1 00:00:01,935 --> 00:00:04,921 [Music] 2 00:00:09,659 --> 00:00:12,645 [Thunder] 3 00:00:12,846 --> 00:00:14,998 >>What we're primarily interested in studying 4 00:00:14,998 --> 00:00:17,817 is looking at the impact on the chemistry 5 00:00:17,817 --> 00:00:19,335 of the stratosphere from convection. 6 00:00:19,335 --> 00:00:20,637 >>There's these big storm events 7 00:00:20,637 --> 00:00:23,189 that can happen in the summer that can loft plumes of air 8 00:00:23,189 --> 00:00:25,291 from the troposphere into the stratosphere. 9 00:00:25,325 --> 00:00:26,826 >>How many mineral dust particles are there? 10 00:00:26,826 --> 00:00:28,178 How many smoke particles are there? 11 00:00:28,178 --> 00:00:29,529 >>Halogenated species 12 00:00:29,529 --> 00:00:33,383 such as dichloromethane and chloroform.... 13 00:00:33,383 --> 00:00:33,950 >>Inorganic 14 00:00:33,950 --> 00:00:35,201 halogen compounds 15 00:00:35,201 --> 00:00:37,737 >>We measure N2O and SF6, sulfur 16 00:00:37,737 --> 00:00:38,505 hexafluoride 17 00:00:38,505 --> 00:00:40,840 >>Pollutants and other chemicals 18 00:00:40,840 --> 00:00:42,942 from low down in the boundary layer where we live... 19 00:00:42,942 --> 00:00:43,927 >>And we care about the 20 00:00:43,927 --> 00:00:47,814 particles in the stratosphere because it affects the 21 00:00:47,814 --> 00:00:48,398 radiation 22 00:00:48,398 --> 00:00:49,783 and the ozone layer. 23 00:00:51,351 --> 00:00:54,337 [Music] 24 00:01:18,895 --> 00:01:21,831 [Jet taking off] 25 00:01:21,831 --> 00:01:22,248 >>We're 26 00:01:22,248 --> 00:01:26,569 interested in how with changes in convection and thunderstorms 27 00:01:26,569 --> 00:01:28,121 whether they get bigger with climate change,