About Us

ARCsky is an Ames Research Center consortium to study Aerosols, Radiation and Composition in support of NASA’s Earth Science Goals. It consists of several rooftop instruments to evaluate the effects of wildfire smoke aerosols on clouds and precipitation.

Instrumentation:

• AErosol RObotic NETwork (AERONET)
• NASA Pandora Project
• Broadband Radiometers (BBR)
• In-Situ Trace Gas Instruments (CO2, CH4, O3)
• Sun-Tracking Atmospheric Research (4STAR) Instrument
• INSTEP