[HTML][HTML] Moving towards a network of autonomous UAS atmospheric profiling stations for observations in the Earth's lower atmosphere: The 3D mesonet concept
The deployment of small unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) to collect routine in situ vertical
profiles of the thermodynamic and kinematic state of the atmosphere in conjunction with …
profiles of the thermodynamic and kinematic state of the atmosphere in conjunction with …
[HTML][HTML] Improving high-impact numerical weather prediction with lidar and drone observations
Adam, S., A. Behrendt, T. Schwitalla, E. Hammann, and V. Wulfmeyer, 2016: First
assimilation of temperature lidar data into an NWP model: Impact on the simulation of the …
assimilation of temperature lidar data into an NWP model: Impact on the simulation of the …
[HTML][HTML] The CopterSonde: an insight into the development of a smart unmanned aircraft system for atmospheric boundary layer research
The CopterSonde is an unmanned aircraft system (UAS) developed in house by a team of
engineers and meteorologists at the University of Oklahoma. The CopterSonde is an …
engineers and meteorologists at the University of Oklahoma. The CopterSonde is an …
The status and future of small uncrewed aircraft systems (UAS) in operational meteorology
JO Pinto, D O'Sullivan, S Taylor… - Bulletin of the …, 2021 - journals.ametsoc.org
The boundary layer plays a critical role in regulating energy and moisture exchange
between the surface and the free atmosphere. However, the boundary layer and lower …
between the surface and the free atmosphere. However, the boundary layer and lower …
Considerations for temperature sensor placement on rotary-wing unmanned aircraft systems
Integrating sensors with a rotary-wing unmanned aircraft system (rwUAS) can introduce
several sources of biases and uncertainties if not properly accounted for. To maximize the …
several sources of biases and uncertainties if not properly accounted for. To maximize the …
Environmental and sensor integration influences on temperature measurements by rotary-wing unmanned aircraft systems
Obtaining thermodynamic measurements using rotary-wing unmanned aircraft systems
(rwUAS) requires several considerations for mitigating biases from the aircraft and its …
(rwUAS) requires several considerations for mitigating biases from the aircraft and its …
Evaluation and intercomparison of small uncrewed aircraft systems used for atmospheric research
Small uncrewed aircraft systems (sUAS) are regularly being used to conduct atmospheric
research and are starting to be used as a data source for informing weather models through …
research and are starting to be used as a data source for informing weather models through …
[HTML][HTML] Confronting the boundary layer data gap: Evaluating new and existing methodologies of probing the lower atmosphere
It is widely accepted that the atmospheric boundary layer is drastically under-sampled in the
vertical dimension. In recent years, the commercial availability of ground-based remote …
vertical dimension. In recent years, the commercial availability of ground-based remote …
[HTML][HTML] Toward sustainable meteorological profiling in polar regions: Case studies using an inexpensive UAS on measuring lower boundary layers with quality of …
J Inoue, K Sato - Environmental Research, 2022 - Elsevier
This study assessed the possibility of producing profiles of atmospheric parameters,
including aerosol number concentration, using observations obtained by a conventional low …
including aerosol number concentration, using observations obtained by a conventional low …
[HTML][HTML] Drone-based meteorological observations up to the tropopause–a concept study
KB Bärfuss, H Schmithüsen… - Atmospheric …, 2023 - amt.copernicus.org
The main in situ database for numerical weather prediction currently relies on radiosonde
and airliner observations, with large systematic data gaps: horizontally in certain countries …
and airliner observations, with large systematic data gaps: horizontally in certain countries …