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Global Monitoring Laboratory Field Campaigns 2024 National Observations of GHGs using Aircraft Profiles (NOGAP) United States National Pyrheliometer Comparison (NPC) NREL Boundary Layer Experiment, Bondville, IL Wind Forecasting Improvement Project (WFIP-3) Nantucket and Block Island, MA bAlloon-borne evaluaTion of atMospheric hygrOmeters and Synergistic eFforts for the prEparation of the foRum mission (ATMOSFER) Esrange, Sweden 2023 Study of Precipitation, the Lower Atmosphere and Surface for Hydrometeorology (SPLASH) Crested Butte, CO Stratospheric Aerosol processes, Budget and Radiative Effects (SABRE) North America National Pyrheliometer Comparison (NPC) NREL National Observations of GHGs using Aircraft Profiles (NOGAP) United States AirCore Observations of Stratospheric Trace gases Influencing Climate using High-altitude platforms (OSTRICH), Sodankylä, Finland Atmospheric Emissions and Reactions Observed from Megacities to Marine Areas (AEROMMA) Boeing EcoDemonstrator 2022 La Réunion Balloon Launch La Réunion Dynamics and Chemistry of the Summer Stratosphere (DCOTSS) North America Study of Precipitation, the Lower Atmosphere and Surface for Hydrometeorology (SPLASH) Crested Butte, CO AsA 2022 campaign Aire-sur-l'Adour, France High-altitude Operational Return Unmanned System (HORUS) Flight Demonstration, Pawnee National Grassland, CO National Pyrheliometer Comparison (NPC) NREL East Africa Greenhouse Gas Observations Kampala, Uganda 2021 High-altitude Operational Return Unmanned System (HORUS) Test Flight NASA Armstrong Flight Research Center and Edwards Air Force Base, California Dynamics and Chemistry of the Summer Stratosphere (DCOTSS) North America Dobson regional calibrations Hohenpeissenberg, Germany Boeing EcoDemonstrator The 3rd WMO International Pyrgeometer Comparison Davos, Switzerland Study of Precipitation, the Lower Atmosphere and Surface for Hydrometeorology (SPLASH) Crested Butte, CO StratoCore Test Flight Boulder, CO Southwest Urban NOx and VOC Experiment (SUNVEx) Los Angeles, California and Las Vegas, Nevada East Africa Greenhouse Gas Observations Kampala, Uganda 2020 ECO-COVID East Coast, US Dynamics and Chemistry of the Summer Stratosphere (DCOTSS) Lunar AOD Intercomparison Campaign Ny Alesund, Norway East Africa Greenhouse Gas Observations Kampala, Uganda 2019 CHEESEHEAD Prentice, Lakeland, WI NREL National Pyrheliometer Comparison (NPC) Golden, CO ACT-5 Lincoln, NB; Wallops Is, VA; Shreveport, LA AirCore Readiness of Integrated carbon observation system (ICOS) for Necessities of integrated Global Observations (RINGO), Traînou, France 2018 Cloud Properties Experiment (CPEX) Table Mountain, CO NREL National Pyrheliometer Comparison (NPC) Golden, CO ECO East Coast, US ATOM-4 Atmospheric Tomography Mission Global ACT-4 Lincoln, NB; Wallops Is, VA; Shreveport, LA AirCore Readiness of Integrated carbon observation system (ICOS) for Necessities of integrated Global Observations (RINGO) Sodankylä, Finland AirCore OCO-2 "Roadshow" Edwards AFB, CA; Lamont, OK; Park Falls, WI 2017 NOAA GOES-R Series Calibration Field Study Red Lake, AZ De-Icing Comparison Experiment (D-ICE) Barrow, AK NREL National Pyrheliometer Comparison (NPC) Golden, CO Evaluating the World Infrared Standard Group SGP, OK ATOM-2 Atmospheric Tomography Mission Global ACT-2 Lincoln, NB; Wallops Is, VA; Shreveport, LA Alberta Tar Sands Fort McMurray, AB ABoVE Fairbanks, AK ATOM-3 Atmospheric Tomography Mission Global ACT-3 Lincoln, NB; Wallops Is, VA; Shreveport, LA HOVERCAT Boulder, CO 2016 DOE-NOAA Wind Forecasting Improvement Project (WFIP-2) Wasco, Rufus, Condon, Eugene, OR NREL National Pyrheliometer Comparison (NPC) Golden, CO ORCAS Punta Arenas, Chile ATOM-1 Atmospheric Tomography Mission Global ACT-1 Lincoln, NB; Wallops Is, VA; Shreveport, LA North Slope Alaska-2 Deadhorse, AK POSIDON - Pacific Oxidants, Sulfur, Ice, Dehydration and Convection, NASA WB-57 Guam 2015 WMO International Pyrheliometer Comparison (IPC-XII) Davos, Switzerland TOPDOWN2015 Durango, CO North Slope Alaska-1 Deadhorse, AK RPSEA- Fayetteville Shale Conway, AR RPSEA- Fayetteville Shale Conway, AR 2014-2017 Los Angeles Megacity Experiment 2014 NASA DISCOVER-AQ Erie, CO NASA DISCOVER-AQ Platteville, CO DOE-NOAA Solar Forecasting Improvement Project (SFIP) Alamosa, CO DOE-NOAA Solar Forecasting Improvement Project (SFIP) Rutland, VT NREL National Pyrheliometer Comparison (NPC) Golden, CO CARVE-4 Fairbanks, AK Bakken Shale Study North Dakota TOPDOWN2014 Farmington, NM FRAPPE NE CO, US ATTREX - Airborne Tropical Tropopause Experiment, NASA Global Hawk Guam 2013 NASA DISCOVER-AQ Porterville, CA NASA DISCOVER-AQ Smith Point, TX NREL National Pyrheliometer Comparison (NPC) Golden, CO Uinta Basin Ozone Study II Uinta, UT CARVE-3 Fairbanks, AK Barnett Basin Study 1 Denton, TX Barnett Basin Study 2 Denton, TX ATTREX - Airborne Tropical Tropopause Experiment, NASA Global Hawk Lancaster, CA AquaVIT-2 - International Intercomparison of Atmospheric Water Vapor Measurements Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Germany 2012 DOE Two Column Aerosol Project (TCAP) Cape Cod, MA NREL National Pyrheliometer Comparison (NPC) Golden, CO Uinta Basin Ozone Study I Uinta, UT Denver Julesburg Study Boulder, CO CARVE-2 Fairbanks, AK SWOP - Sounding Water vapor, Ozone, and Particles during the Asian summer monsoon Kunming, China 2011 Cooperative Investigation of Climate-Cryosphere Interactions campaign (CICCI) Ny-Alesund, Svalbard NREL National Pyrheliometer Comparison (NPC) Golden, CO HIPPO-4 Global HIPPO-5 Global ATTREX - Airborne Tropical Tropopause Experiment, NASA Global Hawk Lancaster, CA MACPEX - Midlatitude Airborne Cirrus Properties Experiment, NASA WB-57 Ellington Field, Houston, Texas 2010 (ongoing) Indianapolis Flux Experiment (INFLUX) 2010 WMO International Pyrheliometer Comparison (IPC-XI) Davos, Switzerland HIPPO-3 Global GloPac 2009 Pan-Arctic Measurements and Arctic Regional climate model simulations (PAMARCMIP) Circum-Arctic Airborne Campaign NREL National Pyrheliometer Comparison (NPC) Golden, CO HIPPO-1 Global HIPPO-2 Global MOHAVE Table Mountain, CA 2008 Polar-AOD Intercomparison Campaign Izaña Observatory (Tenerife) NREL National Pyrheliometer Comparison (NPC) Golden, CO ARCPAC Tower Studies Erie, CO START-08 Broomfield, CO 2007 NREL National Pyrheliometer Comparison (NPC) Golden, CO Mid-Continent Intensive (MCI) TC4 2006 NREL National Pyrheliometer Comparison (NPC) Golden, CO Polar-AOD Intercomparison Campaign Ny-Alesund, Svalbard CR-AVE 2005 WMO International Pyrheliometer Comparison (IPC-X) Davos, Switzerland 2004 AIRS Validation Campaigns Dome Concordia, Antarctica NREL National Pyrheliometer Comparison (NPC) Golden, CO BOS - Balloon Observations of the Stratosphere, Large Gondola Balloon In Situ Payload Flights National Scientific Balloon Facility, Ft. Sumner, New Mexico Pre-AVE TROICA 8 - Trans-Siberian Railway 2003 NREL National Pyrheliometer Comparison (NPC) Golden, CO Sun Photometer Intercomparison Campaign Terra Nova Bay, Icaro Camp and Dome Concordia, Antarctica AIRS Validation Campaigns Dome Concordia, Antarctica BOS - Balloon Observations of the Stratosphere, Large Gondola Balloon In Situ Payload Flights National Scientific Balloon Facility, Ft. Sumner, New Mexico SOLVE-II COBRA-NA - North American Airborne Study 2002 NREL National Pyrheliometer Comparison (NPC) Golden, CO BOS - Balloon Observations of the Stratosphere, Large Gondola Balloon In Situ Payload Flights National Scientific Balloon Facility, Ft. Sumner, New Mexico CRYSTAL-FACE 2001 NREL National Pyrheliometer Comparison (NPC) Golden, CO TROICA 7 - Trans-Siberian Railway CLIVAR 2000 WMO International Pyrheliometer Comparison (IPC-IX) Davos, Switzerland 1999-2010 Large-scale Biosphere-atmosphere experiment in Amazonia (LBA-ECO) 1999-2000 SOLVE 1999 NREL National Pyrheliometer Comparison (NPC) Golden, CO BACPAC 1998 OMS - Observations of the Middle Stratosphere, Large Gondola Balloon In Situ Payload Flights National Scientific Balloon Facility, Ft. Sumner, New Mexico GASEX 1997 Surface Heat Budget of the Arctic Ocean Beaufort Sea/Arctic ocean from Icebreaker OMS - Observations of the Middle Stratosphere, Large Gondola Balloon In Situ Payload Flights National Scientific Balloon Facility, Ft. Sumner, New Mexico POLARIS 1996 OMS - Observations of the Middle Stratosphere, Large Gondola Balloon In Situ Payload Flights National Scientific Balloon Facility, Ft. Sumner, New Mexico BLAST III 1995 WMO International Pyrheliometer Comparison (IPC-VIII) Davos, Switzerland STRAT 1994 ASHOE/MAESA BLAST I BLAST II 1992 SPADE OAXTC Arctic Gas and Aerosol Sampling Program AGASP IV 1990 SAGA III 1989 First WMO Regional Pyrheliometer Comparison of Region IV Ensenda, Mexico RITS Arctic Gas and Aerosol Sampling Program AGASP III 1987 AASE-II SAGA II 1986 Arctic Gas and Aerosol Sampling Program AGASP II 1983 SAGA Arctic Gas and Aerosol Sampling Program AGASP