Paul Voss



My Interests are balloons, trajectory,
lagrangian systems, atmosphere,
chemistry, and dynamics








Robotic Platform Atmospheric Research Lab
Department of Geosciences, 611 North Pleasant Street
University of Massachusetts Amherst
Amherst, MA 01003

phone: (413) 545-0229
fax: (413) 545-1200
e-mail: pvoss@geo.umass.edu


Paul Voss did his graduate work under the guidance of Prof. James Anderson at Harvard University building instruments for NASA's ER-2 and developing a concise computer model of stratospheric photochemistry. His background in mechanical engineering and atmospheric science led him to initiate the RPARL project: the development of a small research balloon that is designed to accurately track the motion of an air mass and enable scientific experiments in the Lagrangian reference frame. This work is expanding to encompass novel meteorological instruments and as well as new technologies for achieving balloon altitude control.







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