Yesterday, I went out with one of our staff meteorologists to launch the weather balloon! As it rises 100,000 feet above sea level, it collects atmospheric pressures, temperatures, and various other things used to forecast South Pole weather. When it pops (90,000ft above the South Pole), it lands somewhere over the continent- I was told we don't go collecting the boxes. We launch 2 balloons a day from the South Pole.
We keep the balloons in a heated box so they inflate properly
We blew the balloon up...
Attached a GPS, and a weather measuring computer, and then I got to launch it!!
This really is an experience! You're not there just to work, or just to have a job, but you have the opportunity to do other things like this. An overflowing of blessings!
ReplyDeleteYour so lucky!! what a beautiful day to launch a weather ballon or a dirty bomb http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dirty_bomb lol!..that looks like so much fun and a learning experience too...so who recieves all that data? i am guessing it gose to your department in some fashion.Do they launch those things during storms too?-marlon
ReplyDeleteThe sky looks so blue. Happy Thanksgiving!
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