COBRAT Project: Long duration balloons for the study of high energy phenomena and consequences for stratospheric chemistry

Jean-Baptiste Renard, Gwenaël Berthet, Valéry Catoire, Nathalie Huret, Dominique Lagoutte, François Lefeuvre, Jean-Louis Pincon, Claude Robert, Michel Tagger, Elena Seran, Michel Godefroy, Pierre-Louis Blelly, Serge Soula, Sylvain Coquillat, Nikolai Ostgaard, Torsten Neubert, François Lebrun

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    Abstract

    The study of the Transient Luminous Events (TLE) and of the Terrestrial Gamma-ray Flashes (TGF) will be performed soon by the satellite instruments TARANIS (CNES) and ASIM (ESA, onboard the International Space Station). In complement to these measurements, observations are proposed to be conducted from long-duration balloons above equatorial regions. This project, called COBRAT, consists of gondolas with instruments dedicated to the detection of the TGF, TLE, electric and magnetic fields, and some atmospheric species that could be produced during these events. The various instruments are presented, as well as the proposed strategy of measurements from balloons and at ground.
    Original languageEnglish
    Title of host publicationProceedings of the 19th ESA Symposium on European Rocket and Balloon Programmes and Related Research
    PublisherEuropean Space Agency
    Publication date2010
    Pages181-186
    Publication statusPublished - 2010
    EventESA Symposium on European Rocket and Balloon Programmes and Related Research - Bad Reichenhall, Germany
    Duration: 7 Jun 200911 Jun 2009
    Conference number: 19

    Conference

    ConferenceESA Symposium on European Rocket and Balloon Programmes and Related Research
    Number19
    Country/TerritoryGermany
    CityBad Reichenhall
    Period07/06/200911/06/2009

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