Purpose of the flight and payload description
Details of the balloon flight
Balloon launched on: 8/7/2006
Launch site: Niamey Airport, Niger
Balloon launched by: Centre National d'Etudes Spatiales (CNES)
Balloon manufacturer/size/composition: Zero Pressure Balloon
End of flight (L for landing time, W for last contact, otherwise termination time): 8/7/2006
External references
- Scout AMMA home page at European Ozone Research Coordinating Unit website
- An introduction to the SCOUT-AMMA stratospheric aircraft, balloons and sondes campaign in West Africa, August 2006: rationale and roadmap Atmos. Chem. Phys., 10, 2237-2256, 2010
- Validation of NO2 and NO from the Atmospheric Chemistry Experiment (ACE) Atmos. Chem. Phys., 8, 5801-5841, 2008
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