High-altitude balloons: steering the future of navigation
Brown, David
High-altitude balloons (HABs) offer a promising alternative to satellites for applications such as communication, environmental monitoring, and disaster response. While their ability to navigate using only altitude control has been demonstrated in practice, the underlying science has not been fully explored until now. New research published in <em>Nature Scientific Reports</em>, using ERA5 reanalysis data from ECMWF, investigates the feasibility behind their navigational capabilities. The study finds that navigating a HAB using the wind is possible to some extent, and that atmospheric conditions influencing this capability can be predicted as a function of season and geographic region.</p>
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