NASA

Student Airborne
Research Program

Welcome SARP 2016!!!

About Me

On the DC-8 for the Leonid

MAC mission (2002)

Flying over Antarctica in the DC-8 in

2012, live-chatting with 5th graders
back in the US

SARP Objectives
The SARP was designed to address educational goals that have been set out
by NASA
The Major Objectives envisioned specifically for SARP are:

Expose and engage participants in NASA Airborne Science and its role in
Earth System research.

Inspire, motivate, and recruit students from institutions that do not offer
research experiences and who might otherwise choose fields other than Earth
System Science.

Infuse fresh cross cutting ideas from other disciplines into Earth System
Science research.

Address future workforce needs in the aerospace, airborne science, and earth
science communities.

Increase future workforce diversity.

Provide participants with hands-on experience of the end-to-end aspects of a

scientific mission using NASA research aircraft and instrumentation. Do this
in such a time period that an authentic student project can be completed.

To the maximum extent possible, perform scientifically useful measurements

and anticipate the possibility of publishable results.

SARP Applications 2009-2016

300

Number of Applicants

250

200

150

100

50

2009

2010

2011

2012

2013

2014

2015

2016

SARP Class of 2016

32 students from 32
different colleges and
universities from 23
different states
25 students are from
colleges and universities
we have never had in SARP
before
3.74/4.00 average GPA
16 male/16 female
10 are double majors
All rising seniors or rising
superseniors

SARP Class of 2016

Majors
Math/Applied
Math
15%

Engineering
12%

Environmental/
Atmospheric
Science &
Metorology
13%

Physics
22%

Earth/Geosciences
17%

Computer Science
5%

Chemistry
12%

*10 students are double majors -- each major is counted separately in this chart

SARP
2016 Organization
SARP Faculty Research Group Leaders SARP Faculty & Scientists

Blake
Whole Air
Sampling

Kudela

Pusede

Roberts

Vegetation
Ocean
Atmospheric
Remote Sensing
Remote Sensing Chemistry

Research Mentors

Hughes

8 students

Bausell

8 Students

Kotsakis

8 Students

Coding Mentor

Miller

8 Students

Sagona

SARP
2016 Organization
SARP Faculty Research Group Leaders SARP Faculty & Scientists

Fuelberg

Lefer

Doddridge

Crawford

SARP
Meteorologist
FSU

Tropospheric
Composition
NASA HQ

Chemistry &
Dynamics
NASA Langley

KORUS-AQ
Mission Scientist
NASA Langley

Myers, Dominguez, Jacobson,

MASTER Instrument, NASA Ames

The KORUS-AQ Team!

SARP 2016 Blake Group

Atmospheric Effects of Dairy
Emissions & Oil Fields in the
Central Valley/Pollution in the Los
Angeles Basin
Faculty advisor:
Dr. Donald Blake, UC Irvine

Research Mentor:
Stacey Hughes, UC Irvine

Field trip/s: Day trips to Central

Valley, Mt. Wilson, LA area

Blake Mentor: Stacey Hughes

B.S. Environmental
Chemistry, Appalachian
State University
Ph.D. Student, Chemistry,
UC Irvine
Dissertation Topic: Oil and
natural gas production in
the Colorado Front
Range from the Frappe
Campaign

SARP 2016 Kudela Group

Remote Sensing of the Coastal
Ocean and Near-Shore
Processes
Faculty advisor:
Dr. Raphael Kudela, UC Santa Cruz

Research Mentor:
Jesse Bausell, UC Santa Cruz

Field trip: Santa Barbara

Channel (during overflight)

Kudela Mentor: Jesse Bausell

B.S. Biology (Clark University)
M.S. Marine Ecology (The Hebrew
University of Jerusalem)
Ph.D. student, Ocean Sciences, UC
Santa Cruz
Dissertation: Differentiating CDOM
and phytoplankton pigments
using ocean optics

SARP Mentor in 2015

SARP 2016 Pusede Group

Atmospheric Chemistry
Faculty advisor:
Dr. Sally Pusede, University
of Virginia

Research Mentor:
Alex Kotsakis, University of
Houston

Field trip: California Central

Valley, Sequoia National
Park

Lefer Mentor: Alex Kotsakis

B.S. Meteorology
Valparaiso University
Ph.D. Student, Atmospheric Science
University of Houston
Dissertation: Long term changes in
meteorology in Houston and the
effect on ozone trends

SARP 2015 Roberts Group

Vegetation Drought Response in
the Visible-Shortwave-Infrared
(VSWIR) and the Thermal Infrared
(TIR)
Faculty advisor:
Dr. Dar Roberts, UC Santa Barbara

Research Mentor:
David Miller, UC Santa Barbara

Field trip: Sedgwick Ranch (near

Santa Barbara)

Roberts Mentor: David Miller

B.A. Physical Geography and
Mathematics Double Major,
Boston University
M.S. Student, Geography, UC
Santa Barbara
Thesis: Urban Vegetation:
Mapping photosynthesis and
primary production using
high resolution satellite
imagery

Coding Mentor: Jessica Sagona

Computing/Coding Mentor
B.S. Meteorology, University of
Oklahoma
Ph.D. Atmospheric Science,
Rutgers University
Dissertation: Highly Polar Organic
Compounds in the
Northeastern U.S.
Currently: Postdoc at Rutgers in
Exposure Science.

Environmental Health Data Analyst

SARP alumna 2009, Coding
Mentor 2014

DC-8 Flights

Flights

Two, 5-hour DC-8 flights

Friday June 17 & Saturday June 18
Everyone will fly on one flight
Instruments: 20 different instruments onboard!
KORUS AQ Payload
Science is the priority, not passenger comfort

ER-2 Flights

Flights

High Altitude research

aircraft
Remote Sensing for
Roberts and Kudela
groups
MASTER
(MODIS/ASTER
Airborne Simulator)
and
AVIRIS (Airborne
Visible/Infrared
Imaging
Spectrometer)

Final Products
Final presentations
(August 2 & 3)
Abstracts (Due July 29)

Continuing your research

We hope to fund several of
you to attend the American
Geophysical Union (AGU)
Meeting in San Francisco
in December to present
your results

NASA Student Airborne Research Program at AGU 2015

Twelve SARP 2015 participants gave first-author conference presentations (ten posters and two
talks) at the American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting (December 14-18, 2015 in San Francisco) on
the results of their SARP 2015 research projects. The twelve students were selected to attend the
meeting based on the quality of their research, presentations, and abstracts.

NASA Student Airborne Research Program AGU

Alumni Reunion Dinner

SARP 2014 Alumni

SARP 2012 Alumni

SARP 2010 Alumni

SARP 2015 Alumni

SARP 2013 Alumni
SARP 2009 Alumni

The SARP alumni reunion dinner took place on 12/16/2015 at

the American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting in San Francisco
with over forty people in attendance.
Alumni from SARP classes (2009-2015), mentors, faculty and
NASA administrators including Jack Kaye, Randy Albertson,
Andrew Roberts, and Michael Thomson attended the reception

NASA Student Airborne Research Program at the 2016

American Meteorological Society Meeting
Center:
Karimar Ledesma, University of Puerto Rico
Mayaguez
Estimation of Tropospheric OH and Cl
concentrations inferred from Non-Methane
Hydrocarbons ratios over Southern
California
Right:
Matthew Irish, University of Michigan
Quantifying Molecular Hydrogen Emissions
and an Industrial Leakage Rate for the South
Coast Air Basin of California

Center:
Marilyn Jones, University of Missouri
The Impact of Teleconnection-Driven
Patterns on Long-Range Transport into
Southern California
Right:
Katelyn Zigner, Valparaiso University
The Impact of Climatological Variables on
Kelp Canopy Area in the Santa Barbara
Channel

Four SARP 2015 participants gave first-author conference presentations (three posters
and one talk) at the American Meteorological Society Meeting (January 10-14, 2016 in
New Orleans) on the results of their SARP 2015 research projects.

SARPIANS ON NASA MISSIONS

Jennifer DeHart, SARP 2009
HS3

Dr. Yaitza Luna-Cruz, SARP 2009

GRIP

SARPIANS ON NASA MISSIONS

Dr. Min Huang, SARP 2009
DISCOVER-AQ

Dr. Josette Marrero, SARP 2010

DC3, SEAC4RS

SARPIANS ON NASA MISSIONS

Dr. Benjamin Nault, SARP 2010
SEAC4RS, KORUS-AQ

Dr. Nick Heath, SARP 2011

SEAC4RS

SARPIANS ON NASA MISSIONS

Tamara Sparks, SARP 2012
DISCOVER-AQ, KORUS-AQ

Jacey Wipf, SARP 2012

PECAN

SARPIANS ON NASA MISSIONS

James Allen, SARP 2012,
NAAMES

Sean Freeman, SARP 2013

SEAC4RS

SARPIANS GIVING BACK TO SARP!

Dr. Jessie Sagona, SARP 2009
Coding Mentor 2014 & 2016

Nicole Webster, SARP 2010

Mentor 2012, 2013

SARPIANS GIVING BACK TO SARP!

Dr. Josette Marrero, SARP 2010 Dr. Nick Heath, SARP 2011
Mentor 2013, 2014
Meteorologist 2014, 2015

SARPIANS GIVING BACK TO SARP!

Dr. Laura Judd, SARP 2012
Coding Mentor 2013

Sean Freeman, SARP 2013

Coding Mentor 2015

A
few
Logistical
Issues
Todays Schedule

9-9:30AM Introduction Emily Schaller

9:30-10:30AM NASA Earth Science, Barry Lefer
10:30-10:45AM Break
11AM-12PM Tropospheric Chemistry, Bruce Doddridge
12-2PM Lunch and badging
2-2:30PM NASA Airborne Science Program, Randy Albertson
2:45-4PM Tour of Hangar (ER-2, C-20, Life Support, SOFIA)

You must be escorted (in eyesight of) by someone with either a

permanent NASA badge or a non-escorted badge (blue and
white) (faculty and mentors will have these) at all times while
here inside the Armstrong Building 703 (even to the bathroom!)

SARP Daily Update Emails - please be sure to check your email

every night for the next days schedule. Also livebinder
calendar will always be up-to-date.

A
few
Logistical
Issues
Next 2 week schedule
-> Monday lectures, tours
->Tuesday lectures, DC-8 arrives from Korea, tours
->Wednesday lectures, choose groups in the afternoon
->Thursday lectures, group planning
->Friday DC-8 Flight 1
->Saturday DC-8 Flight 2, SARP/KORUS-AQ Party
->Sunday day off
->Monday Possible ER-2 flight, leave for field trips
->Tuesday Possible ER-2 flight, field trips
->Wednesday Possible ER-2 flight, field trips
->Thursday Tour in the morning, pack and afternoon off
->Friday Depart Palmdale, check in at UC-Irvine
->Saturday & Sunday -Off

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