Distributed atmospheric sensing using small UAS and Doppler radar

AIAA Infotech at Aerospace Conference and Exhibit and AIAA Unmanned...Unlimited Conference

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages

  Elston, Jack ^a,c   Argrow, Brian ^a,d   Houston, Adam ^b   Lahowetz, Jamie ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

^c Department of Aerospace Engineering Sciences ^*  (United States)

^d Research and Engineering Center for Unmanned Vehicles   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIRMASS BOUNDARIES; AREA OF INTEREST; DISTRIBUTED SENSING; DOPPLER; FLIGHT OPERATION; IN-SITU; METEOROLOGICAL INFORMATION; MULTI-USER NETWORKS; REAL TIME VISUALIZATION; SENSOR DATA; UNMANNED AIRCRAFT SYSTEM; UNMANNED AIRCRAFTS; WEATHER RADARS;

DOPPLER RADAR; METEOROLOGICAL RADAR; SENSORS; VISUALIZATION;

RADAR;

EID: 77958604946     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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