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"tethered balloon" is a balloon that is tied down to the ground with a rope or cable so that it doesn't float away.
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Unmanned aerial system and
tethered balloon system measurements have supplemented ARM Mobile Facility data to help improve understanding of atmospheric processes in the Arctic.
Come early to observe a sunrise lift - off, mid-mornings to participate in a complimentary
tethered balloon ride - or stay until dusk to experience the amazing evening hot air balloon glow.
After the first balloons take off, they will then set up for
free Tethered Balloon rides that will operate from approximately 7:30 — 9:30 am weather permitting.
The Unmanned Aerial Systems (UAS) Advisory Panel provides scientific and technical advice to ARM leadership as the Facility
plans tethered balloon and UAS operations.
The routine TBS and UAS flights at Oliktok were identified as high - priority, short - term actions in both the 2013 Polar Research with Unmanned Aircraft and
Tethered Balloons Workshop and the 2014 North Slope of Alaska Priorities Workshop.
He suggests five
massive tethered balloons, kept afloat by high - pressure pumps, which could cost around # 600m a year - 30 times cheaper than other options such as jets - could transport 1.5 million tonnes of titanium dioxide particles into the atmosphere.
The Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS) Advisory Panel provides scientific and technical advice to the ARM Facility
regarding tethered balloon and UAS operations.
The designers point out that there already are lots
of tethered balloons that pilots have learned to avoid - along the US / Mexican border looking for drug smugglers.
Over the past three years, ARM has managed field campaigns using unmanned aerial systems (UAS) and
tethered balloon systems (TBS) at Oliktok Point in northern Alaska, where the U.S. Department of Energy controls restricted airspace supporting such efforts.
In recent years, the military and aeronautical researchers have
used tethered balloons to beam Internet signals back to bases on earth.
The purpose of the Informational Meeting is to review the various 2015 Challenge activities including the Poker Paddle,
tethered balloon rides, Adirondack Museum activities, Savor the Taste of Indian Lake and the wine tastings.
The Orientation will run from 4 p.m. to 5 p.m. and the Mixer will be from 5 p.m. to 6:30 p.m.. On hand will be
a tethered balloon, provided by the Balloon & Craft Festival, for you to view and enjoy while you build valuable business contacts.
Whereas Hunt agrees that such research is lacking, he said that the team needs real measurements in order to see if
the tethered balloon design is viable.
To that end, ARM has launched the Inaugural Campaigns for ARM Research using Unmanned Systems, or ICARUS, an internal initiative at the third ARM Mobile Facility at Oliktok Point, Alaska, that is collecting spatial information about the rapidly changing arctic environment using unmanned aerial systems (UAS) and
tethered balloon systems (TBS) in conjunction with ground - based instruments.
Beginning routine collection of spatial information using unmanned aerial systems and
tethered balloon systems
As a result, the ARM Facility is expanding its use of UAS, including unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV) and
tethered balloon systems (TBS).
Within the planetary boundary layer, in situ instrumentation includes towers,
tethered balloons, and surface data collection platforms.