Measurements by Controlled Meteorological Balloons in Coastal Areas of Antarctica

• Main Authors: Hole, Lars R., Bello, Alexis Pérez, Roberts, Tjarda J., Voss, Paul B., Vihma, Timo
• Format: Text
• Language: unknown
• Published: Smith ScholarWorks 2016
• Subjects: Key words Dronning Maud Land; observations; troposphere; WRF; Aerospace Engineering; Antarctic; Dronning Maud Land; Halley Research Station; Weddell; Weddell Sea; Antarc*; Antarctica
• Online Access: https://scholarworks.smith.edu/egr_facpubs/60; https://scholarworks.smith.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1059&context=egr_facpubs

An experiment applying controlled meteorological (CMET) balloons near the coast of Dronning Maud Land, Antarctica, in January 2013 is described. Two balloons were airborne for 60 and 106 hours with trajectory lengths of 885.8 km and 2367.4 km, respectively. The balloons carried out multiple controll...