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 Dryden Home > Collections > Movie Home > Electra > EM-0009-03 |
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Lockheed Electra - animation showing air turbulence detection |
| Movie Number |
EM-0009-03
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| Movie Date |
1999
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| Formats | 160x120 15-fps QuickTime Movie (1,227 KBytes) 320x240 30-fps QuickTime Movie (960 KBytes) 320x240 30-fps MPEG-1 Movie (2,598 KBytes) |
| Description |
On March 24, 1998, an L-188 Electra aircraft owned by the National Science Foundation, Arlington, Virginia and operated by the National Center for Atmospheric Research, Boulder, Colorado, flew near Boulder with an Airborne Coherent LiDAR (Light Detection and Ranging) for Advanced In-flight Measurement. This aircraft was on its first flight to test its ability to detect previously invisible forms of clear air turbulence. Coherent Technologies Inc., Lafayette, Colorado, built the LiDAR device for the NASA Dryden Flight Research Center, Edwards, California. NASA Dryden participated in this effort as part of the NASA Aviation Safety Program, for which the lead center was Langley Research Center, Hampton, Virginia. Results of the test indicated that the device did successfully detect the clear air turbulence. Computer animation of the clear air turbulence (CAT) detection system known as the "Airborne Coherent LiDAR for Advanced In-flight Measurement" was tested aboard the National Science Foundation L-188 Lockheed Electra. |
| Keywords | Electra; Lockheed; L-188; National Science Foundation; National Center for Atmospheric Research; CAT; Clear Air Turbulence; Coherent Technologies Inc.; NASA; Dryden Flight Research Center, Edwards, California; Langley Research Center; Aviation Safety Program; Airborne Coherent LiDAR for Advanced In-flight Measurement; Light Detection and Ranging |
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