Concept information
Preferred term
AGASP
Definition
- The AGASP flights were special missions flown from Norway and Thule AFB, to obtain measurements for determining the rate at which carbon dioxide in the arctic atmosphere was being absorbed by a Norwegian Sea "sink". Those sinks in oceans around the world are believed to regularly absorb carbon dioxide from the atmosphere, and this absorption is believed to play an important role in removing excess carbon dioxide from the atmosphere. Computer models indicated that excess carbon dioxide in the atmosphere from human activity would cause a "greenhouse" effect; and we still are hearing about this of course, 17 years later. The AGASP flights also determined how representative haze samples were by comparing them to observations from ground based instruments in an arctic air sampling network from the Barrow GMCC observatory, which is a NOAA baseline monitoring station on the North Coast of Alaska. For more information, link to "http://www.qsl.net/kg0yh/agasp.htm" (en)
Broader concept
- A - C (en)
URI
https://gcmd.earthdata.nasa.gov/kms/concept/535a1f0e-63ae-4e10-b9cc-fff7d93d75a9
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