Data-acquisition system for environmental monitoring aboard a twin-engined aircraft
A number of experimental platforms have been used in support of the Multistate Atmospheric Power Production Study (MAP3S) and the Coastal Meteorology programs at Brookhaven National Laboratory. These platforms include a twin-engine Britten Norman Islander aircraft, a motorized van, a variety of boats and temporary enclosures set up in the field. Each platform carried a data logger consisting of a multiplexer, an analog to digital (A/D) converter and a four track endless loop magnetic tape for data storage. In recent years it has become increasingly evident that the data loggers in use were no longer adequate. Since the aircraft provided the most constraints on the data acquisition system as well as being the most important research platform, a data system was designed for that platform with the secondary goal that the system would serve as a prototype for systems to be used on other platforms.
- Research Organization:
- Brookhaven National Lab., Upton, NY (USA)
- DOE Contract Number:
- AC02-76CH00016
- OSTI ID:
- 6379799
- Report Number(s):
- BNL-32339; CONF-830412-1; ON: DE83005793
- Resource Relation:
- Conference: 5. symposium on meteorological observations and instrumentation, Toronto, Canada, 11 Apr 1983; Other Information: 1
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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