National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR)
NSF NCAR C-130
facilitymobile / deployable observing platformIndustry: Aerospace
- Category
- Physical Infrastructure
- Affiliations
- NCAR
Description
NSF NCAR Lockheed EC-130Q Hercules research aircraft, in NSF service since 1992, carrying ~13,000 lb of payload with 8–9 h endurance below ~27,000 ft; suited to lower and middle troposphere and boundary-layer studies, with an in-flight ramp, wing pods and a large fuselage payload area.
Official page
https://www.eol.ucar.edu/observing_facilities/c-130
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Contact
- Contact
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Details
- Keywords
- lower troposphere studies, planetary boundary layer, heavy lift capability, in-flight ramp deployment, wing pods, rack-mounted instruments, turboprop aircraft
- Location
- Boulder, Colorado
- Associated entity
- NSF NCAR Earth Observing Laboratory (site)