INVESTIGADORES
DE LA TORRE Alejandro
artículos
Título:
The behaviour of a stratospheric balloon in the presence of inertio-gravity waves
Autor/es:
P. ALEXANDER, J. CORNEJO, A. DE LA TORRE
Revista:
JOURNAL OF APPLIED METEOROLOGY
Editorial:
American Meteorological Union
Referencias:
Año: 2006 vol. 35 p. 60 - 68
ISSN:
0894-8763
Resumen:
Analitic solutions for the vertical response of an open stratospheric balloon in the presence of an inertio-gravity wave during its ascent and descent are obtained. Monochromatic waves with simultaneous variations in density, velocity and temperature are considered. Two extreme cases for the thermal conductivity of the balloon are analyzed: perfect and null. In the first case, the velocity variations of the wave dominate the balloon's behaviour, but in the second one the air density oscillations also become significant. It is concluded that open stratospheric balloons may behave more adiabatic than perfect conducting.
