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