Feasibility study on scientific balloon experiment at Ny-Ålesund (scientific paper)

This paper deals with the possibility of scientific ballooning in the Arctic (at Ny-Ålesund). This study is based on balloon experiments carried out at Syowa Station, Antarctica, from 1996 through 1999. Under typical flight conditions, such as five-hour flight duration at 30km altitude, balloon traj...

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Main Authors: Hideyuki Honda, Naoki Izutsu, Nobuyuki Yajima
Format: Report
Language:English
Published: The Institute of Space and Astronautical Science (ISAS) 2001
Subjects:
Antarctic
Arctic
Ny-Ålesund
Syowa Station
The Antarctic
Antarc*
Antarctica
Memoirs of National Institute of Polar Research
Ny Ålesund
Polar Research
Online Access:https://nipr.repo.nii.ac.jp/?action=repository_uri&item_id=2368
http://id.nii.ac.jp/1291/00002368/
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Summary:This paper deals with the possibility of scientific ballooning in the Arctic (at Ny-Ålesund). This study is based on balloon experiments carried out at Syowa Station, Antarctica, from 1996 through 1999. Under typical flight conditions, such as five-hour flight duration at 30km altitude, balloon trajectory simulation at Ny-Ålesund demonstrated the flight range within 150km in June through August, and large possibility of payload recovery. A new type of superpressure balloon developed by a Japanese balloon group, which promises a long duration flight at constant altitude, will be a useful platform. New onboard systems and ground facilities developed for the preceding balloon experiment in the Antarctic will be applicable to scientific observations over Arctic regions.

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