FLEXPART validation with the use of CMET balloons

• Main Author: Mentzoni, Anniken Celine
• Other Authors: Lars Robert Hole, Terje Koren Berntsen, Joseph Henry LaCasce
• Format: Master Thesis
• Language: English
• Published: 2011
• Subjects: VDP::450; Andreas; Arctic; Ny-Ålesund; Ny Ålesund
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10852/12550; http://urn.nb.no/URN:NBN:no-28883

During the campaign in August 2010, five controlled meteorological (CMET) balloons where launched from Ny-Ålesund. Paul B. Voss developed the CMET balloons, and they are adapted to operate in the Arctic environment. They are known for their light weigh (approximately ½ kg) and the ability to perform...