Purpose of the flight and payload description
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Details of the balloon flight
Balloon launched on: 6/13/2018 at 7:00 local time
Launch site: Korla, Region Autonoma de Xinjiang Uyghur, China
Balloon launched by: Institute of Optoelectronics, Chinese Academy of Sciences
Balloon manufacturer/size/composition: Zero Pressure Balloon 1.000 m3
End of flight (L for landing time, W for last contact, otherwise termination time): 6/13/2018
External references
- Direct Observations of Atmospheric Transport and StratosphereTroposphere Exchange from High-Precision Carbon Dioxide and Carbon Monoxide Profile Measurements Advances in Atmospheric Sciences volume 37, pages 608-616 (2020)
- Measuring and comparing in-situ CO2 and CO profiles with satellite observations and model data Atmospheric and Oceanic Science Letters, 12:6, 444
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