High Altitude Research

by Undergraduates

John Sohl

Weber State University

HARBOR Team

Flight History • Autumn 2007 to 2014 = 6.5 years

• 26 Free Flights

• 5 Moored Flights (2 indoor, 3 outdoor)

• 1 Flight Assist

• Highest = HAR120810: 110,718ft = 33.747km

• Utah, Wyoming, Colorado, Kansas

Typical Mission

Flight telemetry radios for tracking.

Setting up the ozonesonde telemetry

receiving antenna.

Ozonesonde signal verification.

Preparing for filling the balloon.

Liftoff:

Into the wild blue yonder!

Next stop: Earth’s Stratosphere

Collecting live ozone data.

Computers inside chase

vehicle for flight tracking.

The balloon is much bigger now.

It is about 18 miles away, almost straight up.

(This photo was taken with a hand-held camera.)

30km ASL

Burst.

Recovery in an alfalfa field.

MSA

Data

Raw Data

Processed

Ground Level

Pollution

Stratospheric

Ozone Layer

Commercial

Airlines

Unknown