Campaign : Chile: Radiative Heating in Underexplored Bands Campaign 2 (RHUBC-II)
2009.08.14 - 2009.10.24
Website : http://campaign.arm.gov/rhubcII/
Lead Scientist : David Turner
Description
The Radiative Heating in Underexplored Bands Campaign (RHUBC-II) was selected for support by ACRF as an off-site campaign. Led by principal investigators David Turner and Eli Mlawer, RHUBC-II took place from August to October 2009 at a location near Cerro Chajnantor in Chile, at an altitude of more than 5,000 m. This effort was a follow-on to RHUBC-I, conducted from February 22 to March 14, 2007, at the ACRF North Slope of Alaska site in Barrow. During RHUBC-II, the same spectral band was explored; however this absorption bands was much more transparent in the dry, low pressure conditions at Chajnantor. These conditions represent the upper troposphere that is poorly observed but important for climate studies. Therefore, significant fundamental advances that are pertinent to reducing uncertainties in the radiation calculation of global climate models were gained.
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Co-Investigators
Eli Mlawer
