Assessment of Stratospheric Balloon Observations towards Assimilation in NOAA’s GSI-based Global Data Assimilation System

Katherine Lukens1, Kayo Ide1, Kevin Garrett2 and Likun Wang3, (1)University of Maryland, College Park, MD, United States, (2)NOAA/NESDIS/Center for Satellite Applications and Research (STAR), College Park, MD, United States, (3)Riverside Technology, Inc. @ NOAA/NESDIS/STAR, College Park, MD, United States