Hypobaric chamber
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"Hypobaric" redirects here. For the medical term, see baricity.
Not to be confused with hyperbaric chamber.
A hypobaric chamber, or altitude chamber, is a chamber used during aerospace or high terrestrial altitude research or training to simulate the effects of high altitude on the human body, especially hypoxia (low oxygen) and hypobaria (low ambient air pressure). Some chambers also control for temperature and relative humidity.