Abstract: A new kind of sounding from a free-floating balloon has been designed to study the two-dimensional structure of a shallow layer in the atmosphere. This type of sounding adds another dimension to the horizontal quasi-Lagrangian ...

Abstract: In September and October 2005, the Stratéole/Vorcore campaign flew 27 superpressure balloons from McMurdo, Antarctica, into the stratospheric polar vortex. Long-duration flights were successfully achieved, 16 of those ...