A31R:
Tethered Aerosystems: Emerging Tools for a Variety of Observations I Posters


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Session ID#: 44462

Session Description:
Miniaturized instruments, new materials and refined operational techniques are now enabling the routine use of tethered balloons and kites for remote sensing and in-situ observations. These “Tethered AeroSystems” are bringing increased local-scale observation opportunities, with a range of potential benefits such as ease of deployment, multiple simultaneous observations, and persistence. Current work also may provide feasible solutions for high altitude flights, as well as planetary observation systems. Discussions of established and contemplated applications are invited, as well as technological highlights of traditional and novel system development and use.
Primary Convener:  Geoff Bland, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD, United States
Convener:  David C Pieri, NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, CA, United States
Primary Liaison:  Geoff Bland, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Climate and Radiation Laboratory, Greenbelt, MD, United States
Chairs:  Geoff Bland, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Climate and Radiation Laboratory, Greenbelt, MD, United States and David C Pieri, NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, CA, United States
OSPA Liaison:  David C Pieri, NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, CA, United States

Cross-Listed:
  • ED - Education
  • GC - Global Environmental Change
  • NH - Natural Hazards
Index Terms:

0299 General or miscellaneous [GEOHEALTH]
0394 Instruments and techniques [ATMOSPHERIC COMPOSITION AND STRUCTURE]
0815 Informal education [EDUCATION]
1972 Sensor web [INFORMATICS]

Abstracts Submitted to this Session:

Design of Remotely Controlled Kites for Environmental Monitoring (406675)
Richard Cairncross, Drexel University, Chemical & Biological Engineering, Philadelphia, PA, United States and Darius Olega, Drexel University, Philadelphia, United States
AEROKATS (Advancing Earth Research Observations with Kites and Atmospheric/Terrestrial Sensors) (409734)
Kay Rufty1, Geoff Bland2, Andy Henry3, Ted Miles4 and David Bydlowski3, (1)NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, United States, (2)NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Climate and Radiation Laboratory, Greenbelt, MD, United States, (3)Wayne County Regional Educational Service Agency, Wayne, MI, United States, (4)Zinger Enterprizes, Wallops Island, United States
High frequency observations of the complex terrain boundary layer during Perdigão (414631)
Andre Pattantyus, US Army Research Laboratory, White Sands Missile, NM, United States, Ludovic Bariteau, NOAA Boulder, Boulder, CO, United States and Christopher M Hocut, US Army Research Laboratory, Wsmr, NM, United States
Hybrid use of tethered aerostat balloons with  UAV's  for long duration collection of aerial data (469375)
C J Westergard, Self Employed, Washington, DC, United States

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