Study Dates | May 27, 2016 - July 27, 2019 |
Season of Study | Year round |
Region | Midwest, Mid-Atlantic, Southern U.S. |
Spatial Bounds | N: 45°N S: 30°N W: 90°W E: 60°W |
Focus Areas | Atmospheric Composition Carbon Cycle and Ecosystems Climate Variability and Change Weather |
Geophysical Concepts | Atmospheric Chemicals and Trace Gasses Carbon Storage and Processes |
Scientific Topics | Carbon Dioxide Methane Carbon Cycle/Carbon Budget Models Greenhouse Gases Storms Weather Patterns Atmospheric Winds Sources/Sinks Mid-Latitude Cyclones |



ACT-America
The Atmospheric Carbon and Transport - America (ACT-America) project is a NASA Earth Venture Suborbital-2 mission to study the transport and fluxes of atmospheric carbon dioxide and methane across three regions in the eastern United States. Flight campaigns measured transport of greenhouse gases by continental-scale weather systems. Ground-based measurements of greenhouse gases were also collected. Project goals include better estimates of greenhouse gas sources and sinks which are required for climate management and for prediction of future climate.
Principal Investigator
Data Centers
Funding Programs
Platform | Instrument(s) |
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C-130 Hercules | Cloud Physics Lidar (CPL) Programmable Flask Package Whole Air Sampler (PFP) Picarro Gas Analyzer Generic-Atmospheric State (Gen-AtmsState) Continuous Ozone Monitor Multi-functional Fiber Laser Lidar (MFLL) High Altitude Lidar Observatory (HALO) Quantum Cascade Laser System (QCLS) |
Permanent Land Site | Fourier Transformation Spectrometer (FTS) Picarro Gas Analyzer |
Beechcraft B-200 King Air | Compact Atmospheric Multispecies Spectrometer (CAMS) Programmable Flask Package Whole Air Sampler (PFP) Picarro Gas Analyzer Generic-Atmospheric State (Gen-AtmsState) Continuous Ozone Monitor |
The following resources provide additional information about the ACT-America campaign.