The C-130 Hercules aircraft supports observational research studies of atmospheric chemistry, cloud physics, mesoscale meteorology, boundary-layer dynamics, air-sea interactions, oceanography, and other fields within the atmospheric sciences.
The C-130 Hercules aircraft supports observational research studies of atmospheric chemistry, cloud physics, mesoscale meteorology, boundary-layer dynamics, air-sea interactions, oceanography, and other fields within the atmospheric sciences.
The G-V, also known as HIAPER (High-performance Instrumented Airborne Platform for Environmental Research), has a maximum altitude of 51,000 feet (15,500 meters), enabling scientists to probe the upper edges of hurricanes and thunderstorms in unprecedented detail as well as study chemical processes high above Earth.
