Oct 8 1973
From The Space Library
Jet Propulsion Laboratory scientists began to measure strato-spheric constituents up to 24 km (80 000 ft) using a Fourier inter-ferometer aboard the British prototype of the Anglo-French Concorde supersonic transport aircraft. Eight scheduled flights from Fairford, England, sponsored by the U.S. Dept. of Transportation, were to obtain information on the potential pollution effect of supersonic transports on the atmosphere. In earlier flights the interferometer had detected nitric oxide between 12 and 24 km (39 000 and 80 000 ft) at less than one part per billion. Nitric oxide was believed to be vital in maintaining ozone balance in the stratosphere. (JPL Release 670; JPL PIO)
Navy plans for collecting temperature and cloud-cover data directly from Air Force weather satellites were reported by Aviation Week & Space Technology. A receiver and computer processing center at Monterey, Calif., would prepare data for worldwide dissemination to the fleet and would process weather photos and atmospheric vertical-temperature profiles. (Av Wk, 10/8/73, 9)
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