NOAA Teacher at Sea
Susan Carty
Onboard NOAA Ship Ronald H. Brown
March 14 – April 20, 2001
Mission: Asian-Pacific Regional Aerosol Characterization Experiment (ACE-ASIA)
Geographical Area: Western Pacific
Date: March 10, 2001
Today, we went to the airport where the C-130 is housed. The airplane is so awesome and so impressive; it’s overwhelming. It barely fits in a hanger because it is so big. We had a great session with Professor Barry Huebert, and he went through the airplane with me and explained all of the different forms of equipment and who designed the equipment, and what it all does. What was really good for me was that everything that Professor Huebert explained to me matched up with what my professor from West Chester gave me about aerosols and the experiments.
It was really exciting to see all of the technicians working on the equipment and getting it connected and hooked up and working on the airplane. It was a wonderful and awesome experience. I was also privileged to be able to meet the Department of Commerce Secretary Donald Evans.
Tomorrow we leave for Los Angeles to meet with another scientist; I’ll get a chance to talk to him and interview him and then I’m off to Honolulu.
I’ll write again soon,
Susan