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DC-8, ER-2 Assist with Smoke Study

NASA’s DC-8 flying laboratory transported the FIREX-AQ crew and instruments.
NASA’s DC-8 flying laboratory transported the Fire Influence on Regional to Global Environments and Air Quality L, or FIREX-AQ, science team and a suite of state-of-the-art instrumentation to observe different components of fire smoke in varying altitudes and weather.

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NASA’s DC-8 flying laboratory transported the Fire Influence on Regional to Global Environments and Air Quality L, or FIREX-AQ, science team and a suite of state-of-the-art instrumentation to observe different components of fire smoke in varying altitudes and weather. The NASA ER-2 also flew missions in the campaign.

For more information: https://www.nasa.gov/feature/goddard/2019/tracking-smoke-from-fires-to-improve-air-quality-forecasting

July 18, 2019
NASA Photo / Ken Ulbrich