Air New Zealand https://refractor.io/tag/air-new-zealand/ Air New Zealand en-AU Tue, 25 Feb 2020 06:14:23 GMT Air New Zealand plane to moonlight as aerial climate monitor for NASA https://refractor.io/environment/air-new-zealand-climate-monitor-nasa/ Air New Zealand is preparing to equip one of its Q300 passenger planes with hardware for environmental monitoring

NASA and Air New Zealand have entered a first-of-a-kind agreement that will see the carrier equip one of its Q300 aircraft with special receivers to gather data for environmental monitoring. It is hoped this will assist scientists in better understanding hurricanes and tropical cyclones, but in the longer term help track trends associated with climate change.

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