NASA's King Air Completes Oceanic Data Collection

Completing more than 80 hours of science flights, NASA Armstrong Flight Research Center’s B-200 King Air supports the Sub-Mesoscale Ocean Dynamics Experiment (S-MODE) in October.

While normally stationed at NASA Armstrong in Edwards, Calif., the aircraft was temporarily stationed at NASA’s Ames Research Center in California’s Silicon Valley to study ocean currents and winds off the coast of San Francisco Bay. The King Air had two instruments onboard; one to measure the ocean winds (DopplerScatt), and the other to observe the ocean surface by camera system (MOSES).

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Flight crews at NASA's Armstrong Flight Research Center, flew the B-200 King Air in support of the Sub-Mesoscale Ocean Dynamics Experiment (S-MODE). Credits: NASA/Carla Thomas
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