A33I:
Use of Unmanned Aerial Systems in Atmospheric Science II Posters

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Session ID#: 23340

Session Description:
Unmanned aerial systems (UAS) are significantly expanding observational perspectives in atmospheric science. With rapid growth in the variety of both platform and UAS applications, the opportunity for these platforms to provide high-quality atmospheric measurements continues to expand. Evidence of this momentum are provided by the large number of recent community workshops held by various agencies supporting atmospheric science (NOAA, NASA, DOE, NSF/NCAR) and the continued growth of the international society supporting such research (ISARRA). The measurements provided by these platforms are essential for contributing scientifically significant datasets to address fundamental research questions in meteorology, enhancing the operational observational network, and informing weather and climate models. This session will provide a forum for presenting up-to-date results on UAS-based research along these lines. Specific topics of interest include updates on recent campaigns, instrumentation and facilities and modeling efforts that integrate UAS-based measurements or evaluate their effectiveness.
Primary Convener:  Fan Mei, PhD, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, WA, United States
Conveners:  Gijs de Boer, BNL, Upton, United States, Greg M McFarquhar, University of Oklahoma, Cooperative Institute for Mesoscale Meteorological Studies and School of Meteorology, Norman, OK, United States and Beat Schmid, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, WA, United States
Chairs:  Gijs de Boer, BNL, Upton, United States, Greg M McFarquhar, Cooperative Institute for Severe and High-Impact Weather Research and Operations, University of Oklahoma, Norman, United States and Beat Schmid, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, WA, United States
OSPA Liaison:  Fan Mei, PhD, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, WA, United States

Cross-Listed:
  • ED - Education
  • EP - Earth and Planetary Surface Processes
  • NH - Natural Hazards
  • OS - Ocean Sciences
Index Terms:

0305 Aerosols and particles [ATMOSPHERIC COMPOSITION AND STRUCTURE]
0321 Cloud/radiation interaction [ATMOSPHERIC COMPOSITION AND STRUCTURE]
0350 Pressure, density, and temperature [ATMOSPHERIC COMPOSITION AND STRUCTURE]
0394 Instruments and techniques [ATMOSPHERIC COMPOSITION AND STRUCTURE]

Abstracts Submitted to this Session:

Three-Dimensional Temperature and Wind Profiles Obtained Using UAV-Based Acoustic Atmospheric Tomography (209714)
Anthony Finn, University of South Australia, Adelaide, SA, Australia
“Atmospheric Radiation Measurement (ARM) Research Facility at Oliktok Point Alaska“ (211929)
Fred Helsel1, Mark Ivey2, Joe Hardesty3, Erika Louise Roesler1 and Darielle Dexheimer4, (1)Sandia National Laboratories, Albuquerque, NM, United States, (2)Sandia National Labs, Albuquerque, NM, United States, (3)Sandia National Laboratories, Org 6913, Albuquerque, NM, United States, (4)Sandia National Laboratories, Albuquerque, United States
Towards routine measurements of meteorological and aerosol parameters using small unmanned aerial and tethered balloon systems (218843)
Fan Mei, PhD1, Darielle Dexheimer2, John M Hubbe1, Gijs deBoer3, Beat Schmid1, Mark Ivey4, Casey Longbottom2 and Peter Carroll1, (1)Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, WA, United States, (2)Sandia National Laboratories, Albuquerque, United States, (3)National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Physical Sciences Laboratory, Boulder, United States, (4)Sandia National Labs, Albuquerque, NM, United States
ARM Tethered Balloon System & AALCO Activities at AMF3 Site at Oliktok Point, AK (229895)
Darielle Dexheimer1, Fan Mei, PhD2, Erika Louise Roesler3, Casey Longbottom1, Joe Hardesty4 and Benjamin R Hillman3, (1)Sandia National Laboratories, Albuquerque, United States, (2)Joint Global Change Research Institute, College Park, MD, United States, (3)Sandia National Laboratories, Albuquerque, NM, United States, (4)Sandia National Laboratories, Org 6913, Albuquerque, NM, United States
Investigation of Natural Gas Fugitive Leak Detection Using an Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (235293)
Shuting Yang1, Robert W Talbot2, Michael B. Frish3, Levi Golston4, Nicholas F. Aubut3 and Mark A Zondlo5, (1)The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, United States, (2)University of Houston, Department of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, Houston, TX, United States, (3)Physical Sciences Inc., Andover, MA, United States, (4)NASA Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, United States, (5)Princeton University, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Princeton, United States
Coastal California’s Fog Aerobiology and Ecology: Designing and Testing an Optimal Passive Impactor Collection Unit (281914)
Jake T Whinnery, Monte Vista High School, Alamo, CA, United States, Victoria Ly, University of Washington, Seattle, United States, Stanley V Travers, University of the District of Columbia, Engineering and Applied Sciences, Washinton, DC, MD, United States, Jared Sagaga, San Jose State University, Aerospace Engineering, San Jose, CA, United States, Robert P. Dahlgren, CSUMB/NASA Ames Research Center, MS245-4, Moffett Field, CA, United States and Diana Gentry, NASA Ames Research Center, Biospheric Science Branch, Moffett Field, CA, United States
The 3D Mesonet Concept: Extending Networked Surface Meteorological Tower Observations Through Unmanned Aircraft Systems (295073)
Phillip Bruce Chilson1, Christopher A. Fiebrich2, Robert Huck3, James Grimsley3, Jorge Salazar-Cerreno3, Kenneth Carson3 and Jamey Jacob4, (1)University of Oklahoma Norman Campus, Norman, OK, United States, (2)Oklahoma Mesonet, Norman, OK, United States, (3)University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK, United States, (4)Oklahoma State University, Oklahoma Aerospace Institute for Research and Education, Stillwater, United States
Recent UAS Developments: VTOL HQ-series Shipboard Recovery and Autonomous Monitoring with MicroQuads (295990)
Aaron Miness Farber, L3Harris, Tucson, United States, Jason Douglas, Latitude Engineering, Tucson, United States and Lois J Wardell, KBRwyle Air Force Division, Dayton OH, Dayton, OH, United States
Use of Unmanned Aerial Systems to Study Atmospheric Processes During Sea Ice Freeze Up (225075)
Gijs de Boer1, Dale Lawrence2, Doug Weibel3, Steven Borenstein4, Albert Bendure5, Amy Solomon3 and Janet M Intrieri6, (1)BNL, Upton, United States, (2)University of Colorado at Boulder, Aerospace Engineering Sciences, Boulder, CO, United States, (3)University of Colorado, Boulder, CO, United States, (4)University of Colorado at Boulder, CIRES, Boulder, United States, (5)Sandia National Labs, Albuquerque, NM, United States, (6)National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Physical Sciences Laboratory, Boulder, United States

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