Using a Balloon-Launched Unmanned Glider to Validate Real-Time WRF Modeling

The use of small unmanned aerial systems (sUAS) for meteorological measurements has expanded significantly in recent years. SUAS are efficient platforms for collecting data with high resolution in both space and time, providing opportunities for enhanced atmospheric sampling. Furthermore, advances i...

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Published in:Sensors (Basel, Switzerland) Switzerland), 2019-04, Vol.19 (8), p.1914
Main Authors: Schuyler, Travis J, Gohari, S M Iman, Pundsack, Gary, Berchoff, Donald, Guzman, Marcelo I
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
ARW
balloon
drones
GFS
glider
meteorology
pressure
radiosonde
relative humidity
temperature
UAS
UAV
validation
weather
WRF
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Summary:The use of small unmanned aerial systems (sUAS) for meteorological measurements has expanded significantly in recent years. SUAS are efficient platforms for collecting data with high resolution in both space and time, providing opportunities for enhanced atmospheric sampling. Furthermore, advances in mesoscale weather research and forecasting (WRF) modeling and graphical processing unit (GPU) computing have enabled high resolution weather modeling. In this manuscript, a balloon-launched unmanned glider, complete with a suite of sensors to measure atmospheric temperature, pressure, and relative humidity, is deployed for validation of real-time weather models. This work demonstrates the usefulness of sUAS for validating and improving mesoscale, real-time weather models for advancements toward reliable weather forecasts to enable safe and predictable sUAS missions beyond visual line of sight (BVLOS).
ISSN:1424-8220
1424-8220
DOI:10.3390/s19081914