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Launching a radiosonde balloon to study atmospheric conditions throughoutthe atmosphere to very high altitudes, sometimes greater than 25 km above thesurface

Description

Launching a radiosonde balloon to study atmospheric conditions throughoutthe atmosphere to very high altitudes, sometimes greater than 25 km above thesurface. See: http://www.naturalsciences.org/education/arctic/

Credit

NOAA Climate Program Office, NABOS 2006 Expedition

Photographer

Mike Dunn

Display Date

2006 September 6

Location

Arctic Ocean, north of western Russia

Collection

Paths Less Taken

NOAA Affiliation

NC State Museum of Natural Sciences