Wind estimation and airspeed calibration using a UAV with a single-antenna GPS receiver and pitot tube

IEEE Transactions on Aerospace and Electronic Systems

Volumn 47, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 109-117

  Cho, Am ^a   Kim, Jihoon ^a   Lee, Sanghyo ^a   Kee, Changdon ^a  

^a Seoul National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DYNAMIC PRESSURES; FLIGHT TEST; GEOMETRICAL RELATIONS; PITOT TUBES; SCALING FACTORS; SENSOR COMBINATIONS; SINGLE-ANTENNA GPS RECEIVERS; SMALL UAV; SMALL UNMANNED AERIAL VEHICLES; WIND ESTIMATION; WIND MAGNITUDES; WIND PARAMETERS; WIND SPEED;

ANTENNAS; FLIGHT SIMULATORS; GLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEM; NOZZLES; UNMANNED AERIAL VEHICLES (UAV);

ESTIMATION;

EID: 79551637004     PISSN: 00189251     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TAES.2011.5705663     Document Type: Article

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