Meteorological balloons as an experimental platform for scientific and engineering research

2013 CACS International Automatic Control Conference (CACS) Pub Date : 2013-12-01 DOI:10.1109/CACS.2013.6734103

A. Chen, C. Chiu, Shao-Chun Wen, Hsuan-Chen Lai, H. Su, R. Hsu

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The exploration by the in-situ measurement in the stratosphere, approximately 8-50 km height, can be done by sounding balloons exclusively. The scientific sounding balloon was used in the past decades to carry up to tones of the scientific instruments to the upper atmosphere and reached a great contribution in the atmosphere science, space science, and astrophysics. But the large scientific balloon can be launched in the limited sites for the safety reason and its cost is not affordable by all scientists. By integrating the miniaturized sensors, processor board and meteorological sounding balloon, we developed an experimental platform to carry small instruments up to 33 km altitude and transmit data to mobile ground stations. This experimental platform has the advantages of lightweight, inexpensive, disposable, and safe. It is not only can be employed in the scientific measurement but also able to act as a testbed for the new technologies which is going to be used in sounding rocket or satellite missions. The system structure of this platform and a successful flight experiment are introduced in this paper, and the new possible improvement is also discussed.

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气象气球作为科学和工程研究的实验平台

在8 ~ 50公里高度的平流层进行原位测量的探测，完全可以用探空气球来完成。在过去的几十年里，科学探空气球被用来携带多达吨的科学仪器到上层大气，在大气科学、空间科学和天体物理学方面做出了巨大的贡献。但由于安全原因，大型科学气球只能在有限的地点发射，而且它的成本不是所有科学家都能负担得起的。通过集成微型传感器、处理器板和气象探空气球，我们开发了一个实验平台，可以将小型仪器携带到33公里的高度，并向移动地面站传输数据。该实验平台具有轻便、廉价、一次性、安全等优点。它不仅可以用于科学测量，而且可以作为将用于探空火箭或卫星任务的新技术的试验台。本文介绍了该平台的系统结构和一次成功的飞行试验，并对可能的改进进行了讨论。

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