The Polar Mesospheric Cloud Turbulence (PMC Turbo) instrument consists of a balloon‐borne platform which hosts seven cameras and a Rayleigh lidar. During a 6‐day flight in July 2018, the cameras captured images of Polar Mesospheric Clouds (PMCs) with a sensitivity to spatial scales from ~20 m to 100 km at a ~2‐s cadence and a full field of view (FOV) of hundreds of kilometers. We developed software optimized for imaging of PMCs, controlling multiple independent cameras, compressing and storing images, and for choosing telemetry communication channels. We give an overview of the PMC Turbo design focusing on the flight software and telemetry functions. We describe the performance of the system during its first flight in July 2018.

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PMC 涡轮气球任务测量极地中层云中的重力波和湍流：相机、遥测和软件性能


极地中层云湍流（PMC Turbo）仪器由一个气球载平台组成，该平台装有七个摄像机和一个瑞利激光雷达。在 2018 年 7 月为期 6 天的飞行中，摄像机以约 2 秒的节奏和全视场 (FOV) 捕获了极地中层云 (PMC) 的图像，对空间尺度的敏感度从约 20 m 到 100 km数百公里。我们开发了针对 PMC 成像、控制多个独立摄像机、压缩和存储图像以及选择遥测通信通道进行优化的软件。我们概述了 PMC Turbo 设计，重点关注飞行软件和遥测功能。我们描述了该系统在 2018 年 7 月首次飞行期间的性能。