Earth ID: 10598

GloPac Science Flights — short video and video file

Released on April 13, 2010

NASA pilots and flight engineers, together with colleagues from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), have successfully completed the first science flight of the Global Hawk aircraft over the Pacific Ocean. The Global Hawk is a robotic plane that can fly autonomously to altitudes above 60,000 feet (18.3 kilometers) — roughly twice as high as a commercial airliner — and as far as 11,000 nautical miles (20,000 kilometers) — half the circumference of Earth. GloPac researchers will directly measure and sample greenhouse gases, ozone-depleting substances, aerosols, and constituents of air quality in the upper troposphere and lower stratosphere.

For the Media

For More Information

http://www.nasa.gov/topics/earth/features/global-hawk.html

Credits

Jefferson Beck (UMBC): Video Editor
Jefferson Beck (UMBC): Producer
Paul Newman (NASA/GSFC): Scientist
David Fahey (NOAA): Scientist
Mike Carlowicz (Wyle Information Systems): Writer

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NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center

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Goddard TV Tape:
G2010-011 -- GloPac Campaign

Keywords:
SVS >> Climate
SVS >> HDTV
SVS >> Airplane
GCMD >> Earth Science >> Atmosphere
GCMD >> Earth Science >> Atmosphere >> Atmospheric Chemistry/Oxygen Compounds >> Ozone
DLESE >> Narrated
SVS >> Dryden Flight Research Center
NASA Science >> Earth

GCMD keywords can be found on the Internet with the following citation: Olsen, L.M., G. Major, K. Shein, J. Scialdone, S. Ritz, T. Stevens, M. Morahan, A. Aleman, R. Vogel, S. Leicester, H. Weir, M. Meaux, S. Grebas, C.Solomon, M. Holland, T. Northcutt, R. A. Restrepo, R. Bilodeau, 2013. NASA/Global Change Master Directory (GCMD) Earth Science Keywords. Version 8.0.0.0.0