While the idea behind Loon sounds simple in theory, it turns out that it was more complicated than just floating up some weather ... stratosphere (starting between 10 and 20 km altitude). Each ...

BRYAN, Texas (KBTX) - Students and staff in the Atmospheric Sciences Department at Texas A&M launched a weather balloon Wednesday afternoon, giving us a glimpse at what the weather is doing not only ...

Although they don't impact the surface directly, historical evidence and simulations suggest airbursts can pack a punch.

NAGOYA—A balloon launched by high school students soared into the stratosphere and captured our blue, round planet on cameras from an altitude of about 28 kilometers. Members of the astronomy ...

However, Phil Wocken with World View said weather balloons pop at high altitudes. “This is a more sophisticated system that ...

It will come from some of the numerous helium weather balloons set to ... will livestream the eclipse from the stratosphere. During April’s eclipse, balloons launched from 34 sites will be ...

The majority of our weather occurs here. The layer of the atmosphere that lies between 6 and 31 miles above the surface is known as the stratosphere. The polar vortex is within the stratosphere.

Lofted beneath a weather balloon into the stratosphere, a radiosonde transmits a wealth of data back to the ground before returning on a parachute after the balloon bursts. [Mark] had his eyes on ...

Using weather balloons for detailed checks and satellites for a more global and continuous ... Their goal is twofold: Get a baseline measurement of what the earth’s stratosphere looks like, and see ...

Using weather balloons for detailed checks and satellites ... Their goal is twofold: Get a baseline measurement of what the earth’s stratosphere looks like, and see how natural events such ...