Remote-sensing and in-situ atmospheric chemistry studies with the use of a manned hot air balloon platform
✍ Scribed by Steven M. Watson; Robert T. Kroutil; Carol A. Traynor; Eric S. Edgerton; Jonathan J. Bowser; Roy B. Zweidinger; Robert N. Olson; Robert P. Dalley; Warren J. Bone; Russ Price
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 1996
- Weight
- 406 KB
- Volume
- 1
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 1086-900X
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✦ Synopsis
Tethered and free-flying manned hot air balloons have been demonstrated as platforms for various remotesensing and in situ atmospheric chemistry measurements. These platforms are comparatively inexpensive to operate; do not cause atmospheric disturbances, as do higher speed platforms; and are extremely stable and free of the vibrations inherent in aircraft structures. The equipment operated on the balloons in connection with these experiments includes FTIR spectrometers, video recording equipment, ozone and nitrogen oxide analyzers, SUMMA canisters, annular denuders, fine particle mass samplers, trace metal samplers, and gas and aerosol phase mercury samplers. The Lagrangianand Eulerian-type atmospheric chemistry experiments conducted on and from the balloon included chemical effluents characterization, vertical profiling and transport of criteria pollutants in the Utah urban areas, and atmospheric mercury studies in the Florida Everglades.