HIPPO

Data Access

The HIPPO data archive is located at NCAR/EOL. Both merged aircraft datasets and supporting datasets can be found via the EOL Data Access links on this page. Merged datasets can be found here and are described here and here.  See links by phase below.

Description

The "Collaborative Research: HIAPER Pole-to-Pole Observations (HIPPO) of Carbon Cycle and Greenhouse Gases Study" measured cross sections of atmospheric concentrations approximately pole-to-pole, from the surface to the tropopause, five times during different seasons over a three year period. A comprehensive suite of atmospheric trace gases pertinent to understanding the Carbon Cycle were measured. HIPPO transected the mid-Pacific ocean and returned either over the Eastern Pacific, or over the Western Atlantic. The program provided the first comprehensive, global survey of atmospheric trace gases, covering the full troposphere in all seasons and multiple years. EOL provided the NSF/NCAR G-V HIAPER for this project, and the PI was Prof. Steve Wofsy from Harvard University.

Instrument Info and Descriptions