RAL Seminar | April 2019 - CLOUD-MAP: Small UAS for ABL Obs - Jamey Jacob
Channel: NSF NCAR Research Applications Laboratory
Date: 2019-04-15

CLOUD-MAP: Small Unmanned Aircraft Systems for ABL Observations
JAMEY JACOB| Unmanned Systems Research Institute, Oklahoma State University


CLOUD-MAP – the Collaboration Leading Operational UAS Development for Meteorology and Atmospheric Physics  – is a multi-institution partnership funded by the National Science Foundation to develop capabilities that will allow meteorologists and atmospheric scientists to use unmanned aircraft as a common, useful everyday tool following recognized needs as outlined in a 2009 US National Research Council Report to improve the spatio-temporal sampling of the mesoscale variability of winds, temperature, moisture and chemistry in the lower atmosphere. The CLOUD-MAP team is examining numerous systems including both fixed wing and rotary wing solutions predominantly focused on atmospheric boundary layer measurements with exercises being designed to evaluate operational considerations of large, multi-institutional teams and to determine the effectiveness of various technological solutions for sampling the properties of the atmosphere.

RAL SEMINAR SERIES
FRIDAY, APRIL 12, 2019 | 11:00-12:00 | FL2-1001 
NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH, BOULDER