Kiruna 2010

Inside of the Arena Arctica during RECONCILE.

Francesco Cairo, Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche, Rome, Italy

conducts pre-flight checks of a lidar instrument that measures

aerosols and clouds.

Photo credit:  Ross Salawitch

 

Christof Piesch and Andreas Ebersoldt of Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Germany

fill the dewer of the Michelson Interferometer for Passive Atmospheric Sounding (MIPAS)

instrument that measures a variety of photochemically active gases.

This photo was taken about 4:45 am, prior to the 8:15 takeoff on 9 March 2010.

Photo credit:  Ross Salawitch

 

These engines, built into the fuselage, take the aircraft to 70,000 feet:

Photo credit:  Ross Salawitch

 

Here is a look at some of the logos on the aircraft:

Photo credit:  Hideaki Nakajima

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Photo credits:  Ross Salawitch

 

and the international flavor of the mission:

 

 

 

 

 

 

Photo credits:  Ross Salawitch

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Earth System Science Interdisciplinary Center                                                                                             The University of Maryland