A138
Use of Unmanned Systems in Atmospheric Science

Session ID#: 78075

Session Description:
Unmanned Systems are significantly expanding observational perspectives in atmospheric science. This expansion is enabled by the increased deployment of unmanned aerial systems (UAS) and tethered balloon/kite systems (TBS). Rapid adaptation of these platforms and the advancement of miniaturized instruments have resulted in ever-increasing amounts of data supporting atmospheric science research and operations.  Similarly, the community working to develop and deploy these systems is expanding, as demonstrated by increased attendance at meetings on the topic.  This session invites abstracts discussing contributions to atmospheric science using UAS/TBS platforms.  This includes information on recent measurement efforts leveraging these systems, the development of new platforms and advanced instrumentation, scientific interpretation of UAS/TBS-based datasets, and the enhancement of the operational observational network. Additionally, information on efforts to leverage UAS/TBS-based observations to improve numerical prediction tools through data assimilation or parameterization development and details on modeling work to support the deployment of UAS/TBS is welcomed.
Index Terms:

0305 Aerosols and particles [ATMOSPHERIC COMPOSITION AND STRUCTURE]
0320 Cloud physics and chemistry [ATMOSPHERIC COMPOSITION AND STRUCTURE]
0321 Cloud/radiation interaction [ATMOSPHERIC COMPOSITION AND STRUCTURE]
0394 Instruments and techniques [ATMOSPHERIC COMPOSITION AND STRUCTURE]

Primary Convener:  Fan Mei, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, WA, United States
Conveners:  Gijs de Boer, University of Colorado at Boulder; IASC Atmosphere WG Member, Boulder, CO, United States, Greg M McFarquhar, Cooperative Institute for Mesoscale Meteorological Studies, University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK, United States and Beat Schmid, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, WA, United States
Primary Liaison:  Fan Mei, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, WA, United States
 
Sniffing Trees: a Photoionization Detector for Biogenic Volatile Organic Compound Emission Measurements (492553)
Vladislav Sevostianov, Matthew Stewart, Jianhuai Ye and Scot T Martin, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, United States
 
ARM Aerosol Measurements Using Unmanned Aerosystems (503146)
Fan Mei1, Darielle Dexheimer2, Jason M Tomlinson3, Mikhail S Pekour1, Matt K Newburn4, Albert Mendoza1, Casey Longbottom5, Lexie Goldberger6 and Beat Schmid1, (1)Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, WA, United States, (2)Sandia National Laboratories, Org 8863, Albuquerque, NM, United States, (3)Pacific Northwest National Lab, Richland, WA, United States, (4)Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Environmental Molecular Sciences Laboratory, Richland, WA, United States, (5)Sandia National Lab, Albuquerque, NM, United States, (6)University of Washington, Department of Atmospheric Sciences, Seattle, WA, United States
 
Application of unmanned aerial vehicles for atmospheric sampling: a numerical experiment by large-eddy simulation (521152)
Yongjing Ma1, Jianhuai Ye1, Igor Ribeiro2, Jordi Vila-Guerau Arellano3, Jinyuan Xin4 and Scot T. Martin1, (1)Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, United States, (2)Universidade do Estado do Amazonas, Manaus, Brazil, (3)Wageningen Univiersity, Wageningen, Netherlands, (4)Institute of Atmospheric Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
 
Unmanned Aircraft Vehicle Platform As A Drop-In Alternative for Balloon-Borne Radiosondes (521439)
Jaylene R Naylor1, Jennifer Fowler1, Fredrick Bunt2 and Paul Janzen3, (1)University of Montana, Autonomous Aerial Systems Office, Missoula, MT, United States, (2)University of Montana, Computer Science, Missoula, MT, United States, (3)University of Montana, Missoula, MT, United States
 
Near Surface Turbulence Observed from sUAS during the POPEYE Campaign on the North Slope of Alaska during the Boreal Summer (524943)
Lexie Goldberger1, Gijs deBoer2, Abhiram Doddi3, Fan Mei1, Dale Lawrence4, Gina Jozef5 and Beat Schmid1, (1)Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, WA, United States, (2)NOAA Boulder, Boulder, CO, United States, (3)University of Colorado, Aerospace Engineering Sciences, Boulder, CO, United States, (4)University of Colorado, Boulder, CO, United States, (5)University of Colorado at Boulder, Boulder, United States
 
HAPS (high altitude pseudo satellite) UAS for Atmospheric Research – Demonstration and Outlook (525509)
Ru-Shan Gao1, Troy D Thornberry2, Karen Hepler Rosenlof2, Andrew W Rollins3, Phil Hall4 and John Walker5, (1)NOAA Boulder, Boulder, CO, United States, (2)NOAA Earth System Research Laboratory, Chemical Sciences Division, Boulder, CO, United States, (3)NOAA Earth System Research Lab, Boulder, CO, United States, (4)NOAA UAS Program, Silver Spring, MD, United States, (5)Contractor, Huntsville, AL, United States
 
Nighttime Vertical Profiles of Ozone Concentration Collected by an Unmanned Aerial Vehicle and the Mixing of the Nighttime Boundary Layer in an Urban Region of Central Amazonia (529580)
Jianhuai Ye1, Patrícia C Guimarães2, Carla E Batista2, Rafael G Barbosa2, Igor Ribeiro2, Adan S.S. Medeiros2, Rodrigo Augusto Ferreira de Souza2 and Scot T. Martin1, (1)Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, United States, (2)Amazonas State University, Manaus, Brazil
 
Observing the Antarctic Atmosphere with Small Unmanned Aircraft:From the Ross Sea to the Dry Valleys (543857)
John J Cassano, University of Colorado at Boulder, Boulder, CO, United States
 
Using an unmanned aerial system to characterize low altitude ozone gradient measurements in a northern Wisconsin forest (549542)
Patricia A Cleary1, Josie Radtke1, Whitney Mottishaw2, Grant W Petty3, Michael Vermeuel4 and Timothy Bertram4, (1)University of Wisconsin Eau Claire, Chemistry, Eau Claire, WI, United States, (2)University of Wisconsin Eau Claire, Physics, Eau Claire, WI, United States, (3)University of Wisconsin Madison, Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences, Madison, WI, United States, (4)University of Wisconsin Madison, Chemistry, Madison, WI, United States
 
Intermediate-scale Heterogeneity in Volatile Organic Compounds over the Near-Canopy Atmosphere in Central Amazonia (551150)
Scot T Martin1, Carla E Batista2, Jianhuai Ye1, Igor Ribeiro2, Patrícia C Guimarães2, Adan S.S. Medeiros2, Rafael G Barbosa2, Rafael L Oliveira2, Sergio Duvoisin Jr.2, Kolby Jardine3, Dasa Gu4, Alex B Guenther4, Karena A McKinney5, Leila D Martins6 and Rodrigo Augusto Ferreira de Souza2, (1)Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, United States, (2)Amazonas State University, Manaus, Brazil, (3)Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Climate and Ecosystem Sciences Division, Berkeley, CA, United States, (4)University of California, Irvine, Department of Earth System Science, Irvine, CA, United States, (5)Colby College, Waterville, ME, United States, (6)Federal University of Technology-Paraná, Londrina, Brazil
 
Localization and Quantification of Production Site Methane Emissions using sUAS Mounted Sensors (556420)
Lance Christensen1, Ken Whitehead2, Shahab Moeini2, Jeff Samson2 and Robert Davis3, (1)NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, CA, United States, (2)Southern Alberta Institute of Technology, Calgary, Canada, (3)Automated Aeronautics, Calgary, Canada
 
Use of ARM’s Tethered Balloon System to Collect In Situ Atmospheric Measurements (556479)
Darielle Dexheimer, Sandia National Laboratories, Org 8863, Albuquerque, NM, United States, Fan Mei, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, WA, United States, Chongai Kuang, Brookhaven National Laboratory, Environmental and Climate Sciences Department, Upton, NY, United States, Casey Longbottom, Sandia National Lab, Albuquerque, NM, United States, Joe Hardesty, Sandia National Laboratories, Org 6913, Albuquerque, NM, United States and Garth Rohr, Sandia National Laboratories, 8863, Albuquerque, NM, United States
 
Airborne Pollen Observation Using Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) Platforms and a Ground-based Lidar. (568183)
David Brus1, Xiaoxia Shang2 and Mika Komppula2, (1)Finnish Meteorological Institute, Helsinki, Finland, (2)Finnish Meteorological Institute, Kuopio, Finland
 
Spatially-Temporally Resolved Sampling System for Carbon Dioxide Concentration in the Atmospheric Boundary Layer: A Low-cost UAS Approach (568914)
Gustavo Britto Hupsel de Azevedo1, Elizabeth A Pillar-Little2, Antonio Segales2 and Phillip Bruce Chilson2, (1)University of Oklahoma Norman Campus, Norman, OK, United States, (2)University of Oklahoma, Meteorology, Norman, OK, United States
 
In Situ Sensing in Tornadic Supercells Using Small UAS (Invited) (584791)
Brian M. Argrow, University of Colorado Boulder, Aerospace Engineering Sciences, Boulder, CO, United States, Eric Frew, University of Colorado at Boulder, Boulder, CO, United States, Steven Borenstein, University of Colorado, Boulder, CO, United States and Adam L Houston, University of Nebraska Lincoln, Lincoln, NE, United States
 
Vertical Profile of Atmospheric Particle Composition via Tethered Balloon System (594611)
Kuo-Pin Tseng1, Fan Mei1, Noah Wilson1, Darielle Dexheimer2, Gourihar Kulkarni1, Chongai Kuang3 and Swarup China1, (1)Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, WA, United States, (2)Sandia National Laboratories, Org 8863, Albuquerque, NM, United States, (3)Brookhaven National Laboratory, Environmental and Climate Sciences Department, Upton, NY, United States
 
Adaptative cloud exploration by UAV fleet in simulated cumulus fields for studying entrainment and microphysics of clouds (598759)
Maury Nicolas1, Gregory C Roberts2, Fleur Couvreux Jr3, Frederick Burnet3, Verdu Titouan4, Gautier Hattenberger5, Pierre Narvor6 and Lacroix Simon6, (1)Toulouse, Occitanie, France, (2)Scripps Institution of Oceanography, La Jolla, CA, United States, (3)Météo-France Toulouse, Toulouse Cedex 01, France, (4)ENAC, Toulouse, France, (5)ENAC - École Nationale de l'Aviation Civile, Toulouse, France, (6)LAAS-CNRS, Toulouse, France
 
Portable Aerosol Instruments for Deployment on Unmanned Aerial Systems (603516)
Fred J Brechtel, Andrew Corless and Xerxes Lopez-Yglesias, Brechtel Manufacturing Inc., Hayward, CA, United States
 
Scalable Long Endurance Autonomous Drone Platforms for Atmospheric Observations (608402)
Ben Cameron, Claire E Healy, David Fogg, Eric Desjardins, John Gagne and Sheldon Stokes, Creare LLC, Hanover, NH, United States
 
The NightFOX project: a small UAS system for wildfire observations (Invited) (609911)
Troy D Thornberry1,2, Ru-Shan Gao2, Laurel A Watts1,2, Steven J Ciciora2, Richard J McLaughlin1,2, Karen Hepler Rosenlof2, Brian M. Argrow3,4, Daniel Hesselius4, Jack Steward Elston5, Adam Kochanski6 and Jan Mandel7, (1)Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences, University of Colorado Boulder, Boulder, CO, United States, (2)NOAA Earth System Research Laboratory, Chemical Sciences Division, Boulder, CO, United States, (3)University of Colorado Boulder, Aerospace Engineering Sciences, Boulder, CO, United States, (4)University of Colorado Boulder, IRISS, Boulder, CO, United States, (5)Black Swift Technologies LLC, Boulder, CO, United States, (6)University of Utah, Atmospheric Sciences, Salt Lake City, UT, United States, (7)University of Colorado Denver, Mathematical and Statistical Sciences, Denver, CO, United States
 
Aerosol and Energy Fluxes in the South-West Indian Ocean during the Cyclonic Period in 2019 using Unmanned Aerial System Observations (613664)
Radiance Calmer1, Greg Roberts2,3, Pierre Tulet4, Sebastien Barrau2, Fabrice Julien2, Sophian Arixi2, Frederick Burnet2, Olivier Bousquet5, Michel Gavart6, Christophe Mazel6, Pierre Serres7 and Sergio Pizziol7, (1)LACy - University of Reunion Island, Physics, St Denis, Reunion, (2)Météo-France Toulouse, Toulouse Cedex 01, France, (3)Scripps Institution of Oceanography, La Jolla, United States, (4)LACy - University of Reunion Island, Physics, Saint Denis, Reunion, (5)METEO-FRANCE, Saint-Denis, Réunion, Reunion, (6)Boreal UAS, Toulouse, France, (7)Boreal UAS, Castanet, France
 
In Situ Cloud Droplet Measurement System for Tethered Balloon Platform (619171)
Andrei Vakhtin, Mesa Photonics, LLC, Santa Fe, NM, United States and Lev Krasnoperov, New Jersey Institute of Technology, Newark, NJ, United States
 
Quadrotor-Assisted Characterization of Windage Factors for Search and Rescue of a Person in Water (620668)
Javier Gonzalez-Rocha, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Aerospace & Ocean Engineering, Blacksburg, VA, United States, Shane D Ross, Virginia Tech, Biomedical Engineering and Mechanics, Blacksburg, VA, United States, David G Schmale III, Virginia Tech, School of Plant and Environmental Sciences, Blacksburg, VA, United States, Alejandro Sosa, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Aerospace and Ocean Engineering, Blacksburg, VA, United States and Regina Hanlon, Virginia Tech, Blacksbug, United States
 
Evaluating the Universality of the Temperature Structure Parameter in the Atmospheric Surface Layer using a Small Unmanned Aircraft System (620785)
Benjamin Hemingway, Oklahoma State University, Department of Geography, Stillwater, OK, United States, Amy E Frazier, Arizona State University, School of Geographical Sciences & Urban Planning, Tempe, AZ, United States, Brian R Elbing, Oklahoma State University, Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Stillwater, OK, United States and Jamey Jacob, Oklahoma State University, Unmanned Systems Research Institute, Stillwater, OK, United States
 
Reliable Wind Vector Estimation for Scientific Analysis of Atmospheric Measurements by Small Unmanned Aerial Systems (621175)
Abhiram Doddi, University of Colorado, Aerospace Engineering Sciences, Boulder, CO, United States, Dale Lawrence, University of Colorado, Boulder, CO, United States, Hubert Luce, University de Toulon, La Garde, France, Gijs de Boer, University of Colorado at Boulder; IASC Atmosphere WG Member, Boulder, CO, United States, Lakshmi Kantha, University of Colorado Boulder, Boulder, CO, United States and Hiroyuki Hashiguchi, University of Kyoto Gokasho, Kyoto, Japan
 
Vertical Structure and Air-Sea Interaction over the Gulf Stream and its Implication on Electromagnetic (EM) Waves Propagation (633305)
Djamal Khelif, University of California Irvine, Irvine, CA, United States, Jesse Barge, Zivko Aeronautics Inc., Guthrie, OK, United States, Qi Wang, The Ohio State University, Electrical and Computer Engineering, Columbus, OH, United States, Qing Wang, Naval Postgraduate School, Department of Meteorology, Monterey, CA, United States, Robert Burkholder, Ohio State University Main Campus, ElectroScience Lab, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Columbus, OH, United States and Caglar Yardim, Ohio State University Main Campus, Electroscience Lab, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Columbus, OH, United States
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