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Sandia-operated Arctic measurement facility moves, research to continue
November 9, 2021 • ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — After eight great years of observations and research, a Sandia National Laboratories-operated atmospheric measurement facility moved from Oliktok Point, on the North Slope of Alaska, this summer. The mobile facility will be relocating to the southeaster…
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Two men look at blue shipping container-like shelters. One points.

Balloons and drones and clouds; oh, my!
August 14, 2017 • ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — Last week, researchers at Sandia National Laboratories flew a tethered balloon and an unmanned aerial system, colloquially known as a drone, together for the first time to get Arctic atmospheric temperatures with better location control than ever before. In addition to providing more precise data for weather...
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Dave Novick examines an octocopter against a background of grey clouds