41.111 UE LARSEN/CLEMSON UNIVERSITY

Submitted by pfrr on Thu, 2015-01-15 19:02

The MIST payloads, launched in close sequence with the M-TEX rockets, gather data about turbulence in the mesospheric inversion layer by deploying tri-methyl aluminum tracer (TMA) material. The TMA is released from the payloads during both the upleg and downleg portions of the flight and creates whitish clouds that are photographed from several ground stations. Analysis of the data will enable detection of turbulence in the region between 80 and 140 km.