@Article{CorreaSantFernVill:2002:ScBaBr,
               author = "Correa, R. and Santos, Elisete Rinke dos and Fernandes, J. O. and 
                         Villela Neto, Thyrso",
                title = "Scientific ballooning in Brazil",
              journal = "Advances in Space Research",
                 year = "2002",
               volume = "30",
               number = "5",
                pages = "1111--1115",
             keywords = "ASTROF{\'{\I}}SICA, scientific ballooning.",
             abstract = "We present an overview of the scientific ballooning activities 
                         that took place in Brazil over the past 30 years as well as the 
                         current ongoing efforts in the area. We also briefly describe the 
                         balloon launching facility that exists at the Instituto Nacional 
                         de Pesquisas Espaciais (National Institute for Space Research)- 
                         INPE. Up to now, over 100 scientific balloon experiments, related 
                         to Astrophysics, Aeronomy, and Geophysics were launched from 
                         Brazil taking advantage of the country's continental dimensions, a 
                         well-defined rain season, and a low population density, which 
                         offer excellent conditions for scientific ballooning activities. 
                         Balloons with volumes up to 500,000 cubic meters can be launched 
                         from INPE's balloon launching base (latitude S 22degrees 4' 2{"}; 
                         longitude W 044degrees 58' 4{"}). The availability of good roads 
                         and several inland airports in Brazil provides the necessary 
                         structure for safe payload retrieval and its rapid return to the 
                         balloon base. There are several airports throughout Brazil that 
                         can also be used as balloon launching bases, mainly in the 
                         country's Eastern region. Overflights of more than 1,000 
                         kilometers are possible and easily attained. Balloon flights 
                         ranging from a few hours to long duration flights can be safely 
                         verified. The constant climate monitoring through the use of 
                         weather satellites information received at INPE provides the 
                         necessary data to determine the necessary conditions for a long 
                         duration flight. INPE's Center for Weather Forecast and Climate 
                         Studies (CPTEC)provides the necessary weather forecast support for 
                         launch and payload retrieval.",
                 issn = "0273-1177",
                label = "10500",
             language = "en",
           targetfile = "1-s2.0-S0273117702005215-main.pdf",
        urlaccessdate = "13 maio 2024"
}