A HIGH-altitude Russian spy plane has
been donated to western European scientists for studying ozone layer depletion over the Arctic region. Russia will
provide the European Science Foundation in Strasbourg with (;eophysika, a
specially transmuted version of the
Mvasishchev Ni-55 aircraft, having an
instrument bay capable of carrying
more Than 3,000 IS Of analytical equipment at a height of 67,000 ft. The aircraft is competent to calculate the reactions occurring on the exterior, or
cate ice particles composing the
stratospheric clouds.
'the Airborne Polar Expenmen
be conducted by a team of 20 r
institutions from Russia, Italy, C A
UK, Finland, Norway, Sweden
Switzerland, The scientific team
to unite Geophysika's measure
and computations of the ptol
physical and chemical alteration,
spiring in the stratospheric cluel
lead to formulae for forecasting
changes in the ozone layer. The ill
will study lee wave cloud,
Scandinavia and the Urals.
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