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National Center for Atmospheric Research/University Corporation for Atmospheric Research

Driftsonde

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This sunrise launch in Wyoming was part of driftsonde testing during the summer of 2006. The innovative NCAR-designed driftsonde package, which includes a gondola and weather instruments that descend by parachute, was first used for research in Africa in August 2006 with a ballooning system designed by the French space agency, CNES.

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(©UCAR, photo by Joe VanAndel.)

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