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P3 transit prepped for ORACLES deployment

P3 transit prepped for ORACLES deployment

ORACLES (ObseRvations of Aerosols above CLouds and their intEractionS)

Southern Africa produces almost a third of the Earth’s biomass burning (BB) aerosol particles, yet the fate of these particles and their influence on regional and global climate is poorly understood. ORACLES (ObseRvations of Aerosols above CLouds and their intErac

NASA Flies to Africa to Study Climate Effects of Smoke on Clouds

NASA scientists and two research aircraft are on their way to a unique natural laboratory off the Atlantic coast of southwest Africa to study a major unknown in future climate prediction.

P-3 ORACLES Integration - Nose of the plane open

P-3 ORACLES Integration - Nose of the plane open

P-3 ORACLES Integration - instruments along top of plane

P-3 ORACLES Integration - instruments along top of plane

ORACLES Panorama of the P-3 in the hangar

ORACLES Panorama of the P-3 in the hangar

P-3 ORACLES Test Flight - taxing for takeoff

P-3 ORACLES Test Flight - taxing for takeoff

P-3 ORACLES Integration - testing outside

P-3 ORACLES Integration - testing outside

P-3 ORACLES Integration - being towed outside

P-3 ORACLES Integration - being towed outside

P-3 ORACLES Integration - getting to instrument on the top of the plane

P-3 ORACLES Integration - getting to instrument on the top of the plane

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