Controlled weather balloon ascents and descents for atmospheric research and climate monitoring

Kräuchi, Andreas; Philipona, Rolf; Romanens, Gonzague; Hurst, Dale F.; Hall, Emrys G.; Jordan, Allen F.

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-9-929-2016

Articles | Volume 9, issue 3

Atmos. Meas. Tech., 9, 929–938, 2016

https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-9-929-2016

© Author(s) 2016. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.

Atmos. Meas. Tech., 9, 929–938, 2016

https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-9-929-2016

© Author(s) 2016. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.

Articles | Volume 9, issue 3

Research article 07 Mar 2016

Research article | 07 Mar 2016

Controlled weather balloon ascents and descents for atmospheric research and climate monitoring

Andreas Kräuchi et al.

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RC C4668: 'Review of Kräuchi et al. "Controlled weather balloon ascents and descents..."', Anonymous Referee #1, 05 Jan 2016
- AC C5382: 'Answer to anonymous referee # 1', Rolf Philipona, 09 Feb 2016
RC C5218: 'Review', Anonymous Referee #2, 28 Jan 2016
- AC C5385: 'Answer to anonymous referee # 2', Rolf Philipona, 09 Feb 2016

Short summary

In situ upper-air measurements are often made with instruments attached to weather balloons launched at the surface and lifted into the stratosphere. It has been demonstrated that ascending weather balloons can perturb the air measured by very sensitive humidity and temperature sensors trailing behind them. The use of controlled balloon descent for such measurements has therefore been investigated and is described here. We present two different methods and show advantages and disadvantages.