Recap of EOSS-112

NOAA AirCore� Atmospheric Sampler

If you are interested visit:

http://www.cmdl.noaa.gov/index.php - for an overview of the Global Monitoring Division of NOAA.
http://www.cmdl.noaa.gov/ccgg/index.html - for the overview of Carbon Cycle in the atmosphere and ...
http://www.cmdl.noaa.gov/ccgg/trends/ - for current trends.
http://www.cmdl.noaa.gov/hotitems/storyDetail_org.php?sid=3500 - for NOAA's description of the AirCore. (EOSS is mentioned)
http://www.fsl.noaa.gov/media/hotitems/2006/06Oct18.html - for NOAA's recap of this flight including graphs of the data obtained

See our previous flight announcement for additional details about this system.

Photo by Rick von Glahn, N0KKZ

14 lbs of AirCore� planned to fly

Russ Chadwick sent this along:

Here's the impact absorber. It's made of 54 practice golf balls and will be on the bottom of the AirCore coil. The practice golf balls are tied together by 24 lateral loops of nylon string, 4 longitudinal loops and 8 diagonal loops. There will be an additional 24 practice golf balls to protect the sides of the coil. - Russ

note: As evidenced by the photo below, the impact absorber was either discarded or totally revised with some other material.