A122
Tethered Aerosystems - recent developments and experimental concepts
Session ID#: 71258
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.
Index Terms:
0299 General or miscellaneous [GEOHEALTH]
0394 Instruments and techniques [ATMOSPHERIC COMPOSITION AND STRUCTURE]
0850 Geoscience education research [EDUCATION]
9820 Techniques applicable in three or more fields [GENERAL OR MISCELLANEOUS]
Primary Convener: Geoff Bland, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Wallops Flight Facility, Greenbelt, MD, United States
Convener: Richard Cairncross, Drexel University, Chemical & Biological Engineering, Philadelphia, PA, United States
Primary Liaison: Geoff Bland, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Wallops Flight Facility, Greenbelt, MD, United States
AEROKATS in Action: Kites as a Platform for Collecting Atmospheric Data and Aerial Images (486272)
Kay Rufty1, Geoff Bland2, Andy Henry3, David Bydlowski3 and Sallie Smith1, (1)NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD, United States, (2)NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Wallops Flight Facility, Greenbelt, MD, United States, (3)Wayne County Regional Educational Service Agency, Wayne, MI, United States
Air Quality Profiling Using Kites as Lifting Systems for Sensors or Air Samplers (515680)
Richard Cairncross1, Kira Hudson1, Shannon O'Dwyer2 and Jesse Lim3, (1)Drexel University, Chemical & Biological Engineering, Philadelphia, PA, United States, (2)Drexel University, Chemial & Biological Engineering Department, Philadelphia, United States, (3)Drexel University, Philadelphia, United States
Airborne Weather Station And Amateur Radio Repeater For Disaster Response (584757)
Gabriel B Ladd, Self Employed, Washington, DC, United States, Marty Mcgregor, MSRK Design, Valley Forge, PA, United States and Pete Kindinger, MSRK Design, Philadelphia, PA, United States
Observation of the lower atmospheric boundary layer with fiber optic distributed sensing on a tethered balloon (586219)
Antonia Fritz1, Karl E Lapo2, Anita Freundorfer1 and Christoph K Thomas3, (1)University of Bayreuth, Micrometeorology Group, Bayreuth, Germany, (2)Univ of WA-Atmospheric Science, Seattle, WA, United States, (3)Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR, United States
Inflatable Kite Development and Operations for High Altitude Tethered Observations (629853)
Jamey Jacob1, Taro Tsukada2, Kathleen McNamara1, Ben Loh1 and Eiji Itakura2, (1)Oklahoma State University, Unmanned Systems Research Institute, Stillwater, OK, United States, (2)Toyota Motor Corporation, Frontier Research Center, Shizuoka, Japan
