The balloons can carry small measuring instruments to an altitude of nearly 35km, well above the range of aircraft, to investigate the atmosphere from the ground up to those otherwise inaccessible altitudes, according to the weather service.
Normally, it said, scientists have to rely on remote sensing instruments, such as satellites, but even this sophisticated equipment requires independent verification, which is one of the project’s objectives. “The gases in question are of importance as they can absorb sun energy at these high altitudes, which influences surface weather.
Will it measure temperature changes and correlate the results with NASA’s satellite temperature maps?
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