Overview of CONvective TRansport of Active Species in the Tropics (CONTRAST) experiment

ROSS SALAWITCH; LAURA PAN; RAFAEL PEDRO FERNÁNDEZ; CONTRAST SCIENCE TEAM

Lancaster

Workshop; Chemistry Climate Modelling Initiative (CCMI-2014); 2014

Stratosphere-Troposphere Processes and their Role in Climate (SPARC)

The Scientific Objectives of the CONTRAST Project are: Characterize chemical composition and O3 photochemical budget at level of convectiveoutflow in the Western Pacific during the deep convective season; Evaluate the budget of organic and inorganic halogens in the tropical TTL; Investigate transport pathways from the ocean surface to the tropopause via coordinated flights of the GV (CONTRAST), BAe-146 (CAST), Global Hawk (ATTREX) & data from ozone sondes (SOWER & CAST) and water sondes (ATTREX & SOWER).