Polar patrol balloon I. Balloon System
Because of the importance of the balloon observations in the polar region, a project, Polar Patrol Balloon, is proposed in which a balloon will be able to float and observe around Antarctica for a month. In this project, the balloons are to be launched from some bases in Antarctica where there is no...
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ftdoajarticles:oai:doaj.org/article:bb88dfe4588441c1a3047a85502a4c60 2023-05-15T14:04:09+02:00 Polar patrol balloon I. Balloon System Jun Nishimura Masahiro Kodama Koichiro Tsuruda Hiroshi Fukunishi 1984-08-01T00:00:00Z https://doi.org/10.15094/00008410 https://doaj.org/article/bb88dfe4588441c1a3047a85502a4c60 EN JA eng jpn National Institute of Polar Research https://doi.org/10.15094/00008410 https://doaj.org/toc/0085-7289 https://doaj.org/toc/2432-079X doi:10.15094/00008410 0085-7289 2432-079X https://doaj.org/article/bb88dfe4588441c1a3047a85502a4c60 Antarctic Record, Iss 82, Pp 71-78 (1984) Geography (General) G1-922 article 1984 ftdoajarticles https://doi.org/10.15094/00008410 2022-12-31T16:00:53Z Because of the importance of the balloon observations in the polar region, a project, Polar Patrol Balloon, is proposed in which a balloon will be able to float and observe around Antarctica for a month. In this project, the balloons are to be launched from some bases in Antarctica where there is no sunrise in the winter and no sunset in the summer, and a zero pressure balloon can maintain its altitude for one month by dropping a small amount of ballast. A study of meteorological feasibility had been made for this project, and it was found that a period for the balloon to fly around the pole is about one week in the winter and a few weeks in the summer at an altitude of 30km. The deviation of the trajectory from a circle is smaller in the summer season. A feasibility study was also made for power supply, on board memory storing observed data, and auto-ballasting system to perform the flight of about one month. The balloon will be located by ARGOS systems during the flights. Some merits of possible international collaboration for this project are also discussed Article in Journal/Newspaper Antarc* Antarctica Directory of Open Access Journals: DOAJ Articles |
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Because of the importance of the balloon observations in the polar region, a project, Polar Patrol Balloon, is proposed in which a balloon will be able to float and observe around Antarctica for a month. In this project, the balloons are to be launched from some bases in Antarctica where there is no sunrise in the winter and no sunset in the summer, and a zero pressure balloon can maintain its altitude for one month by dropping a small amount of ballast. A study of meteorological feasibility had been made for this project, and it was found that a period for the balloon to fly around the pole is about one week in the winter and a few weeks in the summer at an altitude of 30km. The deviation of the trajectory from a circle is smaller in the summer season. A feasibility study was also made for power supply, on board memory storing observed data, and auto-ballasting system to perform the flight of about one month. The balloon will be located by ARGOS systems during the flights. Some merits of possible international collaboration for this project are also discussed |
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