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Document Title: Driftsonde test at sunrise (DI01557), Photo by Joseph VanAndel
Description: This sunrise launch in Wyoming was part of driftsonde testing during the summer of 2006. The innovative NCAR-designed driftsonde package, which includes a gondola and weather instruments that descend by parachute, was first used for research in Africa in August 2006 with a ballooning system designed by the French space agency, CNES.
Creditline: copyright University Corporation for Atmospheric Research, Photo by Photo by Joseph VanAndel
Keywords: balloon,DI01557,driftsonde,Joseph VanAndel,research equipment,sunrise