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Campaign Summary
| Campaign Name |
Southern African Regional Science Initiative 2000 |
| Campaign Location |
Southern Africa |
| Campaign Plan |
SAFARI 2000 Science Plan (pdf) |
| Inclusive Dates |
15 August 2000 - 16 September 2000 |
| Aircraft Flight Scientist |
Prof. Peter Hobbs |
| Status |
Campaign Completed |
CAR Data Summary
| Principal Investigator |
Dr. Michael King |
| Co-Principal Investigator |
Dr. Charles Gatebe |
| Spectral Bands |
Configuration |
| Calibration Type |
Final |
| Missions Flown |
21 |
| Level-1B Data |
available |
| Level-1B Data Distribution |
ORNL DAAC |
SAFARI Mission (Flight) Pages
(Click on flight number or map to load mission page)
Flight track maps by U.Wash.
Campaign Objective
The Southern African Regional Science Initiative (SAFARI) 2000 is an international science field campaign aimed at developing
a better understanding of the southern Africa earth-atmosphere-human system. The goal of SAFARI 2000 is to identify and
understand the relationship between the physical, chemical, biological, and anthropogenic processes that underlie the
biogeophysical and biogeochemical systems of southern Africa. Particular emphasis will be placed upon biogenic, pyrogenic,
and anthropogenic emissions - their characterization and quantification, their transport and transformations in the atmosphere,
their influence on regional climate and meteorology, their eventual deposition, and the effects of this deposition on ecosystems.
To accomplish this, participants will:
- integrate remote sensing, computational modeling, airborne sampling and ground-based studies;
- link the biological, physical, and chemical components of the regional ecosystems by integrating them within the semi-closed atmospheric gyre persistent over the region;
- combine the expertise and knowledge base of regional and international scientists.
Sample Photographs From Aircraft Vantage
(Click on photograph thumbnail to view a larger version)
Flt.1819 Escarpment |
Flt.1819 Grass Fire |
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Images by Dr. Charles Gatebe & Jason Li
Level-1B HDF Data Distribution
Data not yet available
Related Web Sites
SAFARI 2000 (South Africa)
SAFARI 2000 (University of Virginia)
Study Area and Core Sites
Summary Presentation
Remote Sensing of Smoke, Land, & Clouds during SAFARI 2000
PowerPoint Presentation
Dr. Michael King
NASA GSFC Seminar
Greenbelt, MD
May 2001
 Download this presentation (25 MB)
NOTE: The above file is in Microsoft PowerPoint format. If you don't have PowerPoint, Microsoft has a free PowerPoint Viewer available for download.
Windows
Macintosh (OS 9.x only)
IMPORTANT: This PowerPoint presentation
contains a QuickTime movie that must be downloaded separately (a link is provided, below). Depending on one's platform and PowerPoint version,
you may need to re-link the QuickTime movie to the PowerPoint presentation. If you have any problems with this, contact Paul Hubanks at
hubanks@climate.gsfc.nasa.gov.
Download QuickTime
Aerosol Optical Thickness & Effective Radius - Sept 2000 Avgerages
QuickTime Movie
Dr. Michael King
Eric Moody
Download this movie (37 MB)
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