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  • The launching of the blizzard balloons

    Feb 18, 2022 9:15 am by Dave EvensenStudent Experiences
    Graduate student Andrew Janiszeski with an antenna used to receive data from weather balloons. (Photo provided.)

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    • Graduate student Andrew Janiszeski with an antenna used to receive data from weather balloons. (Photo provided.)

    Two graduate students were tasked with launching weather balloons in Plymouth, Massachusetts, in the midst of a Nor’easter that was delivering 60 mph winds and 20 inches of snow to the region to help NASA research snowstorms.