Continuous in-situ soundings in the arctic boundary layer: A new atmospheric measurement technique using controlled meteorological balloons

Journal of Intelligent and Robotic Systems: Theory and Applications

Volumn 70, Issue 1-4, 2013, Pages 609-617

  Voss, Paul B ^a   Hole, Lars R ^b   Helbling, Elizabeth F ^a   Roberts, Tjarda J ^c  

^a SMITH COLLEGE   (United States)

^b NORWEGIAN METEOROLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Norway)

^c NORWEGIAN POLAR INSTITUTE   (Norway)

Author keywords

Air pollution; Altitude control; Arctic; Atmosphere; Balloon; Control systems; Parallel processing; Rawinsondes; Sounding; Terrain avoidance; Transport; Unmanned systems

Indexed keywords

ARCTIC; PARALLEL PROCESSING; RAWINSONDES; SOUNDING; TERRAIN AVOIDANCE; TRANSPORT; UNMANNED SYSTEM;

AIR POLLUTION; ALGORITHMS; ALTITUDE CONTROL; BALLOONS; BOUNDARY LAYERS; CONTROL SYSTEMS; EARTH ATMOSPHERE; FLIGHT CONTROL SYSTEMS; FREE FLIGHT;

METEOROLOGICAL BALLOONS;

EID: 84871625399     PISSN: 09210296     EISSN: 15730409     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10846-012-9758-6     Document Type: Article

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