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The Deep Convective Clouds and Chemistry (DC3) Field Campaign

Mary C. Barth NCAR,* Boulder, Colorado

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Christopher A. Cantrell University of Colorado, Boulder, Colorado

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William H. Brune The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pennsylvania

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Steven A. Rutledge Colorado State University, Ft. Collins, Colorado

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James H. Crawford NASA Langley Research Center, Hampton, Virginia

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Heidi Huntrieser Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt (DLR), Oberpfaffenhofen, Germany

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Lawrence D. Carey University of Alabama in Huntsville, Huntsville, Alabama

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Donald MacGorman NOAA/NSSL, Norman, Oklahoma

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Morris Weisman NCAR,* Boulder, Colorado

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Kenneth E. Pickering NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, Maryland

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Eric Bruning Texas Tech University, Lubbock, Texas

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Bruce Anderson NASA Langley Research Center, Hampton, Virginia

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Eric Apel NCAR,* Boulder, Colorado

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Michael Biggerstaff University of Oklahoma, Norman, Oklahoma

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Teresa Campos NCAR,* Boulder, Colorado

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Pedro Campuzano-Jost University of Colorado, Boulder, Colorado

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Ronald Cohen University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, California

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John Crounse California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California

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Douglas A. Day University of Colorado, Boulder, Colorado

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Glenn Diskin NASA Langley Research Center, Hampton, Virginia

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Frank Flocke NCAR,* Boulder, Colorado

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Alan Fried University of Colorado, Boulder, Colorado

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Charity Garland University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, California

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Brian Heikes School of Oceanography, University of Rhode Island, Narragansett, Rhode Island

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Shawn Honomichl NCAR,* Boulder, Colorado

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Rebecca Hornbrook NCAR,* Boulder, Colorado

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L. Gregory Huey Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, Georgia

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Jose L. Jimenez University of Colorado, Boulder, Colorado

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Timothy Lang Colorado State University, Ft. Collins, Colorado

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Michael Lichtenstern Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt (DLR), Oberpfaffenhofen, Germany

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Tomas Mikoviny Oak Ridge Associated Universities, Oak Ridge, Tennessee

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Benjamin Nault University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, California

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Daniel O’Sullivan United States Naval Academy, Annapolis, Maryland

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Laura L. Pan NCAR,* Boulder, Colorado

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Thomas Ryerson NOAA/ESRL, Boulder, Colorado

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Petter Weibring University of Colorado, Boulder, Colorado

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Andrew Weinheimer NCAR,* Boulder, Colorado

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Paul Wennberg California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California

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01 Aug 2015
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Abstract

The Deep Convective Clouds and Chemistry (DC3) field experiment produced an exceptional dataset on thunderstorms, including their dynamical, physical, and electrical structures and their impact on the chemical composition of the troposphere. The field experiment gathered detailed information on the chemical composition of the inflow and outflow regions of midlatitude thunderstorms in northeast Colorado, west Texas to central Oklahoma, and northern Alabama. A unique aspect of the DC3 strategy was to locate and sample the convective outflow a day after active convection in order to measure the chemical transformations within the upper-tropospheric convective plume. These data are being analyzed to investigate transport and dynamics of the storms, scavenging of soluble trace gases and aerosols, production of nitrogen oxides by lightning, relationships between lightning flash rates and storm parameters, chemistry in the upper troposphere that is affected by the convection, and related source characterization of the three sampling regions. DC3 also documented biomass-burning plumes and the interactions of these plumes with deep convection.

The National Center for Atmospheric Research is sponsored by the National Science Foundation

CURRENT AFFILIATION: NASA Marshall Space Flight Center, Huntsville, Alabama

CORRESPONDING AUTHOR: Mary C. Barth, NCAR, P.O. Box 3000, Boulder, CO 80307, E-mail: barthm@ucar.edu

Abstract

The Deep Convective Clouds and Chemistry (DC3) field experiment produced an exceptional dataset on thunderstorms, including their dynamical, physical, and electrical structures and their impact on the chemical composition of the troposphere. The field experiment gathered detailed information on the chemical composition of the inflow and outflow regions of midlatitude thunderstorms in northeast Colorado, west Texas to central Oklahoma, and northern Alabama. A unique aspect of the DC3 strategy was to locate and sample the convective outflow a day after active convection in order to measure the chemical transformations within the upper-tropospheric convective plume. These data are being analyzed to investigate transport and dynamics of the storms, scavenging of soluble trace gases and aerosols, production of nitrogen oxides by lightning, relationships between lightning flash rates and storm parameters, chemistry in the upper troposphere that is affected by the convection, and related source characterization of the three sampling regions. DC3 also documented biomass-burning plumes and the interactions of these plumes with deep convection.

The National Center for Atmospheric Research is sponsored by the National Science Foundation

CURRENT AFFILIATION: NASA Marshall Space Flight Center, Huntsville, Alabama

CORRESPONDING AUTHOR: Mary C. Barth, NCAR, P.O. Box 3000, Boulder, CO 80307, E-mail: barthm@ucar.edu
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