ARM Unmanned Aerosystems - Capability and Potential
Abstract
With the increasing application of unmanned aerial systems (UAS) and tethered balloon systems (TBS), unmanned aerosystems significantly expand observational perspectives in atmospheric science. The DOE Atmospheric Radiation Measurement (ARM) user facility is not only firmly rooted on the ground with its fixed and mobile scientific observatories but also continues to develop its aerial measurement capabilities to support the atmospheric observation needs of the user community. During an aerial instrumentation workshop held in early March 2020, 59 atmospheric scientists engaged in 45 talks that intensively discussed the current and potential future ARM aerial instruments. As remarkable research tools, the TBS and UAS programs took this opportunity to build collaboration with top experts in meteorology, aerosol, trace gas, cloud and radiation measurements and learn about potential new capabilities to sustain the popularity of routine TBS and UAS deployments. Following the workshop effort, the implementation of proposed new capabilities were prioritized during the ARM/ASR PI meeting in June 2020. Highlights from both scientific gatherings will be overviewed in this presentation.
- Publication:
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AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts
- Pub Date:
- December 2020
- Bibcode:
- 2020AGUFMA012.0007M
- Keywords:
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- 0305 Aerosols and particles;
- ATMOSPHERIC COMPOSITION AND STRUCTURE;
- 0320 Cloud physics and chemistry;
- ATMOSPHERIC COMPOSITION AND STRUCTURE;
- 3307 Boundary layer processes;
- ATMOSPHERIC PROCESSES;
- 3315 Data assimilation;
- ATMOSPHERIC PROCESSES