Demonstration of Quasi-Continuous Vertical Profiling of Ozone Throughout the Troposphere Using High-technology Kites

使用高科技风筝演示整个对流层臭氧的准连续垂直剖面

• 批准号: 9411761
• 负责人: Ben Balsley
• 金额: $ 4.55万
• 依托单位: University of Colorado at Boulder
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 1994
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 1994-05-01 至 1995-10-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=9411761&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Demonstration; Quasi; Continuous; Vertical; Profiling

9411761 Balsley In this project the researchers plan to extend the capabilities of state-of-the-art kite technology for atmospheric sampling and related research. The workplan will accomplish this feasibility experiment by (1) increasing the current maximum attainable height from around 3 km to over 13-14 km, and by (2) using the tethered kite as a "sky hook" to enable a small device (a "WindTRAM") to travel up and down the kite tether to obtain high- resolution profiles of ozone, temperature, pressure, and humidity. If successful, the project results will be a unique and inexpensive technique to study vertical profiles of critical atmospheric species throughout the entire troposphere and possibly the lower stratosphere.

小行星9411761 在这个项目中，研究人员计划扩展最先进的风筝技术的能力，用于大气采样和相关研究。 该工作计划将通过以下方式完成这一可行性实验：（1）将目前可达到的最大高度从约3公里提高到13-14公里以上;（2）使用系留风筝作为“天钩”，使一个小型装置（“WindTRAM”）能够沿着风筝系绳上下移动，以获得高分辨率的臭氧、温度、压力和湿度分布图。 如果成功，该项目的成果将是一种独特和廉价的技术，用于研究整个对流层和可能的平流层下部关键大气物种的垂直分布。