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First balloon tests in Melpitz

Our researches are currently testing their equipment and instruments for the tethered balloon measurements at the TROPOS measurement site in Melpitz, Germany. These tests were also attended and reported by a journalist from “Sächsische Zeitung”. The online arcticle can be found here. The tethered balloon experiment will be conducted during the ice station experiment ABEX within the expedition PASCAL in the Arctic in summer 2017.

Launch of tethered balloon.
Launch of tethered balloon.
Lifted TROPOS balloon mounted with several measurement probes.
Lifted TROPOS balloon mounted with several measurement probes.
TROPOS balloon with circumhorizontal arc.
TROPOS balloon with circumhorizontal arc.
Turbulence probe.
Turbulence probe.
Wind probe.
Wind probe.
Broadband radiation probe
Broadband radiation probe