Evaluation of an Automatic Meteorological Drone Based on a 6-Month Measurement Campaign

M Hervo, G Romanens, G Martucci, T Weusthoff… - Atmosphere, 2023 - mdpi.com
From December 2021 to May 2022, MeteoSwiss and Meteomatics conducted a proof of
concept to demonstrate the capability of automatic drones to provide data of sufficient quality …

Balloons and quadcopters: Intercomparison of two low-cost wind profiling methods

M Varentsov, V Stepanenko, I Repina, A Artamonov… - Atmosphere, 2021 - mdpi.com
Experimental field campaigns are an essential part of atmospheric research, as well as of
university education in the field of atmospheric physics and meteorology. Experimental field …

Dynamic stochastic model for estimating GNSS tropospheric delays from air-borne platforms

Z Zhang, Y Lou, W Zhang, Z Wang, Y Zhou, J Bai… - GPS Solutions, 2023 - Springer
Air-borne GNSS can provide vertical tropospheric information on different heights compared
to the traditional ground permanent stations. However, the decorrelation of heights and …

Arduino sensor integrated drone for weather indices: A prototype for pre-flight preparation

T Karachalios, D Kanellopoulos, F Lazarinis - arXiv preprint arXiv …, 2021 - arxiv.org
Commercial weather stations can effectively collect weather data for a specified area.
However, their ground sensors limit the amount of data that can be logged, thus failing to …

Topographic and Landcover Influence on Lower Atmospheric Profiles Measured by Small Unoccupied Aerial Systems (sUAS)

EM Prior, GR Miller, K Brumbelow - Drones, 2021 - mdpi.com
Small unoccupied aerial systems (sUASs) are increasingly being used for field data
collection and remote sensing purposes. Their ease of use, ability to carry sensors, low cost …

Evaluation of SNR-based GNSS-reflectometry altimetric precision by a height displacement tool

MO Selbesoglu, MF Karabulut, NO Aykut… - Advances in Space …, 2022 - Elsevier
Abstract Global Navigation Satellite System Reflectometry (GNSS-R) technique is an
approach that has been used in the last few years and produces effective results to estimate …

[PDF][PDF] Drone-Sonde Development, Modelling, and Control for Atmospheric Measurements

A McConville, A McConville - Assessment, 2024 - research-information.bris.ac.uk
This PhD focuses on assessing the capability of multirotor vehicles as a replacement for
conventional balloon-launched radiosondes in meteorology. Compared with radiosondes …

Minimal Energy Quadcopter Descent and Recovery

P Moradi, A Mcconville, TS Richardson - AIAA SCITECH 2023 Forum, 2023 - arc.aiaa.org
View Video Presentation: https://doi. org/10.2514/6.2023-1741. vid Multi-rotor and fixed-wing
Uninhabited Air Vehicles (UAVs) have been used extensively in recent years for …