P53A:
Balloons in Earth and Planetary Sciences: Research, Applications, and Emerging Concepts II


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Session ID#: 60119

Session Description:
Scientific balloons have greatly expanded our capabilities to investigate geophysical phenomena on the Earth and beyond. In Earth science, they can fill the gap between Earth and space-based observations, offer large coverage areas, and enable an aerial perspective at a fraction of the cost of a satellite mission. In planetary exploration, they offer opportunities for remote sensing of atmospheric and surface process from a close range.  Programs such as the NASA High Altitude Student Platform have also been instrumental in increasing student involvement in the sciences. This session will be dedicated to discussing current and planned scientific ballooning initiatives in the Earth, atmospheric, and planetary sciences. Presentations in this session will highlight the balloon as a powerful and versatile platform for hosting a wide variety of scientific experiments on Earth and beyond. Topics include: Balloons on Venus, studies of the Earth's atmosphere, the aurora, cosmic rays,  and many more.
Primary Convener:  Siddharth Krishnamoorthy, NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, United States
Conveners:  Daniel Bowman, Sandia National Laboratories, Albuquerque, NM, United States, Jean-Pierre Lebreton, University of Orleans, Orleans, France and Tetsuya Yoshida, JAXA Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency, Sagamihara, Japan
Primary Liaison:  Siddharth Krishnamoorthy, NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, United States
Chairs:  Siddharth Krishnamoorthy, NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, United States and Tetsuya Yoshida, JAXA Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency, Sagamihara, Japan
OSPA Liaison:  Siddharth Krishnamoorthy, NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, United States

Cross-Listed:
  • A - Atmospheric Sciences
  • EP - Earth and Planetary Surface Processes
  • NS - Near Surface Geophysics
  • S - Seismology
Index Terms:

0394 Instruments and techniques [ATMOSPHERIC COMPOSITION AND STRUCTURE]
0994 Instruments and techniques [EXPLORATION GEOPHYSICS]
6297 Instruments and techniques [PLANETARY SCIENCES: SOLAR SYSTEM OBJECTS]
7594 Instruments and techniques [SOLAR PHYSICS, ASTROPHYSICS, AND ASTRONOMY]

Abstracts Submitted to this Session:

The 2018 flight of the magnet spectrometer AESOP-Lite for the study of low-energy cosmic ray electrons and positrons (414385)
Sarah Mechbal1, Pierre-Simon Mangeard2, John M Clem3, Paul Arthur Evenson3, Robert Johnson4, James Roth2 and Brian Lucas2, (1)University of California Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz, CA, United States, (2)University of Delaware, Newark, United States, (3)University of Delaware, Newark, DE, United States, (4)University of California, Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz, United States
Aerial Platforms for Scientific Investigation of Venus (378719)
James A Cutts, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, United States, Thomas W Thompson, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, United States, Kevin Baines, Jet Propulsion Laboratory/California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, United States, Robert E Grimm, Southwest Research Institute Boulder, Boulder, CO, United States, Larry H Matthies, NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, United States, Jeffery L Hall, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, CA, United States and Sanjay S Limaye, University of Wisconsin Madison, Madison, WI, United States
Electromagnetic Sounding of the Subsurface from a Stratospheric Balloon (Invited) (356706)
Robert E Grimm, Southwest Research Institute Boulder, Boulder, CO, United States, Yongming Zhang, QUASAR Federal Systems, San Diego, United States and Charles P Oden, Earth Science Systems, Wheat Ridge, CO, United States
PMC-Turbo: Imaging Polar Mesospheric Clouds from a Stratospheric Balloon Platform (416199)
Christopher Geach1, David C Fritts2, Carl Bjorn Kjellstrand3, Bernd Kaifler4, Amber Miller5, Bifford Preston Williams2, Shaul Hanany1, Michele Limon6, Jason D Reimuller7 and Glenn Jones8, (1)University of Minnesota Twin Cities, Minneapolis, MN, United States, (2)Global Atmospheric Technologies and Sciences (GATS), Boulder, United States, (3)Columbia University of New York, Palisades, United States, (4)German Aerospace Center (DLR), Institute of Atmospheric Physics, Wessling, Germany, (5)University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, United States, (6)University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, United States, (7)Integrated Spaceflight Services, Boulder, CO, United States, (8)Columbia University of New York, Palisades, NY, United States
Stratéole 2: An Ultra Long Duration Super Pressure Balloon Campaign to Study the Equatorial Upper Troposphere and Lower Stratosphere (Invited) (364014)
Lars Kalnajs1, Albert Hertzog2, Philippe Cocquerez3, M Joan Alexander4, Sean M Davis5, Terry Deshler6, Georges Durry7, Jennifer S Haase8, Alain Hauchecorne9, Riwal Plougonven2, François Ravetta10, Jean-Baptiste Renard11 and Stephanie Venel12, (1)University of Colorado, Boulder, CO, United States, (2)Laboratoire de Météorologie Dynamique-IPSL CNRS/PSL-ENS/Sorbonne Université/Ecole Polytechnique, Palaiseau Cedex, France, (3)CNES, Toulouse, France, (4)NorthWest Research Associates Boulder, Boulder, United States, (5)University of Colorado / CIRES, Boulder, CO, United States, (6)University of Wyoming, Laramie, United States, (7)Groupe de Spectrométrie Moléculaire et Atmosphérique / CNRS / Université de Reims, Reims, France, (8)Scripps Institution of Oceanography, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, United States, (9)CNRS, Guyancourt, France, (10)LATMOS/IPSL, Sorbonne Université, UVSQ, CNRS, Paris, France, (11)Laboratoire de Physique et Chimie de l'Environnement et de l'Espace, Orléans Cedex 2, France, (12)CNES, Valdosta, France
First detection of lightning infrasound using a high-altitude balloon (355892)
Oliver D Lamb, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Department of Geological Sciences, Chapel Hill, United States, Jonathan M Lees, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Earth, Marine and Environmental Sciences, Chapel Hill, United States and Daniel Bowman, Sandia National Laboratories, Albuquerque, NM, United States
The Biopause Project: Scientific Balloon Experiments for Sampling Stratospheric Bioaerosol (427735)
Sohsuke Ohno1, Norimune Miyake2, Ko Ishibashi1, Osamu Okudaira1, Yuko Kawaguchi1, Keisuke Maeda1, Yuya Kakehashi3, Manabu Yamada4, Issei Iijima3, Akihiko Yamagishi5, Kazuhiko Yamada3, Hideyuki Fuke3, Satoshi Nonaka3, Takahiro Segawa6, Yusuke Takahashi7, Tetsuya Yoshida3 and Takafumi Matsui1, (1)Chiba Institute of Technology, Chiba, Japan, (2)Chiba Insititute of Technology, Narashino, Chiba, Japan, (3)JAXA Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency, Sagamihara, Japan, (4)Chiba Institute of Technology, Planetary Exploration Research Center, Narashino, Japan, (5)Tokyo Univ Pharmacy & Life Sci, Tokyo, Japan, (6)University of Yamanashi, Yamanashi, Japan, (7)Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Japan
Scientific Ballooning for Imaging Earth’s Aurora under the Sun (372425)
Xiaoyan Zhou1, Sir B Rafol2, Donald Hampton3, Yutao He2, Dirk Lummerzheim4 and Robert Michell5, (1)University of California Los Angeles, Department of Earth and Space Sciences, Los Angeles, CA, United States, (2)Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, CA, United States, (3)University of Alaska Fairbanks, Geophysical Institute, Fairbanks, AK, United States, (4)University of Alaska Fairbanks, Fairbanks, AK, United States, (5)NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD, United States

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