Measuring Relative Wind Speeds in Stratospheric Balloons with Cup Anemometers: The TASEC-Lab Mission
- Resource Type
- Authors
- Alejandro Fernandez; David González-Bárcena; Santiago Pindado; MIKEL OGUETA GUTIERREZ; Daniel Alfonso-Corcuera
- Source
- Sensors, ISSN 1424-8220, 2022-07-26, Vol. 22, No. 15
Archivo Digital UPM
Universidad Politécnica de Madrid
Sensors; Volume 22; Issue 15; Pages: 5575
- Subject
- cup anemometer
stratospheric balloon
wind speed
high-altitude calibration
Electrical and Electronic Engineering
Biochemistry
Instrumentation
Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics
Analytical Chemistry
Aeronáutica
- Language
This paper shows wind speed measurements from the TASEC-Lab experiment in a stratospheric balloon mission. The mission was launched in July 2021 from León (Spain) aerodrome. Measurements of horizontal wind speed in relation to the balloon gondola were successfully carried out with a cup anemometer. According to the available literature, this is the first time a cup anemometer has been used in a stratospheric balloon mission. The results indicate the need to consider the horizontal wind speed from the balloon ascent phase for thermal calculations of the mission.