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Welcome on the CSTB site.

This site is aimed at sharing information between members of the CSTB committee, between the CSTB committee and the European research balloon community, and among the community itself. It has been designed as a wiki to foster collaboration and exchanges. As a member of the community, you are encourage to exchange, react, and post new information through this site.

You should for instance use:

• the Current events page (here or on the left sidebar) to post announcements on ongoing activities/campaigns,
• the Community Portal (here or on the left sidebar) to initiate, follow or react to discussions relevant to the broad balloon community.

CSTB in a few words

CSTB stands for "Comité Scientifique et Technique Ballon" (Balloon Scientific and Technical Committee). It is composed of:

• European researchers
• Representatives of CNRS/INSU^[1] and CNES^[2]

aimed at defining and organizing the CNES/INSU Research Balloon programme.

The CNES/INSU Research Balloon programme addresses several scientific topics:

• Dynamics/Chemistry of the Earth lower atmosphere (boundary layer and lower troposphere), upper troposphere and lower stratosphere,
• Atmospheric electricity,
• Planetary atmospheres (other than Earth),
• Astronomy and Astrophysics,
• Solid Physics and Electronics.

Notes and References

1. ↑ Institut National des Sciences de l'Univers, within Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique.
2. ↑ Centre National des Études Spatiales, the French space Agency.

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