Aircraft "ASTRA"
The basic information of AIDC's aircraft "Astra" :
- Flight hours: 6 hours
- Flight height: 43,000 feet
- Flight speed: 720 km/hr
- AIDC crews: 3 persons
- On-board scientists: 3 persons
- Instrument: Airborne Vertical Atmosphere Profiling System (AVAPS), satellite phone
Related link :
AIDC has accomplished AVAPS setup and passed the certification (2003/03)
GPS dropwindsonde
The newest dropsonde is developed successfully by NCAR for atmospheric reserach. The equipments carried by airplane over the ocean where meteorolgical information is highly lacking, can measure the pressure, temperature, moisture, and the vertical distribution of horizontal wind speed and wind direction and they play an important role in improving the forecast of typhoon track and intensity.
