StratoClim Project: Aircraft Geophysica is Coming

KOCHI:
As part of the StratoClim project where scientists from 26 European research institutes will participate, the CUSAT ST Radar Centre (ACARR) will organize a series of climate expeditions using M-55 Geo-physical, a Russian high altitude aircraft.
The aircraft reaches altitudes of up to 21 km and has flight duration of up to 5 hours. The project intended to collect stratosphere data is expected to create a dynamic model of the atmosphere which will enable scientists to predict the climate changes for decades to come, said Prof. K. Mohan Kumar, Director, CUSAT S &T Radar Centre. The aircraft experiments are a part of the European research project StratoClim. The Geophysica is having the most modern instruments to find answers regarding various intriguing questions on Asian Monsoon.