Tethered Aerosystems
Tethered Aerosystems
Session ID#: 119283
Session Description:
The use of Tethered AeroSystems such as kites and moored balloons is on the rise for local-scale atmospheric and terrestrial observations. Advancements in instrumentation and flight systems are enabling new and exciting capabilities for capturing detailed observations for field research, routine measurements, and flight operations training. Potential benefits of these emerging systems include quick deployment, persistence and distributed simultaneous flights. High altitude capabilities are also under development, as are concepts for planetary exploration. Presentations will include traditional, developmental, and notional concepts and interests.
Index Terms:
0394 Instruments and techniques [ATMOSPHERIC COMPOSITION AND STRUCTURE]
0480 Remote sensing [BIOGEOSCIENCES]
0599 General or miscellaneous [COMPUTATIONAL GEOPHYSICS]
3394 Instruments and techniques [ATMOSPHERIC PROCESSES]
Primary Convener: Kathleen McNamara, Oklahoma State University Main Campus, Stillwater, OK, United States
Conveners: Geoffrey Bland, NASA, Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD, United States and Richard Cairncross, Drexel University, Chemical & Biological Engineering, Philadelphia, PA, United States
Primary Liaison: Geoffrey Bland, NASA, Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD, United States
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