Venus evolution through time: key science questions, selected mission concepts and future investigations

T Widemann, SE Smrekar, JB Garvin… - Space Science …, 2023 - Springer
In this work we discuss various selected mission concepts addressing Venus evolution
through time. More specifically, we address investigations and payload instrument concepts …

Unleashing the potential of networked tethered flying platforms: Prospects, challenges, and applications

BEY Belmekki, MS Alouini - IEEE Open Journal of Vehicular …, 2022 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Networked Tethered Flying Platforms (NTFPs) have gained growing interest in recent years
due to their versatility and cost-efficiency. These aerial platforms are linked to ground …

The first detection of an earthquake from a balloon using its acoustic signature

Q Brissaud, S Krishnamoorthy… - Geophysical …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Extreme temperature and pressure conditions on the surface of Venus present formidable
technological challenges against performing ground‐based seismology. Efficient coupling …

Infrasound from large earthquakes recorded on a network of balloons in the stratosphere

RF Garcia, A Klotz, A Hertzog, R Martin… - Geophysical …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
The ground movements induced by seismic waves create acoustic waves propagating
upward in the atmosphere, thus providing a practical solution to perform remote sensing of …

Estimates on the frequency of volcanic eruptions on Venus

PK Byrne, S Krishnamoorthy - Journal of Geophysical …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Venus hosts many thousands of volcanic landforms, including individual edifices,
volcanotectonic structures, and vast expanses of effusively emplaced plains lavas …

A new decade in seismoacoustics (2010–2022)

F Dannemann Dugick, C Koch… - Bulletin of the …, 2023 - pubs.geoscienceworld.org
Several sources of interest often generate both low‐frequency acoustic and seismic signals
due to energy propagation through the atmosphere and the solid Earth. Seismic and …

A “floatilla” of airborne seismometers for Venus

S Krishnamoorthy, DC Bowman - Geophysical Research …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Barometers floating on high‐altitude balloons in the relatively clement cloud layer on Venus
could detect and characterize acoustic waves generated by seismic activity, avoiding the …

Stratospheric balloon observations of infrasound waves from the 15 January 2022 Hunga eruption, Tonga

A Podglajen, A Le Pichon, RF Garcia… - Geophysical …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
The 15 January 2022 eruption of the Hunga volcano (Tonga) generated a rich spectrum of
waves, some of which achieved global propagation. Among numerous platforms monitoring …

Performance characterization of heliotrope solar hot-air balloons during multihour stratospheric flights

TD Swaim, E Hough, Z Yap, JD Jacob… - … of Atmospheric and …, 2024 - journals.ametsoc.org
Heliotropes are passive solar hot-air balloons that are capable of achieving nearly level
flight within the lower stratosphere for several hours. These inexpensive flight platforms …

Determining spatio-temporal characteristics of coseismic travelling ionospheric disturbances (CTID) in near real-time

B Maletckii, E Astafyeva - Scientific Reports, 2021 - nature.com
Earthquakes are known to generate ionospheric disturbances that are commonly referred to
as co-seismic travelling ionospheric disturbances (CTID). In this work, for the first time, we …