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>>SARP is a NASA internship for undergraduate
students who are familiar with science and

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math and engineering but maybe haven't had
a chance to do some of these really unique

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field research experiences.

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What really is cool about SARP is it gives
students from all over the country a chance

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to really get up there and experience Earth
Science first hand.

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>>It takes 28 students from around the United
States and splits them into four groups, so

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there's two remote sensing groups and then
there's two airborne science groups.

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And so the students in their groups conduct
individual research projects that the mentors

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help them with and that the faculty oversee.

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>>I'm studying earthquakes.

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There are two specific gases that come out, carbon dioxide and sulfur dioxide.

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So I'm gonna find out how high those levels are.

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>>I'm trying to use ocean remote sensing to
see if we can detect plastics in the ocean.

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>>My purpose is to determine where plants are
in specific areas thermally instead of just

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looking at the spectra, so we can accurately
see if the thermal data matches up with the

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spectra data.

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>>We're going to be exploring how some algae
in Lake Elsinore produce toxins, how they

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aerosolize, and where they end up going.

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I'll be studying nitrogen compounds, gases,
and particulates in the San Joaquin Valley,

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over 4 million residents live there, and the
population is increasing rapidly, and by 2100

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the population will increase by like 60%,
so it's really important to understand the

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impacts on human health.

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>>With the cloud being white, having higher
albedo, you're causing the chemistry to become

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faster, so you're gonna see an enhancement
of aerosol production and chemistry there.

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>>When we want to take the sample, we close the
outlet and open the can the we're taking the

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sample into.

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And we watch the pump drop down to just above
zero hopefully, once the pressure goes up

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to 35 we close the can and open the outlet
again.

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And then we'll later test it in the lab.

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>>It's not the typical commercial aircraft,
it has a lot of experts on the plane, so you're

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seeing the gases being analyzed as you're
flying in the aircraft, and you get to explore

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all the different parts of the plane, and
participate in the research so it's a great

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experience.

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>>I've learned the importance of how to read
scientific papers and how to get the important

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information, as well as R and MatLab, which
are two important computer programs for analyzing

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data.

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And all these skills that I'm learning, I'll
be able to take to either a graduate program

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or even industry in the next step.

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>>I'd say the biggest skill is learning how
to run a project from start to finish, which

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is gonna be super helpful for graduate school.

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And all the data analysis that I'm learning,
I have a feeling I'll definitely use later

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on no matter what I do.

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>>Earth sciences affect us every day, and having
that greater understanding has been invaluable

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for developing me not only as a scientist
but also just as an environmentally concerned

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citizen.

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>>When else are you gonna get a chance to fly
on a NASA DC-8 airplane?

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And work with the experimenters and gather
data?