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CARbon Airborne Flux (CARAFE)

NASA conducted low-level aircraft flights measuring greenhouse gases over the mid-Atlantic region through September. The flights were for the CARbon Airborne Flux Experiment or CARAFE, which will measured the exchange of greenhouse gases such as carbon dioxide and methane between the Earth and the atmosphere in the region.

Launch Date
August 2016
Class
Flight Project
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  • Principal Investigator

NASA conducted low-level aircraft flights measuring greenhouse gases over the mid-Atlantic region through September. The flights were for the CARbon Airborne Flux Experiment or CARAFE, which will measured the exchange of greenhouse gases such as carbon dioxide and methane between the Earth and the atmosphere in the region.

Related Publications

2026. "Compounded effects on wetland greenhouse gas fluxes from climate change and water management along a saline to freshwater gradient.", Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 123 (8): e2513685123 [10.1073/pnas.2513685123] [Journal Article/Letter]

2020. "Spatial heterogeneity in CO2, CH4, and energy fluxes: insights from airborne eddy covariance measurements over the Mid-Atlantic region.", Environmental Research Letters, 15 (3): 035008 [10.1088/1748-9326/ab7391] [Journal Article/Letter]

2018. "The NASA Carbon Airborne Flux Experiment (CARAFE): instrumentation and methodology.", Atmospheric Measurement Techniques, 11 (3): 1757-1776 [10.5194/amt-11-1757-2018] [Journal Article/Letter]