TRAJECTORY OPTIMIZATION FOR BALLOON FLIGHT PLANNING

Authors
DRAXLER RR
Citation
Rr. Draxler, TRAJECTORY OPTIMIZATION FOR BALLOON FLIGHT PLANNING, Weather and forecasting, 11(1), 1996, pp. 111-114
Citations number
5
Categorie Soggetti
Metereology & Atmospheric Sciences
Journal title
Weather and forecasting → ACNP
ISSN journal
08828156
Volume
11
Issue
1
Year of publication
1996
Pages
111 - 114
Database
ISI
SICI code
0882-8156(1996)11:1<111:TOFBFP>2.0.ZU;2-A
Abstract
The recent solo transpacific balloon flight was used as a test case to evaluate multiple trajectory techniques to select different pathways based upon potential variations in balloon altitudes. Altitude changes between 3 and 8 km above ground resulted in predicted ending location s varying from the Hawaiian Islands to the Atlantic coast, after five days' travel. The method can be used to select optimum flight altitude s based upon forecast meteorological fields.