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An X8.2-class solar flare
Posted inResearch Spotlights

Solar Flares Increase Radiation Risk on Commercial Aircraft

by E. Underwood 18 April 201919 September 2022

A new study quantifies how space weather may affect polar transcontinental flight.

A Twin Otter turboprop flies over California, taking measurements of smoke from a wildfire.
Posted inResearch Spotlights

Probing Wildfire Smoke Plumes Up Close

Sarah Stanley, Science Writer by Sarah Stanley 10 April 201919 September 2022

Direct observations from flights over coastal California reveal more about aerosol plumes released by burning biomass.

A modified Mooney aircraft owned by Scientific Aviation, a company that will donate free flight time next year to scientists.
Posted inNews

Free Flight Time for Projects in Atmospheric Sciences

by B. Bedford 31 October 20187 April 2023

Got an urgent or innovative project that involves collecting airborne data? A research flight company is donating an estimated $100,000 of its resources to help you.

Strips and bands of color off the western coast of Australia indicate the MH370 search area.
Posted inNews

Seafloor Data from Lost Airliner Search Are Publicly Released

Katherine Kornei, Science Writer by Katherine Kornei 21 July 201726 September 2023

Detailed maps of the bottom of the Indian Ocean reveal deep canyons and landslides but no wreckage of Malaysia Airlines flight MH370, which went missing in 2014.

An airplane carrying gravimeters.
Posted inScience Updates

Measuring Earth’s Gravity Field from the Air

by Y. M. Wang and T. Damiani 10 January 201719 September 2022

2016 Airborne Gravimetry for Geodesy Summer School; Silver Spring, Maryland, 23–27 May 2016

Posted inNews

Surveying Alaskan Minerals from Afar

by E. Deatrick 13 July 20167 February 2023

By using hyperspectral imaging, researchers test their ability to find copper in remote areas.

Airplane in storm clouds
Posted inNews

Storms Cause Infrequent Turbulence for Aircraft, New Study Finds

by E. Deatrick 25 May 201620 January 2023

Scientists using lightning sensors to automate air-turbulence detection have found evidence that storms jostle aircraft much less than previously thought.

Posted inScience Updates

Drone Squadron to Take Earth Monitoring to New Heights

by J. Selker, S. Tyler, C. Higgins and M. G. Wing 14 September 201519 September 2022

Scientists will soon be able to call on a community fleet of unmanned aircraft systems to perform environmental studies.

Posted inResearch Spotlights

A Remote Sensing Technique for Measuring Forest Composition

by C. Schultz 9 September 201416 February 2023

A new technique to remotely sense a forest’s tree composition using airborne observations.

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