Category: Science

A NASA WB-57 high-altitude research aircraft is conducting scientific flights over Panama through September 23 as part of NOAA’s SABRE mission, measuring aerosols, gases, and ozone in the tropical atmosphere. Panama’s strategic location near the Intertropical Convergence Zone makes it ideal for the research.

NASA is conducting high-altitude atmospheric research flights from Panama, gathering data that will improve global atmospheric models. The mission aims to better understand links between atmospheric change, ozone, climate, and Earth’s energy balance.