DC-8 Airborne Laboratory Aircraft 

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Aircraft Information

Dryden Fact Sheets  ......  NASA Facts: DC-8 Airborne Laboratory

Dryden Photo Gallery .... DC-8 Image Contact Sheet

Dryden Virtual Tour  ...... DC-8 Quick-Time Panorama

Airborne Science ............ DC-8 Medium Altitude Platform

                      Airborne Science Program Flight Request Information
                      DC-8 (Ames) Photos and Graphics
                                            DC-8 Experimenter's Handbook 
                                            About the NASA DC-8

Research Updates ......... DC-8 Program 

Historical Photo  ...........  DC-8 series  First Flight   May  30,  1958 

Dryden Flight Test .......  Basic Operations Manual

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P.R. News Items

Dryden X-Press
Aug 21,  1998 ............... Dryden ER-2, DC-8 research hurricanes
July 3,    1998 ............... Mysteries of the Clouds
May 1,   1998 ............... DC-8 Studies the Earth

News Releases
Sept    3,   1998 ........... Most Complete Record of Hurricanes
Aug   12,  1998 ............ High Altitude Hurricane Study (CAMEX-3)
June  17,  1998 ............ Radar System aboard DC-8
April  17,  1998 ............ Flying Laboratory Conducts Earth Science Mission
Feb   25,   1998 ............ NASA begins Airborne Science Flights at Dryden

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Links to Onboard Experiments: 

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PEM - Tropics

Official Site - GTE

Links of Interest

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Camex - 3: Convection and Moisture Experiment

Official Site ...............Global Hydrology Resource Center (Huntsville)

Dr. Wallace McMillan .....Universiry of Maryland Baltimore County

Tropical Storm Watch ....... FEMA
National Hurricane Center  ....NOAA

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Success:  Subsonic Aircraft Contrail and 
           Cloud Effects Special Study

 Success  ... NASA Ames

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Aircraft Operations Center .........................................NOAA
Mesoscale Research & Applications .........................Boulder NOAA/NSSL (Nat'l. Severe Storms Laboratory)
Utah Mesonet Station Listing .....................................NOAA Cooperative Istitute for Regional Prediction 
Toga - Coare Data Information System ......................NOAA
National Climatic Data Center ....................................NOAA
Nat'l Env'tl Satellite, Data & Info Svc ........................NESDIS (NOAA)
TOGA COARE Data Information System ..................NOAA National Climatic Data Center

Mission to Planet Earth ...............................................MPE  (NASA Hq)
      MPE Strategic Enterprise Plan .............................NASA Hq

Global Hydrology and Climate Center .......................NASA Marshall

GOES Project Science .................................................NASA Goddard
Mesoscale Atmos Processes Branch .........................NASA Goddard
Use of Remote Sensing Data ......................................NASA Goddard
Cloud & Aerosol LIDAR Database ............................NASA Goddard

Atmospheric Sciences Division ...................................NASA Langley
Cloud and Radiation Research ....................................NASA Langley
Global Tropospheric Experiment ................................Pem Tropics -B  / NASA Langley

Earth Science Division Projects ..................................NASA Ames
Airborne Sensor Facility ..............................................NASA Ames

Atmos Radiation Measurement Prog .........................DOE Environmental Sciences Division
Atmos Radiation Measurement - UAV .......................DOE / DOD Strategic Environmental R&D
Ctr for Intrdiscp Remotely Piloted Aircraft Studies ...Office of Naval Research
Hurricane Hunters .......................................................A.F. WC-13
Weather Modification Program ...................................Western Kansas

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