The Global Tropospheric Experiment
The Global Tropospheric Experiment (GTE) is a major component of the NASA Tropospheric Chemistry Program. GTE consists of a series of airborne field experiments designed to (1) evaluate the capability of instrument techniques to measure, under field conditions, the minute concentrations of key chemical species in the atmosphere and (2) systematically address tropospheric chemistry issues relevant to global change, through airborne sampling expeditions, coupled with modeling and laboratory studies. See GTE map for location and brief description of each mission. See Tables below for detailed list of parameters in each mission archive.
GTE WebpageDisciplines: Aerosols Tropospheric Composition Field Campaigns
GTE Mission Publications
Smyth S, Sandholm S, Shumaker B, Mitch W, Kanvinde A, Bradshaw J, Liu S, McKeen S, Gregory G, Anderson B, Talbot R, Blake D, Rowland S, Browell E, Fenn M, Merrill J, Bachmeier S, Sachse G, Collins J (1999). Characterization of the chemical signatures of air masses observed during the PEM experiments over the western Pacific. Journal of Geophysical Research, 104 (D13), 16243. https://doi.org/10.1029/1999JD900115
Olson JR, Baum BA, Cahoon DR, Crawford JH (1999). Frequency and distribution of forest, savanna, and crop files over tropical regions during PEM-Tropics A. Journal of Geophysical Research, 104 (D5), 5865. https://doi.org/10.1029/1998JD100066
Andronache C, Donner L, Seman C, Ramaswamy V, Hemler R (1999). Atmospheric sulfur and deep convective clouds in tropical Pacific: A model study. Journal of Geophysical Research, 104 (D4), 4005. https://doi.org/10.1029/1998JD200085
Andronache C, Donner L, Ramaswamy V, Seman C, Hemle R (1998). The effects of atmospheric sulfur on the radiative properties of convective clouds: a limited area modeling study. Journal of Geophysical Research, 25 (9), 1423. https://doi.org/10.1029/98GL01028
Emmons LK, Carroll MA, Hauglustaine DA, Brasseur GP, Atherton C, Penner J, Sillman S, Levy H, Rohrer F, Wauben WMF, Velthoven VPFJ, Wang Y, Jacob D, Bakwin P, Dickerson R, Doddridge B, Gerbig C, Honrath R, Hübler G, Jaffe D, Kondo Y, Munger JW, Torres A, Volz-Thomas A (1997). Climatologies of NOx and NOy: A Comparison of data and models. Atmospheric Environment, 31 (12), 1851. https://doi.org/10.1016/S1352-2310(96)00334-2
Levy H, Kasibhatla PS, Moxim WJ, Klonecki AA, Hirsch AI, Oltmans SJ, Chameides WL (1997). The global impact of human activity on tropospheric ozone. Geophysical Research Letters, 24 (7), 791. https://doi.org/10.1029/97GL00599