1 April 2021
Whether it’s in the wake vortex of airplanes taking off or in seemingly calm air, there are few issues more meddlesome to flight than turbulence. Not only can these “horizontal tornadoes” make air travel uncomfortable and possibly dangerous, but attempts to avoid them can consume large amounts of fuel. Researchers at NASA have developed technology to find these zones, and with some engineering ingenuity, they could revolutionize both flight planning and aeronautical research.
Not Your Typical Microphone
Everything in the atmosphere can make a sound. Volcanoes rumble, waterfalls crash, and air rushes, but there’s more to that sound than what our ears perceive. Much like how infrared light consists of frequencies that aren’t visible to the naked eye, there’s an audio analogue called infrasound. Infrasound consists of pitches too low to be heard by the human ear, between 0.001 and 20 hertz.
NASA s Infrasound Microphone Detects Clear-Air Turbulence Hundreds of Miles Away
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NASA Microphone Detects Turbulence Hundreds of Miles Away
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Perlan Project Launches Atmospheric Research Team to Assist External Organizations
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Perlan Atmospheric Research Team (PARTners) extends aerospace and climate expertise, plus unique aircraft resources to advance atmospheric research.
A one-of-a-kind science platform, the engineless Perlan 2 space glider. It s the highest-flying, wing-borne, crewed, subsonic aircraft in history.
Now, a global team of record-setting pilots, renowned meteorologists, aerospace engineers and logistics experts are at the ready to assist other organizations in their efforts to understand how the conditions in the upper layers of our atmosphere impact us and our planet. PORTLAND, Ore. (PRWEB) February 23, 2021 The world-recording setting team at the Perlan Project today announced that it has launched PARTners, a newly formed consortium of leading scientists, meteorologists, test pilots and aviators from Stratodynamics Aviat