CAR ARCTAS Arctic Research of the Composition of the Troposphere from Aircraft and Satellites L1 V1 (CAR_ARCTAS_L1C) at GES DISC

ARCTAS focuses on advancing understanding of the factors driving current changes in the Arctic region including transport of mid-latitude pollution, boreal forest fires, aerosol radiative forcing, and chemical processes. ARCTAS aimed to use detailed observations from aircraft to provide the validation, retrieval constraints, correlative data, and process information needed to better achieve the potential of satellites for Arctic research. The plan is for the combination of satellite and aircraft data to provide together powerful information for constraining and evaluating models of Arctic atmospheric composition and climate, and thus improve model projections of future change.

ARCTAS项目致力于深化对驱动北极地区当前变化因素的理解，包括中纬度污染的传输、北半球森林火灾、气溶胶辐射强迫以及化学过程。该项目的目标是利用飞机的详细观测数据，为验证、数据检索约束、相关性数据以及过程信息提供支持，从而更好地发挥卫星在北极研究中的潜力。计划通过卫星与飞机数据的结合，共同提供强大的信息，以约束和评估北极大气成分和气候模型，从而改善对未来变化的预测。