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October 4, 2024

NSF University of Wyoming King Air research plane after upgrades

The NSF University of Wyoming King Air research aircraft is shown here following its recent upgrade of new equipment and sensors for the plane, funded by NSF. The upgrades will improve research in atmospheric chemistry, cloud physics, aerosol dynamics, air quality and energy exchange between the surface of the Earth and its lower atmosphere.

[Research supported by U.S. National Science Foundation grant AGS 1935930.]

Learn more in the NSF Discovery Files story A renovated aircraft for atmospheric sciences is ready for action. (Date of image: Aug. 2024; date originally posted to NSF Multimedia Gallery: Oct. 4, 2024)

Credit: Dr. Dana Caulton, University of Wyoming


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