Keywords: DISCOVER AQ Research Plane Arrives (201106280003HQ) DVIDS841701.jpg en James Crawford principal investigator and scientist based at NASA's Langley Research Center in Hampton Va talks about the DISCOVER-AQ project on board the P-3B NASA research aircraft at Baltimore/Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport Tuesday June 28 2011 in Baltimore Md The aircraft is part of a month-long field campaign designed to improve satellite measurements of air pollution The name of the experiment -- Deriving Information on Surface conditions from Column and Vertically Resolved Observations Relevant to Air Quality DISCOVER -- AQ -- is a mouthful but its purpose is simple Come July the aircraft will be flying spirals over six ground stations in Maryland Photo Credit NASA/Paul E Alers NASA Identifier 5881568679_81559c9165_o 2011-06-29 Glenn Research Center https //www dvidshub net/image/841701 841701 2013-02-08 08 37 WASHINGTON D C US PD-USGov Langley Research Center Images from DoD uploaded by Fæ |