MIRAGE Mexico, 2006-03-01 - 2006-03-30

The Megacities Impact on Regional and Global Environment (MIRAGE, a MILAGRO sub-program) field campaign was designed to examine the chemical and physical transformations of gases and aerosols in the polluted outflow from Mexico City. The campaign coordinates and integrates observations from ground stations, aircraft, and satellites, and provides a rich data base for improving regional and global models of the transport and transformations of aging urban pollutants. MIRAGE is part of MILAGRO, a larger set of coordinated field campaigns that together enable investigation of megacity outflow chemistry on a variety of scales.