Evaluation and Intercomparison of Small Uncrewed Aircraft Systems Used for Atmospheric Research

de Boer, Gijs; Butterworth, Brian J.; Elston, Jack S.; Houston, Adam; Pillar-Little, Elizabeth; Argrow, Brian; Bell, Tyler M.; Chilson, Phillip; Choate, Christopher; Greene, Brian R.; Islam, Ashraful; Martz, Ryan; Rhodes, Michael; Rico, Daniel; Stachura, Maciej; Lappin, Francesca M.; Segales, Antonio R.; Whyte, Seabrooke; Wilson, Matthew

doi:10.1175/jtech-d-23-0067.1

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Evaluation and Intercomparison of Small Uncrewed Aircraft Systems Used for Atmospheric Research

2024
By de Boer, Gijs ; Butterworth, Brian J. ; Elston, Jack S. ; ...
Source: Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology, 41(2), 127-145

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de Boer, Gijs ; Butterworth, Brian J. ; Elston, Jack S. ; Houston, Adam ; Pillar-Little, Elizabeth ; ... More +

de Boer, Gijs ; Butterworth, Brian J. ; Elston, Jack S. ; Houston, Adam ; Pillar-Little, Elizabeth ; Argrow, Brian ; Bell, Tyler M. ; Chilson, Phillip ; Choate, Christopher ; Greene, Brian R. ; Islam, Ashraful ; Martz, Ryan ; Rhodes, Michael ; Rico, Daniel ; Stachura, Maciej ; Lappin, Francesca M. ; Segales, Antonio R. ; Whyte, Seabrooke ; Wilson, Matthew Less -
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Small uncrewed aircraft systems (sUAS) are regularly being used to conduct atmospheric research and are starting to be used as a data source for informing weather models through data assimilation. However, only a limited number of studies have been conducted to evaluate the performance of these systems and assess their ability to replicate measurements from more traditional sensors such as radiosondes and towers. In the current work, we use data collected in central Oklahoma over a 2-week period to offer insight into the performance of five different sUAS platforms and associated sensors in measuring key weather data. This includes data from three rotary-wing and two fixed-wing sUAS and included two commercially available systems and three university-developed research systems. Flight data were compared to regular radiosondes launched at the flight location, tower observations, and intercompared with data from other sUAS platforms. All platforms were shown to measure atmospheric state with reasonable accuracy, though there were some consistent biases detected for individual platforms. This information can be used to inform future studies using these platforms and is currently being used to provide estimated error covariances as required in support of assimilation of sUAS data into weather forecasting systems.
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Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology, 41(2), 127-145
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