Stratospheric Balloon (IMAGE)

Goethe University Frankfurt

Stratospheric Balloon

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With stratospheric balloons researchers derive the "age" of the air from trace-gas measurements. Their results indicate that air masses are moving more slowly than predicted by climate models.

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Andreas Engel

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