calvin.) News media terms of use*

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The NSF/NCAR Gulfstream V being prepared for a flight to the North Pole. (©UCAR, photo by Carlye Calvin.) News media terms of use*

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John Cowan (NCAR) working on an instrument on the G-V. (©UCAR, photo by Carlye Calvin.) News media terms of use*

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The NSF/NCAR Gulfstream V taxiing into Anchorage after a flight to the North Pole. (©UCAR, photo by Carlye Calvin.) News media terms of use*

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Jasna Pittman (Harvard University) fine tuning an instrument. (©UCAR, photo by Carlye Calvin.) News media terms of use*

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Interior of the G-V before a fight. (©UCAR, photo by Carlye Calvin.) News media terms of use*

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Air sampling flasks and Andy Watt (NCAR). (©UCAR, photo by Carlye Calvin.) News media terms of use*

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The G-V in Anchorage, Alaska. (©UCAR, photo by Carlye Calvin.) News media terms of use*

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Andy Watt (NCAR), Ralph Keeling and Jonathan Bent (Scripps Institution of Oceanography) on board the G-V. (©UCAR, photo by Carlye Calvin.) News media terms of use*

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Jasna Pittman (Harvard University) on board the GV. (©UCAR, photo by Carlye Calvin.) News media terms of use*

Videos

   

inside the GV

video icon Inside the NSF/NCAR Gulfstream V research jet during HIPPO project flights. Researchers control, adjust, and monitor sensors, swap filled air sample flasks for new empty ones. Researcher prepares dry ice, adds it to chiller. Researcher explains dry ice water trap to keep water out of samples. Brief interview with Steven Wofsy (Harvard University, see full interview, below). (©UCAR. QuickTime, 2:38) News media terms of use*

GV in Anchorage

video icon HIAPER, the NSF/NCAR Gulfstream V research jet, during the HIPPO project (HIAPER Pole-to-Pole Observations). G-V leaves NCAR's Research Aviation Facility in Boulder, Colorado; takes off against Denver skyline. Landing in Anchorage; tow to hangar. Research prepares dry ice for use chilling onboard instruments. Technicians check instrument pods on wings. Technician explains Data Sampling Module, one of seven minicomputers used to send signals from wing-mounted sensors to monitors on board. G-V positioned for takeoff and taxiing on Anchorage runway, mountains in background. (©UCAR. QuickTime, 4:29) News media terms of use*

Steve Wofsy

video icon HIPPO's principal investigator, Steven Wofsy (Harvard University), explains what makes the HIPPO project unique. (©UCAR. QuickTime, 3:37) News media terms of use*

HIPPO V flight plan

video icon Animation of the flight plan for HIPPO's final pole-to-pole mission, August 9 - September 9, 2011. (YouTube, 1:08). News media terms of use*


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