An overview of small unmanned aerial vehicles for air quality measurements: Present applications and future prospectives

TF Villa, F Gonzalez, B Miljievic, ZD Ristovski… - Sensors, 2016 - mdpi.com
Assessment of air quality has been traditionally conducted by ground based monitoring, and
more recently by manned aircrafts and satellites. However, performing fast, comprehensive …

Stably stratified atmospheric boundary layers

L Mahrt - Annual review of fluid mechanics, 2014 - annualreviews.org
Atmospheric boundary layers with weak stratification are relatively well described by
similarity theory and numerical models for stationary horizontally homogeneous conditions …

The persistent challenge of surface heterogeneity in boundary-layer meteorology: a review

E Bou-Zeid, W Anderson, GG Katul, L Mahrt - Boundary-Layer Meteorology, 2020 - Springer
Atmospheric boundary-layer dynamics over heterogeneous surfaces is significant to a wide
array of geophysical and engineering applications. Yet, despite over five decades of intense …

A review on air quality measurement using an unmanned aerial vehicle

V Lambey, AD Prasad - Water, Air, & Soil Pollution, 2021 - Springer
In major cities, air quality is of significant concern because of its negative effect on the health
of the region's living conditions, climate, and economy. Recent studies show the significance …

Autonomous monitoring, analysis, and countering of air pollution using environmental drones

G Rohi, G Ofualagba - Heliyon, 2020 - cell.com
The effect of air pollution on the environment, economic and health of the people in the
affected countries cannot be overemphasized. This paper investigates large scale air …

Review of wave‐turbulence interactions in the stable atmospheric boundary layer

J Sun, CJ Nappo, L Mahrt, D Belušić… - Reviews of …, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
Flow in a stably stratified environment is characterized by anisotropic and intermittent
turbulence and wavelike motions of varying amplitudes and periods. Understanding …

[HTML][HTML] The BLLAST field experiment: boundary-layer late afternoon and sunset turbulence

M Lothon, F Lohou, D Pino, F Couvreux… - Atmospheric …, 2014 - acp.copernicus.org
Due to the major role of the sun in heating the earth's surface, the atmospheric planetary
boundary layer over land is inherently marked by a diurnal cycle. The afternoon transition …

[HTML][HTML] Overview of small fixed-wing unmanned aircraft for meteorological sampling

J Elston, B Argrow, M Stachura… - … of Atmospheric and …, 2015 - journals.ametsoc.org
Sampling the atmospheric boundary layer with small unmanned aircraft is a difficult task
requiring informed selection of sensors and algorithms that are suited to the particular …

Advances in understanding and parameterization of small-scale physical processes in the marine Arctic climate system: a review

T Vihma, R Pirazzini, I Fer, IA Renfrew… - Atmospheric …, 2014 - acp.copernicus.org
The Arctic climate system includes numerous highly interactive small-scale physical
processes in the atmosphere, sea ice, and ocean. During and since the International Polar …

[HTML][HTML] Estimation of wind vector profile using a hexarotor unmanned aerial vehicle and its application to meteorological observation up to 1000 m above surface

T Shimura, M Inoue, H Tsujimoto… - … of Atmospheric and …, 2018 - journals.ametsoc.org
Small unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), also known as drones, have recently become
promising tools in various fields. We investigated the feasibility of wind vector profile …