NephEx (Nephelometer Experiment) was successfully tested in a weather balloon flight by Raven Aerostar, North Dakota in June 2021.The flight took in-situ measurements and recorded data from launch to >20 km and during all of descent(Figure 1). The flight data successfully detected super-cirrus clouds up to altitudes of 15 km and boundary layer haze. Successful testing of this instrument has brought the instrument to TRL-5 status. NephEx is capable of making direct measurement of clouds on other planets, size of particles and their concentration.


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    Title :

    Balloon Flight for NephEx: A Nephelometer for Probing Planetary Atmospheres


    Contributors:
    V Jha (author) / A Colaprete (author) / A M Cook (author) / M P Garrett (author) / B White (author) / K Ngo (author) / A Dave (author)

    Conference:

    19th International Planetary Probe Workshop ; 2022 ; Santa Clara, CA, US


    Type of media :

    Conference paper


    Type of material :

    No indication


    Language :

    English




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