News tagged with research aircraft
Gasoline worse than diesel when it comes to some types of air pollution: study
The exhaust fumes from gasoline vehicles contribute more to the production of a specific type of air pollution-secondary organic aerosols (SOA)-than those from diesel vehicles, according to a new study by scientists from ...
Mar 02, 2012 |
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Send in the supplies: RoboCopters in Marines' future
Marines running low on ammo may one day use an app on their digital handhelds to summon a robotic helicopter to deliver supplies within minutes, enabled by technologies from a new Office of Naval Research (ONR) program.
Jan 10, 2012 |
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NASA radar to study Hawaii's most active volcano
(PhysOrg.com) -- An airborne radar developed by NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, Calif., has returned to Hawaii to continue its study of Kilauea volcano, Hawaii's current most active volcano.
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Jan 10, 2012 |
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NASA studies vegetation canopy water content, soil moisture
(PhysOrg.com) -- Scientists seeking insight into the role vegetation plays in water fluctuation between soil and the atmosphere recently conducted research using specialized sensors during a series of NASA ...
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Dec 22, 2011 |
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Upper atmosphere facilitates changes that let mercury enter food chain
Humans pump thousands of tons of vapor from the metallic element mercury into the atmosphere each year, and it can remain suspended for long periods before being changed into a form that is easily removed from the atmosphere.
Dec 18, 2011 |
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Flying into the eye of the storm
Scientists sprang into action to probe the violent storm that battered Scotland yesterday.
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Dec 12, 2011 |
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GLORIA: Unique climate research experiment worldwide
Precise measurements of the atmosphere are indispensable for predictions of climate change and its impacts, as is currently being discussed at the climate change conference in Durban. A group of researchers ...
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Dec 06, 2011 |
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NOAA researchers release study on emissions from BP/Deepwater Horizon controlled burns
During the 2010 BP/Deepwater Horizon Gulf oil spill, an estimated one of every 20 barrels of spilled oil was deliberately burned off to reduce the size of surface oil slicks and minimize impacts of oil on sensitive shorel ...
Sep 20, 2011 |
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US looks for answers after hypersonic plane fails
Pentagon scientists on Friday acknowledged they were puzzled by the failed flight test of an experimental hypersonic plane and said they were trying to understand what went wrong. ...
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Aug 12, 2011 |
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Researchers examine new approaches for aircraft operations aboard carriers
An Office of Naval Research (ONR)-sponsored effort to examine how aircraft carrier flight deck crews will manage manned and unmanned air vehicles (UAVs) completed a successful live demonstration, ONR announced July 13.
Jul 13, 2011 |
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Did colossal WWII bombing raids alter weather?
On May 11, 1944, a warm and cloudless spring day, U.S. Army Air Force B-24 Liberators, B-17 Flying fortresses and their fighter escorts lifted off from airfields across southeast England. They climbed, circled, ...
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Jul 08, 2011 |
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Research aircraft Polar 5 returned from spring measurements in the high Arctic
The research aircraft Polar 5 of the Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research in the Helmholtz Association returned to Bremerhaven from a six-week expedition in the high Arctic on May 6. Joint flights with aircraft ...
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May 16, 2011 |
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Scientists take off on historic mission to measure greenhouse gases that have an impact on climate
HIAPER, one of the nation's most advanced research aircraft, is scheduled to embark on an historic mission spanning the globe from the Arctic to the Antarctic.
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Jan 07, 2009 |
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