Pre-Concordiasi flight of the University of Wyoming Particle Counter (WPC) on the PSC-1 gondola.
Field campaign, 25 January 25 February 2010  in the Seychelles.

19 February 2010 - PSC-1 gondola released from near the airport on the island of Mahe
9 May 2010 - The balloon envelope failed over the Indian Ocean
Aerosol particles from 0.075 - 15 µm were sampled for about 20 minutes every day.
The sampling frequency doubled over continents.

Flight trajectory and sampling locations of PSC-1 19 February - 10 May 2010



Summary (.pdf) of preliminary measurements from WPC on the PSC1 gondola.

Detailed profiles for each measurement period (yymmdd hhmmss hhmmss (.ps files - view with Ghost View)   


Research by the University of Wyoming, supported by the US National Science Foundation
Questions/comments to Terry Deshler, deshler@uwyo.edu    

Instrument and balloon control center, Centre National d'Etudes Spatiales (CNES), Toulouse, France


Data updated 10 May 2010