ATom-1: 29 July - 23 August 2016 Completed
Integration of most instruments was completed in early July 2016, with test flights beginning in mid July, 2016.
A number of articles were written about the project during Phase 1 of ATom. Those articles include:
Nomadic Scientists: From Desert to Arctic and Beyond
After a brief trip down to 5oN and up to 78oN, the NASA DC8 aircraft successfully flew down the Pacific basin, across the southern ocean, and back up the Atlantic (via the Greenalnd Ice sheet) to land back in California.
Flights were (YYYYMMDD, Departure, Arrival)
20160729: RF01 Palmdale, CA - Palmdale, CA
20160801: RF02 Palmdale, CA - Anchorage, AK
20160803: RF03 Anchorage, AK - Kona, Hawaii
20160806: RF04 Kona, Hawaii - Pago Pago, American Samoa
20160808: RF05 Pago Pago, American Samoa - Christchurch, New Zealand
20160812: RF06 Christchurch, New Zealand - Punta Arenas, Chile
20160815: RF07 Punta Arenas, Chile - Ascension Island
20160817: RF08 Ascension Island - Lajes, Azore Islands
20160820: RF09 Lajes, Azore Islands - Kangerlusuuaq, Greenland
20160822: RF10 Kangerlusuuaq, Greenland - Minneapolis, MN
20160823: RF11 Minneapolis, MN - Palmdale, CA
During ATom-1, some of the scientists (including me!) wrote blog posts describing the day-to-day activities. Links to my posts are on the ATom Field Blog page.
NASA also produced some excellent videos to descibe our mission using some of my sketchy attempts at videography as well as their own footage from the Palmdale-Palmdale flight. Links to these videos are on the ATom Videos page.
Updates from the field were made on Twitter by various people (search for #NASA_ATom or just click here for a full overview: #NASA_ATom.
ATom1 data has been released to the public and can be found on the NASA ESPO archive.
