Wind field estimation for small unmanned aerial vehicles

Journal of Guidance, Control, and Dynamics

Volumn 34, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 1016-1030

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

^a The Pennsylvania State University   (United States)

^b Area I Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTENNAS; ENERGY HARVESTING; ERRORS; INTELLIGENT SYSTEMS; MONTE CARLO METHODS; MOTIVATION; WIND;

ATMOSPHERIC MEASUREMENT; INERTIAL MEASUREMENT UNIT; MINI UNMANNED AERIAL VEHICLES; PREDICTED ERROR; PRIMARY CONTRIBUTION; SAMPLING SYSTEMS; SMALL UNMANNED AERIAL VEHICLES; WIND FIELD ESTIMATION;

UNMANNED AERIAL VEHICLES (UAV);

EID: 79960027547     PISSN: 07315090     EISSN: 15333884     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2514/1.52532     Document Type: Article

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