TRIPLE + CHILD

Balloon launched on: 3/6/2003 at 6:02
Launch site: European Space Range, Kiruna, Sweden  
Balloon launched by: Centre National d'Etudes Spatiales (CNES)
Balloon manufacturer/size/composition: Zero Pressure Balloon model 150z Zodiac - 150.000 m3
End of flight (L for landing time, W for last contact, otherwise termination time): 3/6/2003

• Airborne / Ballonborne TDL University of Bremen website
• 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
• 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)
• List of balloons launched from ESRANGE SSC Space website (via Archive.Org)
• 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
• 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