The aim of this book is to introduce scientific ballooning to the many people who are interested in the use of balloons for scientific applications. The book of

The annotated bibliography has evolved from an informal compilation prepared in response to many requests from military and civilian researchers who were planni

This publication contains preprints of papers presented at the Eighth AFCRL Scientific Balloon Symposium, 30 September to 3 October 1974, held at Hyannis, Mass.