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Space Weather Balloon
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Yolo
- Posts: 1
- Joined: Sat Sep 22, 2012 10:47 pm
- Occupation: Student
- Project Question: What type of device do i need to record the temperature and the altitude at the same time? Please tell me the name and who can provide this product thank you!
- Project Due Date: 9/25
- Project Status: I am conducting my experiment
Space Weather Balloon
I am sending a weather balloon up into the atmosphere and i am needing to know the altitude of the balloon and the temperature. Are there any devices that can save both? If you know of something that might work or have a link to a product please get back to me ASAP. Thank You
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deleted-80002
- Former Expert
- Posts: 67
- Joined: Thu Oct 20, 2011 7:24 am
- Occupation: PhD Candidate, Graduate Student
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Re: Space Weather Balloon
Hi Yolo,
This sounds like a very interesting project. I used a google search to look for "weather balloon kits". I found one that comes with a computer that has GPS, temperature and pressure sensors. (http://highaltitudescience.com/Store.php) Then you would kust need to purchase a GPS transmitter for tracking. They recommend one on this site too. Take a look at some of the other search results. I hope that helps.
Kierstyn
This sounds like a very interesting project. I used a google search to look for "weather balloon kits". I found one that comes with a computer that has GPS, temperature and pressure sensors. (http://highaltitudescience.com/Store.php) Then you would kust need to purchase a GPS transmitter for tracking. They recommend one on this site too. Take a look at some of the other search results. I hope that helps.
Kierstyn
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donnahardy2
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Re: Space Weather Balloon
Hi,
What a fascinating topic for a science project! This should be really great. Did you make your own weather balloon? Are you planning to launch it with helium or hydrogen?
Kierstyn has given you some good information for making your own weather balloon. These balloons are usually used for recording weather data up to 35 kilometers and they measure the pressure, temperature, and relative humidity as they rise through the atmosphere for about 2 hours. The balloon is exposed to temperatures as cold at minus 90 degrees Centigrade.
http://www.ua.nws.noaa.gov/factsheet.htm
Here is a project from the Science Buddies website that should give you some ideas for analyzing your data. This project uses weather data that you can download from the internet.
https://www.sciencebuddies.org/science- ... background
Good luck!
Donna Hardy
What a fascinating topic for a science project! This should be really great. Did you make your own weather balloon? Are you planning to launch it with helium or hydrogen?
Kierstyn has given you some good information for making your own weather balloon. These balloons are usually used for recording weather data up to 35 kilometers and they measure the pressure, temperature, and relative humidity as they rise through the atmosphere for about 2 hours. The balloon is exposed to temperatures as cold at minus 90 degrees Centigrade.
http://www.ua.nws.noaa.gov/factsheet.htm
Here is a project from the Science Buddies website that should give you some ideas for analyzing your data. This project uses weather data that you can download from the internet.
https://www.sciencebuddies.org/science- ... background
Good luck!
Donna Hardy