Altitude control of long-duration balloons

Journal of Aircraft

Volumn 42, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 478-482

  Voss, Paul B ^a,c   Riddle, Emily E ^a,c   Smith, Michael S ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

^b Raven Industries Inc   (United States)

^c Department of Geosciences ^*

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC MOVEMENTS; CONTROL SYSTEMS; DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS; ENERGY UTILIZATION; FLIGHT DYNAMICS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NAVIGATION;

ALTITUDE CONTROL; DIFFERENTIAL EXPANSION; LONG-DURATION BALLONS; NAVIGATION CONTROL;

BALLOONS;

EID: 18144372398     PISSN: 00218669     EISSN: 15333868     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2514/1.7481     Document Type: Article

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