Britton Stephens (EOL RAF, standing), Eric Morgan (Scripps Institute of Oceanography, seated left), and Jonathan Bent (NCAR post doc), working on Stephens' MEDUSA instrument aboard the NSF/NCAR C-130, as part of the Airborne Research Instrumentation Testing Opportunity (ARISTO) program. MEDUSA is an airborne flask sampler. The purpose of the ARISTO program is to provide regular flight test opportunities for newly developed or highly modified instruments as part of their development effort. The inaugural ARISTO flight test program took place in September and October 2015 at EOL's Research Aviation Facility (RAF) located at Rocky Mountain Metropolitan Airport (RMMA) in Broomfield, CO.
