Electrical conductivity measurements in the stratosphere using balloon and parachute-borne blunt probes
Abstract
Blunt probe electrical conductivity measurements from three balloon flights are reported in this paper. Rocket-launched, parachute-borne blunt probe experiments were conducted in conjunction with two of the flights. The coordinated balloon and rocket experiments were used to study the altitude dependence of electrical conductivity and conductivity variations at relatively constant altitudes in the stratosphere. The float altitude balloon data were useful for studying electrical conductivity and its associated temperature and sunrise variations. The altitude dependence for the balloon conductivity data was observed to be in good agreement with the corresponding rocket measurements.
- Publication:
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COSPAR, 20th Plenary Meeting
- Pub Date:
- June 1977
- Bibcode:
- 1977cosp.meetV....M
- Keywords:
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- Atmospheric Conductivity;
- Balloon Sounding;
- Electrical Resistivity;
- Rocket Sounding;
- Stratosphere;
- Balloon Flight;
- Balloon-Borne Instruments;
- Electrical Measurement;
- Parachute Descent;
- Rocket-Borne Instruments;
- Geophysics