Wind field estimation for small unmanned aerial vehicles

AIAA Guidance, Navigation, and Control Conference

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages

  Langelaan, Jack W ^a,d   Alley, Nicholas ^b   Neidhoefer, James ^c  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Area I Inc   (United States)

^c Aerotonomy Inc   (United States)

^d Department of Aerospace Engineering ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTUAL ERROR; ATMOSPHERIC MEASUREMENT; INERTIAL MEASUREMENT UNIT; IS DEVELOPMENT; MINI UNMANNED AERIAL VEHICLES; MONTE CARLO SIMULATION; PREDICTED ERROR; PRIMARY CONTRIBUTION; RATE OF CHANGE; SAMPLING SYSTEMS; SENSOR SUITE; SMALL UNMANNED AERIAL VEHICLES; WIND FIELD; WIND FIELD ESTIMATION; WIND GRADIENT; WIND VELOCITIES;

ENERGY HARVESTING; ERROR ANALYSIS; MONTE CARLO METHODS; MOTIVATION; SENSORS; UNITS OF MEASUREMENT;

ESTIMATION;

EID: 79955771405     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.2514/6.2010-8177     Document Type: Conference Paper

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