Day One…

Today was slated as a preparation day, and we did our best to get everything ready to go. At the start of the campaign, there are a variety of things that need to be done — some of them daily, others only once or twice — to ensure that we get good quality measurements. For example, we have one sensor with us…

Pilatus Flies!

After making the decision to extend the campaign by a couple of days, the team was optimistic and ready to go this morning. We woke…

Another good (but not great) day, and homeward bound…

Made it to Oliktok!

We left Anchorage early this morning and had an uneventful flight up to Prudhoe Bay. Unfortunately, clouds obscured our…

Notes from the field…

Another interesting day at Oliktok — one day I would love to have a few of the (seemingly) boring…

DataHawks are flying!

The weather continues to be nasty up here. This morning at breakfast, the winds looked ever-so-slightly better, so we…

A brief window of opportunity…

Yesterday we set out for the AMF-3 prepared to stay for the entire day and into the evening, just in case…

Aerosol Measurements! (sort of)…

I didn’t provide a blog entry yesterday — I wish I could say that was because the weather broke and we…

Of wind gusts and snow drifts…

Half way point…

We arrived on the north slope a week ago, and now have one week until we likely head home. Some campaigns go very quickly — this…