Abstract: uring the international African Monsoon Multidisciplinary Analysis (AMMA) project, stratospheric balloons carrying gondolas called driftsondes capable of dropping meteorological sondes were deployed over West Africa and ...

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 ...

Abstract: tions of driftsonde systems? gondolas floating in the stratosphere and able to release dropsondes upon command? have so far been used in three major field experiments from 2006 through 2010. With them, high-quality, ...