TRIPLE + CHILD

Balloon launched on: 9/24/2002 at 7:00
Launch site: Centre de Lancement de Ballons CLBA, Aire Sur L'Adour, Landes, France  
Balloon launched by: Centre National d'Etudes Spatiales (CNES)
Balloon manufacturer/size/composition: Zero Pressure Balloon  
End of flight (L for landing time, W for last contact, otherwise termination time): 9/24/2002
Campaign: ENVISAT  

• Airborne / Ballonborne TDL University of Bremen website
• Analysis of Stratospheric Bromine Monoxide from SCIAMACHY using Comparison with Model Results Thesis by Ninad V. Sheode, Universitat Bremen, 2006
• Balloon-borne stratospheric BrO measurements: comparison with Envisat/SCIAMACHY BrO limb profiles Atmos. Chem. Phys., 6, 2483-2501, 2006
• CHILD spectrometer University of Bremen website
• Entwicklung eines miniaturisierten ballongetragenen Diodenlaser-Spektrometers zur Messung von stratosphärischen Methan- und Wasserdampfkonzentrationen Doctoral Dissertation by Zimmermann, Rainer, University of Heidelberg (2003)
• In-Situ BrO Measurements in the Upper Troposphere / Lower Stratosphere: Validation of the ENVISAT Satellite Measurements and Photochemical Model Studies Jülich : Forschungszentrum Jülich GmbH Zentralbibliothek, Verlag, Berichte des Forschungszentrums Jülich 4248, XIII, 159 p. (2007)
• Lightweight diode laser spectrometer CHILD (Compact High-altitude In-situ Laser Diode) for balloonborne measurements of water vapor and methane Appl. Opt. 44, 91-102 (2005)
• Long-term validation of ESA operational retrieval (version 6.0) of MIPAS Envisat vertical profiles of methane, nitrous oxide, CFC11, and CFC12 using balloon-borne observations and trajectory matching Atmos. Meas. Tech., 9, 1051-1062, 2016
• Overview of SCIAMACHY validation: 2002-2004 Atmos. Chem. Phys., 6, 127-148, 2006
• The isotopic composition of methane in the stratosphere: high-altitude balloon sample measurements Atmos. Chem. Phys., 11, 13287-13304, 2011
• The Validation of the Envisat Chemistry Instruments by Use of Stratospheric Balloons and Aircraft ENVISAT Validation Workshop (ESA SP-531). 9-13 December, Frascati, Italy
• Validation of MIPAS CH4 Profiles by Stratospheric Balloon, Aircraft, Satellite and Ground Based Measurements 2nd Workshop on the Atmospheric Chemistry Validation of ENVISAT, 2004
• Validation of MIPAS N2O Profiles by Stratospheric Balloon, Aircraft and Ground Based Measurements 2nd Workshop on the Atmospheric Chemistry Validation of ENVISAT, 2004
• Validation of SCIAMACHY Water Vapor and Methane Profiles by Balloonborne In-Situ Measurements with the Child Spectrometer Onboard TRIPLE - W. Gurlit, K. Gerilowski, C. Giesemann, V. Ebert, R. Zimmerman & J.P. Burrows 16th ESA Symposium on European Rocket and Balloon Programmes and Related Research, 2 - 5 June 2003, Sankt Gallen, Switzerland