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This page provides information issued to the community by the CSTB and the Balloon steering committee.
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General announcements
The CPS Recommendations (in French) on balloon activities have been issued.
They have been partly based on the
outcomes (in French) of the balloon prospective seminar for the observation of the Earth, held in Paris on April 9 & 10.
Call for scientific research proposals using balloons
Current call
No call currently pending.
Past calls
2015
The 2015 call for proposals has now been issued. This accompanying document recalls the different balloons and gondolas available for this call.
Depending on the flight type or activities selected in the proposal, proposers should use the right form:
- Flights during the 2016 campaign in Sweden (Kiruna)
- Flights post 2016
- Preparatory activities
French proposers should also include their request for support by using this financial form in their proposal. Note that this form has to be signed by the laboratory director of the proposer. French proposers are also entitled to do so if they are partners
(requesting CNES/INSU support) of a consortium lead by a non-French PI.
Non-French proposers may use the same form to inform CSTB about the financial support they expect from their national funding agencies (just fill in the pages "Fiche Résumé à valider" and "Autres financements"). Otherwise this information could be passed in the appropriate section of the ".doc" document.
Proposals should be submitted to balloons_at_cnes.fr by April 17, 2015.
2014
The 2014 call for proposals has now been issued. This accompanying document recalls the different balloons addressed by this call.
Depending on the flight type or activities selected in the proposal, proposers should use the right form:
- Flights during the 2015 campaign in Canada (Timmins, ON)
- Flights post 2015
- Preparatory activities
French proposers should also include their request for support by using this financial form in their proposal. Note that this form has to be signed by the laboratory director of the proposer. French proposers are also entitled to do so if they are partners
(requesting CNES/INSU support) of a consortium lead by a non-French PI.
Non-French proposers may use the same form to inform CSTB about the financial support they expect from their national funding agencies (just fill in the pages "Fiche Résumé à valider" and "Autres financements"). Otherwise this information could be passed in the appropriate section of the ".doc" document.
Proposals should be submitted to Balloons_at_cnes.fr by March 14, 2014.
2013
The 2013 call for proposals has now been issued. This accompanying document recalls the different balloons addressed by this call.
Depending on the flight type or activities selected in the proposal, pick-up the right form:
- Flights during the 2014 campaign in Canada (Timmins, ON)
- Flights post 2014
- Preparatory activities
French proposers should also include their request for support by using this financial form in their proposal. Note that this form has to be signed by the laboratory director of the proposer. They are also entitled to do so if they are partners
(requesting CNES/INSU support) of a consortium lead by a non-French PI.
Non-French proposers may use the same form to inform CSTB about the financial support they expect from their national funding agencies (just fill in the pages "Fiche Résumé à valider" and "Autres financements"). Otherwise this information could be passed in the appropriate section of the ".doc" document.
Proposals should be submitted to Balloons2013_at_cnes.fr by February 15, 2013.
2012
The 2012 call for proposals has now been issued. This accompanying document recalls the different balloons addressed by this call, and this one (in French) presents the qualified gondolas (large and small) mentionned in the call.
Depending on the flight type or activities selected in the proposal, pick-up the right form:
- Opportunity BSO flights during the Nosyca validation campaign (2013)
- Back-up BSO flights during the PILOT campaign (2013)
- Scientific flights (2013 for boundary layer superpressure balloon, from 2014 on for other vehicles)
- Preparatory activities (major instrumental developments for flights after 2014)
French proposers should also include their request for support by using this financial form in their proposal. Note that this form has to be signed by the laboratory director of the proposer. They are also entitled to do so if they are partners
(requesting CNES/INSU support) of a consortium lead by a non-French PI.
Non-French proposers may use the same form to inform CSTB about the financial support they expect from their national funding agencies (just fill in the pages "Fiche Résumé à valider" and "Autres financements"). Otherwise this
information could be passed in the appropriate section of the ".doc" document.
This financial information will be particularly useful to assess "preparatory activities" proposals, for which long-term support is needed.
Proposals should be submitted to Balloons2012_at_cnes.fr by March 17, 2012.
CSTB Meetings
July 21, 2011
October 28, 2011
April 19, 2012
May 16, 2012
November 15, 2012
March 24-25, 2013
November 28, 2013
May 22, 2014
June 29, 30 2015
Meetings of the balloon steering committee
November 2, 2011
Minutes (in French)
June 8, 2012
Minutes (in French)
October 11, 2013
- Presentation of balloon activities (in French)
- Minutes (in French)
August 26, 2014
- Minutes (in French)
