Purpose of the flight and payload description
A balloon borne tunable diode laser spectrometer devoted to in-situ measurements, in high troposphere and stratosphere, of methane and water vapour.
Details of the balloon flight
Balloon launched on: 8/8/2002
Launch site: European Space Range, Kiruna, Sweden
Balloon launched by: Centre National d'Etudes Spatiales (CNES)
Balloon manufacturer/size/composition: Zero Pressure Balloon
Campaign: ENVISAT
External references
- List of balloons launched from ESRANGE Swedish Space Corporation website
- Micro-SDLA website Institut national des sciences de l'Univers - CNRS
- Overview of SCIAMACHY validation: 2002-2004 Atmos. Chem. Phys., 6, 127-148, 2006
- 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 GOMOS H2O Data Product with Balloonborne Laser and Frost-Point Hydrometers ENVISAT Validation Workshop (ESA SP-531). 9-13 December, Frascati, Italy
Images of the mission
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