Trajectory optimization for balloon flight planning

Weather and Forecasting

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 111-114

  Draxler, Roland R ^a  

^a NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BALLLOON OBSERVATION; BALLOON FLIGHT PLANNING; OPTIMUM ALTITUDE SELECTION; TRAJECTOR OPTIMIZATION;

EID: 0030481337     PISSN: 08828156     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0434(1996)011<0111:TOFBFP>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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