A104
Observations from Stratospheric Ballooning: Research and New Concepts

Session ID#: 79247

Session Description:
Stratospheric balloons span a wide range of capabilities from short-duration vertical profiles to long-duration flights with altitude control.  In addition to reporting standard meteorological variables such as temperature and wind, these balloons can measure water vapor, ozone and other trace gases important for stratospheric processes.  This session welcomes discussion of results from recent balloon campaigns and proposals for future campaigns.  Contributions about current and proposed instruments for balloon flights are also welcome.
Index Terms:

0394 Instruments and techniques [ATMOSPHERIC COMPOSITION AND STRUCTURE]
3394 Instruments and techniques [ATMOSPHERIC PROCESSES]

Primary Convener:  Robert W Carver, Loon, LLC, Mountain View, CA, United States
Convener:  Max Kamenetsky, Loon, LLC, Mountain View, CA, United States
Primary Liaison:  Robert W Carver, Loon, LLC, Mountain View, CA, United States
 
Capture of Stratospheric Air Near the South Pole for High Precision Analyses of Noble Gas Isotopes. (507162)
Alex Meshik, Brian Rauch, Olga Pravdivtseva, Paul Dowkontt and W. Robert Binns, Washington University in St. Louis, Physics, St. Louis, MO, United States
 
Infrasound from coastally-reflected ocean waves recorded on a stratospheric balloon (Invited) (520738)
Siddharth Krishnamoorthy1, Fabrice Ardhuin2, Daniel C Bowman3, Marine De Carlo4, Alexis LE Pichon5, Attila Komjathy1, Michael Pauken1 and James A Cutts6, (1)NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, CA, United States, (2)University of Bretagne Occidentale, CNRS, IFREMER, IRD, Plouzané, France, (3)UNC Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC, United States, (4)CEA, DAM, DIF, Arpajon, France, (5)Institut de Physique du Globe de Paris, Paris, France, (6)Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, CA, United States
 
Seasonal and Latitudinal Variability of High-Frequency Gravity Waves in the Lower Stratosphere (526159)
Erik Anders Lindgren, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, United States, Aditi Sheshadri, Stanford University, Department of Earth System Science, Stanford, CA, United States and Robert W Carver, Loon, LLC, Mountain View, CA, United States
 
Exploring Potential of Loon Stratospheric Balloon Instrument Hosting Capability (549322)
Likun Wang1, Kevin Garrett2, Sid Ahmed Boukabara3, Kayo Ide4, Ling Liu5 and Katherine Lukens4, (1)Riverside Technology, Inc. @ NOAA/NESDIS/STAR, College Park, MD, United States, (2)NOAA/NESDIS/Center for Satellite Applications and Research (STAR), College Park, MD, United States, (3)NOAA NESDIS, Camp Springs, MD, United States, (4)University of Maryland, College Park, MD, United States, (5)AER@NOAA/NESDIS/STAR, College Park, United States
 
An Overview of Investigations Into the Permeability of the Antarctic Vortex Using Loon Balloon Trajectory Data (552298)
Gregory E Bodeker, Bodeker Scientific, Alexandra, New Zealand, Adrian McDonald, University of Canterbury, Christchurch, New Zealand and Jonathan P Conway, National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research, Lauder, New Zealand
 
Stratospheric Radar Observations of Convection and Precipitation (565508)
Pierre-Emmanuel Kirstetter1, Robert Dean Palmer2, David Joseph Bodine3, Cameron R Homeyer4, Tian-You Yu5, Michael I Biggerstaff1, Howard B Bluestein1, Steven M Cavallo1, Boon Leng Cheong1, Youngsun Jung6, Jay McDaniel7, Naoko Sakaeda8, Jorge Salazar-Cerreno5, Xuguang Wang5, Mark B Yeary9, Jonathan J Gourley10, Kenneth Howard11, Walter Arthur Petersen12, Simone Tanelli13, Audrey Martini14 and Nicolas Viltard15, (1)University of Oklahoma Norman Campus, Norman, OK, United States, (2)Univ Oklahoma, Norman, OK, United States, (3)University of Oklahoma, Advanced Radar Research Center, Norman, OK, United States, (4)University of Oklahoma, School of Meteorology, Norman, OK, United States, (5)University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK, United States, (6)University of Oklahoma, Norman, Oklahoma, South Korea, (7)University of Oklahoma Norman Campus, Norman, United States, (8)University of Oklahoma Norman Campus, School of Meteorology, Norman, OK, United States, (9)University of Oklahoma Norman Campus, Advanced Radar Research Center, Norman, United States, (10)National Severe Storms Lab, Oklahoma City, OK, United States, (11)National Severe Storms Lab, Norman, OK, United States, (12)NASA MSFC, Science Research and Projects Office, Huntsville, AL, United States, (13)Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, CA, United States, (14)University of Versailles Saint-Quentin en Yvelines, Versailles, France, (15)LATMOS Laboratoire Atmosphères, Milieux, Observations Spatiales, Paris Cedex 05, France
 
Low Cost High Altitude Balloon System Configurations with High Data Throughput on a Slow/Controlled Descent (588856)
Noemi Miguélez Gómez, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, Daytona Beach, FL, United States and Aroh Barjatya, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, Physical Sciences Department, Daytona Beach, FL, United States
 
Global assimilation of Loon stratospheric balloon observations and their trajectories relative to tropical waves (592267)
Lawrence Coy, Science Systems and Applications, Inc., Lanham, MD, United States, Mark R Schoeberl, Boulder, CO, United States, Steven Pawson, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD, United States, Salvatore Candido, Loon, Mountain View, CA, United States and Robert W Carver, Loon, LLC, Mountain View, CA, United States
 
The GUSTO balloon mission (612877)
Pietro N Bernasconi1, Christopher K Walker2, Craig KUlesa2 and Paul Goldsmith3, (1)Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory, Laurel, MD, United States, (2)University of Arizona, Tucson, United States, (3)Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, United States
 
Instrumentation Design of the Silicon Photomultiplier Array for Capturing Energetic Radiation (SPACER) Project (617148)
Blaine Harris Irle, T Gregory Guzik, Emma Western and Aaron Patrick Ryan, Louisiana State University, Physics and Astronomy, Baton Rouge, LA, United States
 
Assessment of Stratospheric Balloon Observations towards Assimilation in NOAA’s GSI-based Global Data Assimilation System (619576)
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
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