Wrapping up the ARC summer campaigns

The last couple of weeks on this campaign were a blur. Xinrong Ren flew home in early August leaving Phillip Stratton, Jiayang Sun, Paul Kelly (PK) and intern Duncan Santerre to finish the campaign by driving around Salt Lake City taking measurements in the Air Resources Car. 

PK and Jiayang headed out in a rental car on August 9th, making it back to Maryland in three days. Phil and Duncan stuck around for just over a week more, taking the Air Resources Car home on August 18th. 

It was a tiring journey at the end of a long field campaign, but worth every minute for all the data we were able to gather. Now we are looking forward to analyzing what we collected and seeing what all we can learn from it!  

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SUV in a driveway with a silver tarp draped over it.
It can get very hot inside the car when all the instruments are running and the outside temperature is high. The silver tarp reflects the sun to keep the inside more comfortable. Credit: Phillip Stratton
Van with doors open so you can see suitcases, boxes, and a metal cabinet frame strapped down with NOAA electronics
Rental van is packed and ready to go! Credit: Paul Kelley
Field on a bright sunny day with mountains in the background and clouds in the sky. A telephone pole is in the middle of the image.
Some of the scenery as seen from the car window on the way home. Credit: Duncan Santerre
view out of the front seat of a car on a bridge
One of the many bridges crossed heading home. Credit Phillip Stratton