A Novel Technique for Predicting the Thermal Behavior of Stratospheric Balloon [PDF]
International Journal of Aerospace Engineering, 2018 This paper is devoted to introduce a novel method of the operational matrix of integration for Legendre wavelets in order to predict the thermal behavior of stratospheric balloons on float at high altitude in the stratosphere.
Yunpeng Ma, Jun Huang, Mingxu Yi
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Launch of an Innovative Air Pollutant Sampler up to 27,000 Metres Using a Stratospheric Balloon. [PDF]
Aerotec Missili Spaz, 2023 Air pollution, besides being one of the leading causes of death worldwide, remains one of the most controversial topics in environmental monitoring. The current state of the art refers to remote satellite analysis and static ground-level technologies ...
Toson F +6 more
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Future Plans of Stratospheric Balloon Observation [PDF]
Antarctic Record, 1979 Basing on the observation results obtained by means of 33 stratospheric balloons launched from Syowa Station during the past ten years since 1968, expected future prjects for balloon observation are discussed together with some technical problems ...
Masahiro KODAMA
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Measurements of aerosols and charged particles on the BEXUS18 stratospheric balloon [PDF]
Annales Geophysicae, 2019 This paper describes the aerosol measurement setup and results obtained during the BEXUS18 (Balloon-borne Experiments for University Students) stratospheric balloon within the A5-Unibo (Advanced Atmospheric Aerosol Acquisition and Analysis) experiment ...
E. Brattich +8 more
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Design and implementation of a real-time onboard system for a stratospheric balloon mission using commercial off-the-self components and a model-based approach [PDF]
Computers and Electrical Engineering, 2023 Stratospheric balloons have emerged as an affordable and flexible alternative to traditional spacecrafts as they are implemented using commercial off-the-shelf (COTS) equipment without following strict methodologies.
David Gonzalez-Barcena +1 more
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Measuring Relative Wind Speeds in Stratospheric Balloons with Cup Anemometers: The TASEC-Lab Mission [PDF]
Sensors, 2022 This paper shows wind speed measurements from the TASEC-Lab experiment in a stratospheric balloon mission. The mission was launched in July 2021 from León (Spain) aerodrome.
Daniel Alfonso-Corcuera +4 more
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Geophysical Research Letters, 2022 The 15 January 2022 eruption of the Hunga volcano (Tonga) generated a rich spectrum of waves, some of which achieved global propagation. Among numerous platforms monitoring the event, two stratospheric balloons flying over the tropical Pacific provided ...
Alexis Le Pichon +2 more
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Balloon-borne stratospheric BrO measurements: comparison with Envisat/SCIAMACHY BrO limb profiles [PDF]
Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, 2006 For the first time, results of four stratospheric BrO profiling instruments, are presented and compared with reference to the SLIMCAT 3-dimensional chemical transport model (3-D CTM).
M. Dorf +17 more
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The isotopic composition of methane in the stratosphere: high-altitude balloon sample measurements [PDF]
Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, 2011 The isotopic composition of stratospheric methane has been determined on a large suite of air samples from stratospheric balloon flights covering subtropical to polar latitudes and a time period of 16 yr.
T. Röckmann +3 more
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A large-area blackbody for in-flight calibration of an infrared interferometer deployed on board a long-duration balloon for stratospheric research [PDF]
Atmospheric Measurement Techniques, 2018 The deployment of the imaging Fourier Transform Spectrometer GLORIA (Gimballed Limb Observer for Radiance Imaging of the Atmosphere) on board a long-duration balloon for stratospheric research requires a blackbody for in-flight calibration in order to
F. Olschewski +6 more
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