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CO2, CH4, and other gases sampled by CARVE

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Flask sampling system for aircraft measurements. Left: Programmable Flash Package (PFP) containing 12 flasks. Right: Programmable Compressor Package (PCP) containing pumps for pressurizing the flasks. (Image courtesy: http://www.esrl.noaa.gov/gmd/ccgg/aircraft/sampling.html)

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The CARVE campaign analyzed whole-air samples from aircraft and a 32m tower above Alaska.

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Capturing black carbon aerosol emissions in Alaska

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Figure (a) Map of the CARVE aerosol sampling stations in Alaska, (b) daily sum of fire radiative power from MODIS active fires in 2013 Alaska (from Mouteva et al 2015).

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Carbon aerosol data was collected by NASA's Carbon in Arctic Reservoirs Vulnerability Experiment (CARVE) in summer 2013.

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