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New Instrument Data From ATom

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The UCATS system is three different instruments in one enclosure: a two-channel chromatograph with electron capture detectors (one measures N2O and SF6, the other measures CH4, H2 and CO), a tunable diode laser instrument for H2O, and a dual-beam O3 photometer.

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A new dataset was collected using the Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS) Chromatograph for Atmospheric Trace Species (UCATS).

Soil Organic Carbon Estimates for Mexico

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(A) Digital map of soil organic carbon (kg/m2) at 1 m depth and 90 m spatial resolution. The black and blue colored areas are urban areas and water bodies. (B) An area in northern Mexico illustrating the level of detail achieved by mapping across 90 m grids.

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Estimates of soil organic carbon are now available from Mexico at a 90 meter resolution.

Open Water Masks from AirSWOT Flight Paths over Alaska

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Example of color-infrared imagery shown alongside the corresponding semi-automated open water classification at Old Crow Flats, Alaska.

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Over 3,000 km2 of open surface water were mapped from AirSWOT flight lines made in Summer 2017 for the Arctic-Boreal Vulnerability Experiment (ABoVE).