AHAC 2020 Poster 6 Measurements Recorded via Stratospheric Ballooning - Korzeniowski
Channel: Stratospheric Ballooning Association
Date: 18/09/2020

Hydrogen or Helium-filled High Altitude Balloons (HABs) carrying scientific instrumentation have been used by St. Catherine University’s all-women research team to explore Earth’s atmosphere. These balloons are typically made of latex rubber, allowing them to expand until bursting at approximately 32 km because they cannot stretch anymore. This altitude is recognized as the stratospheric region of the atmosphere, considered to be an area with near-space conditions. By conducting this research via HABs, it has been possible to provide a broader understanding of the importance of pressure, uncharged and charged cosmic rays, and temperature in the upper regions of the atmosphere to the general community, and to widen the scope of ballooning research. The scope of this work is to expand eclipse research conducted by St. Catherine University during the 2017eclipse and to introduce new instrumentation to observe atmospheric changes caused by solar obscuration during the 2023 and 2024 solar eclipses.