DUAL-BEAM UV-ABSORPTION OZONE PHOTOMETER + ALIAS II + LACE (Lightweight Airborne Chromatograph Experiment)

El primer instrumento efectua mediciones del ozono atmosferico. El tercer instrumento (LACE) es un cromatógrafo de gases de dos canales diseñado para ser operado desde globos o vehiculos piloteados por control remoto.

Sitio de lanzamiento: Scientific Flight Balloon Facility, Fort Sumner (NM), EEUU  
Hora lanzamiento: 15:23 utc
Lanzamiento y operación del globo a cargo de: National Scientific Balloon Facility (NSBF)
Globo: Globo de Presión Cero SF3-4.001-.8/.8-NA
Nº de serie del globo: R4.001-1-01
Nº de vuelo: 416N
Peso carga útil: 1889 lbs

• Airborne Laser Infrared Absorption Spectrometer (ALIAS-II) for in situ Atmospheric Measurements of N2O, CH4, CO, HCI, and NO2 from Balloon or RPA Platforms Applied Optics Vol. 38, Issue 21, pp. 4609
• Argus: A Lightweight TDL Instrument to Measure Stratospheric Tracers Proc. SPIE 3758, Application of Tunable Diode and Other Infrared Sources for Atmospheric Studies and Industrial Processing Monitoring II, 123
• Lightweight Airborne Chromatograph Experiment description NOAA website
• NASA Balloon Flights (1989-1998) in NASA Historical Data Book, Vol. VII: NASA Launch Systems, Space Transportation, Human Spaceflight, and Space Science, 1989-1998
• Observations and Analysis of Atmospheric Hydroxyl New Mexico Tech; Physics Dept. - Final Report