Evaluation of Routine Atmospheric Sounding Measurements using Unmanned Systems (ERASMUS) Science Plan

Technical Report · Tue Dec 01 00:00:00 EST 2015

DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/1232652· OSTI ID:1232652

de Boer, G ^[1]; Argrow, B ^[2]; Bland, G ^[3]; Elston, J ^[4]; Lawrence, D ^[2]; Maslanik, J ^[2]; Palo, S ^[2]; Tschudi, M ^[5]

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1. University of Colorado, Boulder/CIRES
2. University of Colorado
3. NASA - Goddard Space Flight Center - Wallops Flight Facility
4. University of Colorado, Boulder
5. NCAR

The use of unmanned aerial systems (UAS) is becoming increasingly popular for a variety of applications. One way in which these systems can provide revolutionary scientific information is through routine measurement of atmospheric conditions, particularly properties related to clouds, aerosols, and radiation. Improved understanding of these topics at high latitudes, in particular, has become very relevant because of observed decreases in ice and snow in polar regions.

• Research Organization: DOE Office of Science Atmospheric Radiation Measurement (ARM) Program (United States)
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE Office of Science (SC), Biological and Environmental Research (BER)
• DOE Contract Number: DE-AC05-7601830
• OSTI ID: 1232652
• Report Number(s): DOE/SC-ARM-15-048
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English