As the levels of greenhouse gas pollution rise globally, global warming continues to affect ecosystems, societies, and negatively impact human health. To better monitor and aid in the effort to mitigate the effects of environmental pollution, our team designed and constructed a high-altitude balloon system capable of traveling to the lower regions of Earth’s upper atmosphere and recording sensor data on greenhouse gas levels. Our system makes use of an electronic payload that collects and transmits greenhouse gas levels among other data to a base station in real time.

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Creator

• Chantre, Nicholas
• Solomon, Drew
• Lopez, Jonathan
• Borsari, Connor

Publisher

• Worcester Polytechnic Institute

Identifier

• E-project-032323-223309
• 94961

Keyword

• Balloon
• Communication
• Electrical Engineering
• Environmental
• Computer Engineering

Advisor

• Noetscher, Gregory

Year

• 2023

Date created

• 2023-03-23

Resource type

• Major Qualifying Project

Major

• Electrical & Computer Engineering

Source

• E-project-032323-223309

Rights statement

• In Copyright

Last modified

• 2023-04-14