The Student Airborne Research Program: Airborne Science Education And Public Outreach
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Airborne Science Education and Public Outreach
The Student Airborne Research Program Alexandra Matiella Novak, Ph.D. NSERC Education and Public Outreach Director
Overview The Student Airborne Research Program (SARP) 2009 – • Six-week program – July 6 – August 14, 2009 • 07/06-07/10: Preparation and teleconferences from home • 07/12-07/18: Airborne science lectures at UC Irvine • 07/19-07/25: Mission planning and flights in Palmdale • 07/26-08/14: Data analysis, interpretation, write-up and presentation at UCI
• 29 students participating • 6 internationally recognized faculty and their graduate students • Three experiments all in the central California region
• Atmospheric sampling of diary farm emissions • Multi-spectral analysis of agricultural processes • Multi-spectral analysis of algae blooms
• Two 5-6 hour science flights aboard the NASA DC-8 with complementary ground-based measurements
Participating Students Diversifying the airborne science community – 50% graduate, 50% undergraduate
• 37% atmospheric science majors • 20% Earth science majors • 17% engineering • 13% biology • 13% math and physics majors • 17% chemistry related majors
Participating Faculty and Graduate Student Aides Dr. Donald Blake
Dr. Susan Ustin
Dr. Sherwood Rowland
UC Irvine
UC Davis
UC Irvine
Whole Air Sampler
MASTER
1995 Nobel Prize in Chemistry
Dr. Jeff Myers
Dr. Gregory Carmichael
UC Santa Cruz
Univ. of Iowa
MASTER
Transport Modeling
Dr. John Ryan
Dr. Henry Fuelberg
MBARI
FL State Univ.
MASTER
Meteorology
Graduate Student Teaching Assistants – UCI – Melissa Yang, PhD Student
UI/UW – Scott Spak, Post Doc
FSU – Walter Sessions, MS Student
UCSC – Nick Clinton, Senior Data Analyst
UCD – Shawn Kefauver, PhD Student
Participating NASA Lecturers Dr. Jack Kaye
Dr. James Crawford
NASA HQ - Earth Science Research and Applications
NASA Tropospheric Chemistry Program
Mr. Andrew Roberts
Marilyn Vasques
NASA Airborne Science Program
NASA ESPO Field Program Logistics
Dr. Kenneth Jucks NASA Upper Atmospheric Research Program
Brenda Mulac NASA UAS representative to the FAA
Schedule and Curriculum
Schedule and Curriculum
Schedule and Curriculum Week 4
Week 5
Week 6
July 27 – July 31
August 3 – August 7
August 10 – August 14
• Sample and data analysis
• Sample and data analysis
• Finish report
• UCI chemistry lab for WAS sample analysis
• Data interpretation
• Student presentation of results
• Preparation for report write-up
• Closing
• ENVI/IDL, Matlab, Multispec software for MASTER data analysis • GTA presentations on their research in airborne science
• Preparation for presentations
The Student Airborne Research Program Alexandra Matiella Novak, Ph.D. NSERC Education and Public Outreach Director
Overview The Student Airborne Research Program (SARP) 2009 – • Six-week program – July 6 – August 14, 2009 • 07/06-07/10: Preparation and teleconferences from home • 07/12-07/18: Airborne science lectures at UC Irvine • 07/19-07/25: Mission planning and flights in Palmdale • 07/26-08/14: Data analysis, interpretation, write-up and presentation at UCI
• 29 students participating • 6 internationally recognized faculty and their graduate students • Three experiments all in the central California region
• Atmospheric sampling of diary farm emissions • Multi-spectral analysis of agricultural processes • Multi-spectral analysis of algae blooms
• Two 5-6 hour science flights aboard the NASA DC-8 with complementary ground-based measurements
Participating Students Diversifying the airborne science community – 50% graduate, 50% undergraduate
• 37% atmospheric science majors • 20% Earth science majors • 17% engineering • 13% biology • 13% math and physics majors • 17% chemistry related majors
Participating Faculty and Graduate Student Aides Dr. Donald Blake
Dr. Susan Ustin
Dr. Sherwood Rowland
UC Irvine
UC Davis
UC Irvine
Whole Air Sampler
MASTER
1995 Nobel Prize in Chemistry
Dr. Jeff Myers
Dr. Gregory Carmichael
UC Santa Cruz
Univ. of Iowa
MASTER
Transport Modeling
Dr. John Ryan
Dr. Henry Fuelberg
MBARI
FL State Univ.
MASTER
Meteorology
Graduate Student Teaching Assistants – UCI – Melissa Yang, PhD Student
UI/UW – Scott Spak, Post Doc
FSU – Walter Sessions, MS Student
UCSC – Nick Clinton, Senior Data Analyst
UCD – Shawn Kefauver, PhD Student
Participating NASA Lecturers Dr. Jack Kaye
Dr. James Crawford
NASA HQ - Earth Science Research and Applications
NASA Tropospheric Chemistry Program
Mr. Andrew Roberts
Marilyn Vasques
NASA Airborne Science Program
NASA ESPO Field Program Logistics
Dr. Kenneth Jucks NASA Upper Atmospheric Research Program
Brenda Mulac NASA UAS representative to the FAA
Schedule and Curriculum
Schedule and Curriculum
Schedule and Curriculum Week 4
Week 5
Week 6
July 27 – July 31
August 3 – August 7
August 10 – August 14
• Sample and data analysis
• Sample and data analysis
• Finish report
• UCI chemistry lab for WAS sample analysis
• Data interpretation
• Student presentation of results
• Preparation for report write-up
• Closing
• ENVI/IDL, Matlab, Multispec software for MASTER data analysis • GTA presentations on their research in airborne science
• Preparation for presentations
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