NASA Student Airborne

Research Program

Welcome SARP 2015!!!

About Me

On the DC-8 for the Leonid MAC

mission (2002)

Flying over Antarctica in the DC-8 in 2012, livechatting 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.

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.

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

To the maximum extent possible, perform scientifically useful measurements

and anticipate the possibility of publishable results.

SARP Participants

SARP Participants

SARP Participants

SARP Participants

SARP Participants

SARP Participants

SARP Participants

SARP 2015 Student Location Map

Students
represent 32
different
colleges and
universities
in 21 states
and Puerto
Rico

SARP 2015 Majors

Astrophysics
Biochemistry
Computer
science

Physics

Chemistry
Math
Engineering

Biology

Other
nonscience
Environmental
Science

Meteorology,
Atmoshperic
Science

Geography
Geology,
Geophysics,
Earth Science

SARP
2015
Organization
SARP Faculty Research Group Leaders SARP Faculty & Scientists

Blake

Kudela

Lefer

Ustin

Whole Air
Sampling

Ocean
Remote Sensing

LA Air
Quality

Forest Remote
Sensing

Research Mentors

Schroeder

8 students

Bausell

8 Students

Schill

8 Students

Grigsby

8 Students

Coding Mentor

Freeman

SARP
2015
Organization
SARP Faculty Research Group Leaders SARP Faculty & Scientists

Bertram & Zoerb

Heath

Flynn

UHSAS/MiniCIMS Aerosol
and Gases Instruments

Mission
Meteorologist

PTG Photochemical
Trace Gas
Instruments

Myers, Dominguez, Gearhart, Jacobson, Fraim

MASTER & DMS Instruments

Beyersdorf & Geiger

AVOCET (CO2) Instrument

Thayer & Barton-Grimly

POLAR Lidar Instrument

SARP 2015 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:
Dr. Jason Schroeder, UC Irvine

Field trip/s: Day trips to Mt. Wilson,

Salton Sea

Blake Mentor: Jason Schroeder

Blake Group Mentor
B.S. Chemistry, University
of Wisconsin La Cross
Ph.D. Chemistry, UC Irvine
Dissertation: Analyzing the
effects of midlatitude
convective storms on
the chemistry and
composition of the upper
troposphere/lower
stratosphere

SARP 2015 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 2015 Lefer Group

Los Angeles Air Quality
Faculty advisor:
Dr. Barry Lefer, NASA
Headquarters

Research Mentor:
Steve Schill, UC San Diego

Field trip/s: Day trips to Mt.

Wilson, LA Area

Lefer Mentor: Steve Schill

B.S. Chemistry (Math Minor),
CSU Fullerton
M.S. Atmospheric/Analytical
Chemistry, UC San Diego
Ph.D. Student,
Atmospheric/Analytical
Chemistry, UC San Diego
Dissertation: Implications for Marine
Exudate Colloids on Cloud
Condensation Nuclei Aerosols
SARP Mentor in 2014

SARP 2015 Ustin Group

Forest Remote Sensing
Faculty advisor:
Dr. Susan Ustin, UC Davis

Research Mentor:
Shane Grigsby, CU Boulder

Field trip: San Joaquin

Research Station in Sierra
Nevada Mountains during
overflight

Ustin Mentor: Shane Grigsby

B.A. Geography and Philosophy,
University of Colorado
Boulder
M.S. Geography, UC Santa
Barbara
Ph.D. student Geography,
University of Colorado
Boulder
Dissertation: Quantifying
changes in crevassed
margins of the Greenland Ice
Sheet
SARP Mentor in 2012 & 2013

Coding Mentor: Sean Freeman

Computing/Coding Mentor
B.S. Meteorology, Florida State
University
Ph.D. student, Atmospheric
Science, Colorado State
University (will start in fall)
SARP participant in 2013

DC-8 Flights

Flights

We will have six SARP flights

Two flights each on Monday 6/23, Tuesday 6/24
and Wednesday 6/25
Ustin and Kudela groups will leave after the
morning flight on Tuesday. They will be in the
forest/ocean for the overflight on Wednesday
Everyone will get to fly on at least 3 flights

Final Products
Final presentations
(August 4 & 5)
Abstracts (Due July 31)
We hope to fund several of
you to attend the American
Geophysical Union (AGU)
Meeting in San Francisco
in December to present
your results

SARP at AGU 2014

Eight Student Airborne Research Program (SARP) 2014 participants gave first-author conference
presentations (seven posters and one talk) at the American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting in San
Francisco on the results of their SARP research projects (December 15-19, 2014). The undergraduate
students presented in Atmospheric Sciences, Biogeosciences, Hydrology, and Ocean Sciences
sessions. The eight students were selected from the thirty-two SARP 2014 participants to attend the
meeting based on the quality of their research, presentations, and abstracts.

SARP 2014 Participants Win AGU Awards

The American Geophysical Union (AGU) awards Outstanding Student Paper Awards (OSPA) to the top students
presenting first-author posters and talks at the AGU Fall Meeting. All students (undergraduate, masters and PhD) are
judged against each other. Winning an OSPA as an undergraduate is therefore especially impressive.
This year three SARP 2014 undergraduate interns (Jaylee Conlin, Eric Lebel and Johanna Press) won OSPA's in their
respective sections (Hydrology, Atmospheric Sciences and Ocean Sciences)
According to the AGU website, 3-5% of student presentations in each section typically receive awards. Three out of eight
(37.5%) SARP 2014 undergraduates at the meeting received this prestigious recognition of their research and
presentation skills.

Eric Lebel
Senior, Providence College
Biochemistry & Music Double Major
SARP Project: Dimethyl Sulfide Emissions
from Dairies and Agriculture as a Potential
Contributor to Sulfate Aerosols in the
California Central Valley
A43H-3378: Tropospheric ChemistryClimate Interactions I Posters

Jaylee Conlin
Senior, Arizona State University,
Meteorology & Computer Science Double
Major
SARP Project: Atmospheric Transport of
Microcystin in Urban and Residential
Environments
H34D-01: Remote Sensing Applications for
Water Resources Management II (Talk)

Johanna Press
Senior, Yale University
Geology & Geophysics Major
SARP Project: Modeling Trace Element
Concentrations in the San Francisco Bay
Estuary from Remote Measurement of
Suspended Solids
OS23D-1248: Trace Element and Isotope
Cycling in the Coastal Environment: Forty
Years of Innovations II Posters

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

Benjamin Nault, SARP 2010
SEAC4RS

Nick Heath, SARP 2011

SEAC4RS

SARPIANS ON NASA MISSIONS

Tamara Sparks, SARP 2012
DISCOVER-AQ

Jacey Wipf, SARP 2012

PECAN

Sean Freeman, SARP 2013

SEAC4RS

SARPIANS GIVING BACK TO SARP!

Dr. Jessie Sagona, SARP 2009
Coding Mentor 2014

Nicole Webster, SARP 2010

Mentor 2012, 2013

SARPIANS GIVING BACK TO SARP!

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

SARPIANS GIVING BACK TO SARP!

Laura Judd, SARP 2012
Coding Mentor 2013

Sean Freeman, SARP 2013

Coding Mentor 2015

MORE NASA SARP CONNECTIONS

Dr. Melissa Yang, Mentor
NASA Langley

Dr. Sherry Palacios, Mentor

NASA Ames

A
few
Logistical
Issues
Todays Schedule

9AM Introduction, Dr. Emily Schaller

9:30-10:30AM NASA Earth Science, Dr. Jack Kaye
10:30-10:45AM Break
10:45-11:45AM Tropospheric Chemistry, Dr. Bruce Doddridge
11:45-2PM Lunch and badging
2-2:30PM NASA Airborne Science Program, Randy Albertson
2:45-4PM Tour of Hangar (DC-8, ER-2, C-20, Life Support)

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.

Follow SARP During the Summer!

Tell your friends and family!
SARP On Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/nasasarp
On Twitter: http://twitter.com/nasa_airborne

Lots of local and national media interest in SARP this year!

Reporters will be flying onboard several flights