Abstract: Superpressure balloons are used as radiometers to perform in-situ radiometric determinations in the lower stratosphere. The method consists in measuring the temperature of both the lifting gas and the ambient air and then ...

Abstract: The method that has been used in the past to determine the position of superpressure balloons employed in long-term meteorological and technological experiments?projects GHOST (Global Horizontal Sounding Technique), EOLE ...

Abstract: A superpressure balloon flying at a constant density level fortuitously encountered (on two consecutive days) an artificial cloud generated by a French nuclear test over the South Pacific. The measurements of temperature ...