U41A:
Use of Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS) in Observing the Earth System

Session ID#: 1637

Thursday, 18 December 2014: 8:00 AM-10:00 AM
2009 (Moscone West)
Chairs:  Gijs de Boer, BNL, Upton, United States, John J Cassano, Univ Colorado, Boulder, United States and John Faulkner Burkhart, Organization Not Listed, Washington, DC, United States; University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway
Primary Convener:  Gijs de Boer, BNL, Upton, United States
Co-conveners:  John J Cassano, Univ Colorado, Boulder, United States and John Faulkner Burkhart, Organization Not Listed, Washington, DC, United States; University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway
Index Terms:

0394 Instruments and techniques [ATMOSPHERIC COMPOSITION AND STRUCTURE]
0794 Instruments and techniques [CRYOSPHERE]
9805 Instruments useful in three or more fields [GENERAL OR MISCELLANEOUS]
9820 Techniques applicable in three or more fields [GENERAL OR MISCELLANEOUS]
Virtual Option?: Yes

Abstracts Submitted to this Session:

U41A-01
Observations of the Summertime Boundary Layer over the Ross Ice Shelf, Antarctica Using SUMO UAVs (Invited) (4881)
Melissa A Nigro, Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences, Boulder, CO, United States, John J Cassano, Univ Colorado, Boulder, United States, Ben Jolly, University of Canterbury, Physics and Astronomy, Christchurch, New Zealand and Adrian McDonald, University of Canterbury, Christchurch, New Zealand
U41A-02
NOAA Utilization of the Global Hawk Unmanned Aircraft for Atmospheric Research and Forecast Improvement (Invited) (6090)
Gary A Wick, NOAA Physical Sciences Laboratory, Boulder, United States, Robbie E Hood, NOAA UAS Program, Silver Spring, MD, United States, Michael L Black, NOAA Miami, Miami, FL, United States, J. Ryan Spackman, Science and Technology Corporation, Boulder, CO, United States, F Martin Ralph, Center for Western Weather and Water Extremes (CW3E), Scripps Institution of Oceanography, UC San Diego, La Jolla, United States, Janet M Intrieri, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Physical Sciences Laboratory, Boulder, United States, Terrence F. Hock, National Center for Atmospheric Research, Earth Observing Laboratory, Boulder, CO, United States and Paul J Neiman, NOAA, Boulder, CO, United States
U41A-03
UAS-Based Radar Sounding of Ice (Invited) (6127)
Richard Hale1, Shawn Keshmiri1, Carl Leuschen2, Mark Ewing1, Stephen Yan1, Fernando Rodriguez-Morales3 and Sivaprasad Gogineni2, (1)Center For Remote Sensing of Ice Sheets, Lawrence, KS, United States, (2)University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS, United States, (3)Center for Remote Sensing of Ice Sheets, Lawrence, KS, United States
U41A-04
Recent Advances in the Tempest UAS for In-Situ Measurements in Highly-Dynamic Environments (Invited) (28073)
Brian M Argrow1, Eric Frew1, Adam L Houston2 and Christopher Weiss3, (1)University of Colorado at Boulder, Aerospace Engineering Sciences, Boulder, United States, (2)University of Nebraska Lincoln, Lincoln, NE, United States, (3)Texas Tech University, Lubbock, TX, United States
U41A-05
Greenhouse Gas Sensing Using Small Unmanned Aerial Systems – Field Experiment Results and Future Directions (13702)
Andrew D Aubrey1, Lance E Christensen2, Roland Brockers2 and David R Thompson2, (1)Carbon Mapper, Pasadena, United States, (2)Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, CA, United States
U41A-06
Using Small Unmanned Aerial Systems to Advance Hydrological Models in Coastal Watersheds (20249)
Robert Moorhead1, Lee Hathcock1, John J Coffey2, Robbie E Hood3, Suzanne van Cooten4, Kevin Choate5, Hunter Rawson6 and Ashley Kosturock6, (1)Mississippi State University, Geosystems Research Institute, Mississippi State, United States, (2)NOAA, Washington, DC, United States, (3)NOAA UAS Program, Silver Spring, MD, United States, (4)NOAA/NWS River Forecasting Center, Slidell, United States, (5)Altavian, Gainesville, FL, United States, (6)Mississippi State University, Mississippi State, MS, United States
U41A-07
Modeling Stratigraphic Architecture of Deep-water Deposits Using a Small Unmanned Aircraft: Neogene Thin-bedded Turbidites, East Coast Basin, New Zealand (27678)
Nora Nieminski, Stanford University, Geological Sciences, Stanford, CA, United States and Stephan A Graham, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, United States
U41A-08
Small Unmanned Aerial Vehicles in coastal areas: lessons learned from applications in Liguria, NW Mediterranean. (21018)
Elisa Casella1,2, Alessio Rovere3,4, Andrea Pedroncini5, Luigi Mucerino1, Marco Casella2, Luis Alberto Cusati5, Matteo Vacchi6, Marco Ferrari1 and Marco Firpo1, (1)University of Genoa, Genoa, Italy, (2)SEAMap srl, Borghetto S.S., Italy, (3)Lamont -Doherty Earth Observatory, Palisades, NY, United States, (4)MARUM - University of Bremen, Bremen, Germany, (5)DHI Italia, GENOA, Italy, (6)Dipartimento Scienze della Terra - Università di Pisa, Via S. Maria 53 - 56126 Pisa, France
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