{"id":642271,"date":"2024-04-05T14:18:40","date_gmt":"2024-04-05T18:18:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/?p=642271"},"modified":"2024-04-10T13:24:07","modified_gmt":"2024-04-10T17:24:07","slug":"nasa-langley-team-to-study-weather-during-eclipse-using-uncrewed-vehicles","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/centers-and-facilities\/langley\/nasa-langley-team-to-study-weather-during-eclipse-using-uncrewed-vehicles\/","title":{"rendered":"NASA Langley Team to Study Weather During Eclipse Using Uncrewed Vehicles"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"\" class=\"padding-top-5 padding-bottom-3 width-full maxw-full hds-module hds-module-full wp-block-nasa-blocks-article-intro\"><div class=\"width-full maxw-full article-header\"><div class=\"margin-bottom-2 width-full maxw-full\"><p class=\"label carbon-60 margin-0 margin-bottom-3 padding-0\">3 min read<\/p><h1 class=\"display-48 margin-bottom-2\">NASA Langley Team to Study Weather During Eclipse Using Uncrewed Vehicles<\/h1><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n<p>A six-person team of researchers from NASA\u2019s Langley Research Center in Hampton, Virginia, will travel to Fort Drum, N.Y., to study changes in the Sun\u2019s radiation as it reaches Earth before, during, and after the total solar eclipse April 8.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Weather sensors similar to what is used on daily weather balloons by the National Weather Service will be added to a specially modified Alta X Uncrewed Aircraft System (UAS) and flown to a maximum altitude of nearly two miles, higher than the team has ever flown the UAS. The UAS will provide vertical modeling of temperature, relative humidity, pressure, and wind to test an alternative data collection to using traditional weather balloons in the troposphere. The troposphere is the lowest layer of Earth\u2019s atmosphere where most types of clouds are found and where weather occurs.<\/p>\n\n\n<div id=\"\" class=\"hds-media hds-module wp-block-image\"><div class=\"margin-left-auto margin-right-auto nasa-block-align-inline\"><div class=\"hds-media-wrapper margin-left-auto margin-right-auto\"><figure class=\"hds-media-inner hds-cover-wrapper hds-media-ratio-cover \"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1430\" height=\"809\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/jakereveszuaseclipsestudyny.jpg?w=1430\" class=\"attachment-2048x2048 size-2048x2048\" alt=\"Jake Revesz, an electronic systems engineer at NASA Langley Research Center, is pictured here prepping a UAS for flight. Jake is kneeling on pavement working with the drone. He is wearing a t-shirt, khakis, and a hard hat.\" style=\"transform: scale(1); transform-origin: 50% 50%; object-position: 50% 50%; object-fit: cover;\" block_context=\"nasa-block\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/jakereveszuaseclipsestudyny.jpg 1430w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/jakereveszuaseclipsestudyny.jpg?resize=300,170 300w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/jakereveszuaseclipsestudyny.jpg?resize=768,434 768w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/jakereveszuaseclipsestudyny.jpg?resize=1024,579 1024w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/jakereveszuaseclipsestudyny.jpg?resize=400,226 400w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/jakereveszuaseclipsestudyny.jpg?resize=600,339 600w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/jakereveszuaseclipsestudyny.jpg?resize=900,509 900w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/jakereveszuaseclipsestudyny.jpg?resize=1200,679 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1430px) 100vw, 1430px\" loading=\"eager\" \/><\/figure><figcaption class=\"hds-caption padding-y-2\"><div class=\"hds-caption-text p-sm margin-0\">Jake Revesz, electronic systems engineer, prepping the UAS for flight.<\/div><div class=\"hds-credits\">NASA\/Jen Fowler<\/div><\/figcaption><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n<p>\u201cUAS hold promise for rapid deployment into the lower troposphere with repeated measurements for higher temporal resolution at lower cost,\u201d said Jennifer Fowler, principal investigator and mission commander, \u201cTypically, atmospheric data collection from instruments on board aircraft is done using balloons as the platform that, once released, are not recovered. UAS allow for the opportunity to conduct repeated profiles since the radiosonde is recovered after each flight.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u2018Forcing events\u2019 in weather are events that drive some type of sudden change. Examples of forcing events are volcanic eruptions, wildland fires, and solar eclipses. The predictability of an eclipse, compared to other forcing events, presents a perfect opportunity for scientists to study the impact on the planetary boundary layer, the lowest part of the troposphere, in a natural experiment. Experiments with weather balloons use instruments, called dropsondes, that collect data about the atmosphere as they float to earth. Radiosondes are dropsondes attached to aircraft.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThe configuration [of instruments] that we\u2019re using, a radiosonde integrated with a 3D sonic anemometer, flown on a multi-rotor aircraft, to my knowledge, has never been done before,\u201d explained Tyler Willhite, airborne sensor operator, \u201cThe radiosonde is designed for balloon launches. So, the fact that we\u2019re flying it on a drone is very different. Low altitude sounding data is critical to fill knowledge gaps that currently exist in the atmospheric boundary layer. We also have the ability to have a large variety of data outputs that can be streamed in real-time. This is something that other weather payloads are somewhat limited in.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>NASA\u2019s team will work closely with collaborators from the World Meteorological Organization, National Center for Atmospheric Research, and the University of Albany who will launch weather balloons to gather measurements during the same timeframe.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cDuring our eclipse mission we will also be participating in the World Meteorological Organization\u2019s world-wide flight campaign. We will gather data in real-time throughout the eclipse and the days beforehand, send those to the WMO to input into their models for more updated and accurate forecast measurements,\u201d said Willhite, \u201cThat is the main goal of all this data is to be inputted into models for more updated and accurate forecasts.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n<div id=\"\" class=\"nasa-gb-align-full width-full maxw-full padding-x-3 padding-y-0 article_a hds-module hds-module-full wp-block-nasa-blocks-credits-and-details\">\n<section class=\"padding-x-0 padding-top-5 padding-bottom-2 desktop:padding-top-7 desktop:padding-bottom-9\">\n\t<div class=\"grid-row grid-container maxw-widescreen padding-0\">\n\t\t<div class=\"grid-col-12 desktop:grid-col-2 padding-right-4 margin-bottom-5 desktop:margin-bottom-0\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"padding-top-3 border-top-1px border-color-carbon-black\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"margin-bottom-2\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"heading-14\">Share<\/h2>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div 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