[GTP] IMAGe GTP Seminar--Katrin Lehmann-NEW LOCATION
Silvia Gentile
sgentile at ucar.edu
Fri Apr 17 13:25:31 MDT 2009
Dear All,
The meeting has been moved to FL2-Auditorium
Silvia Gentile
GTP Seminar
Towards Measuring the Turbulent Moisture Flux from Lightweight UASs
Katrin Lehmann
Scripps Institution of Oceanography
Airborne in-situ measurements are an important component of atmospheric
research.
Unmanned Aerial Systems (UASs) offer the facility to augment traditional
manned-aircraft measurements when missions require coordinated,
dangerous, or monotonous airborne measurements that may create a risk or
challenge to participating personnel or equipment. In addition, UASs
present a potential for less expensive routine operations especially as
platform costs and capabilities improve.
The Ramanathan group at Scripps Institution of Oceanography has created
miniaturized instruments and deployed them on small, unmanned aircraft.
Successful campaigns in the past include the Maldives AUAV Campaign
(MAC) in 2006, the California AUAV Air Pollution Profiling Study (CAPPS)
in 2008, and the Cheju ABC Plume-Asian Monsoon Experiment (CAPMEX) in
2008. Currently, the capacity to measure the turbulent surface moisture
flux is being developed.
In the talk, past campaigns, miniaturized instruments, and results are
summarized. The technology used to measure the turbulent moisture flux
is discussed, and first results are shown.
May 26, 2009
Foothills Laboratory 2 (3450 Mitchell Lane), Room 1022 Large Auditorium
Lecture 10:00am
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