Partner: Stockholm University
PI: Assoc. Prof. Paul Zieger ([email protected])
Operator: Romanos et al.
Sounding balloons are launched to measure vertical profiles of atmospheric conditions (most crucially, temperature and humidity), which is important for understanding the conditions that the clouds and particles that we measure are in. For example, temperature inversions that prevent mixing may give us an idea of why the aerosol concentrations measured at low and high altitudes may differ. These features of the atmospheric structure relate the conditions at Mount Helmos to the synoptic weather situations in the Mediterranean.