Numerous instrument probes protruded from the right side and top of NASA's DC-8 Airborne Science flying laboratory as it flew an instrument checkout flight prior to beginning the NCAR-NASA Deep Convective Clouds and Chemistry thunderstorm study.
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Mission: Deep Convective Clouds and Chemistry (DC3)
Numerous instrument probes protruded from the right side and top of NASA’s DC-8 Airborne Science flying laboratory as it flew an instrument checkout flight prior to beginning the NCAR-NASA DC3 thunderstorm study. The NCAR field campaign investigated the impact of deep, mid-latitude continental convective clouds, including their dynamical, physical, and lightening processes, on upper tropospheric (UT) composition and chemistry.May 2012
NASA / Lori Losey