The SNPP Arctic airborne field campaign, jointly supported by NASA and NOAA, was conducted out of Keflavik, Iceland between 7-31 March 2015. The ER-2 payload consisted of NAST-I (LaRC), MASTER (AMES), S-HIS (UW), and NAST-M (MIT-LL) and was successfully implemented in 7 mission sorties underneath advanced sounder satellites (SNPP, Aqua, Metop-A, and Metop-B) for the purpose of cold scene radiance spectra assessment and retrieval evaluation. The primary objective of the campaign was to focus on SNPP validation and JPSS risk reduction for cold scene observations (~ 235K), and satellite cross-validation in the Arctic region.
Aircraft profiles also included over-flight of the Summit Station Greenland instrumented ground site and some joint sorties with the UK Met Office heavily instrumented BAe-146 aircraft.
