Abstract

On August 21, 2017, the NASA Nebraska High Altitude Ballooning group launched three balloons with payloads to monitor the total solar eclipse.Upon analysis of the ascent profiles of two of the balloons, one of them showed a definite slowing of ascent around the tropopause producing astrong "knee" in the altitude vs. time graph and the other one did not. Further examination produced several of these "knee" graphs in otherascents during the eclipse. Statistics of the ascent graphs from the NASA eclipse ballooning project are also presented.

Keywords: ascent, tropopause, eclipse

How to Cite:

Sibbernsen, K., (2018) “Analysis of Ascent Profiles of 2017 Solar Eclipse”, Academic High Altitude Conference 2018(1). doi: https://doi.org//ahac.11069