Development and testing of instrumentation for UAV-based flux measurements within terrestrial and marine atmospheric boundary layers

Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology

Volumn 30, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 1295-1319

  Reineman, Benjamin D ^a   Lenain, Luc ^b   Statom, Nicholas M ^b   Melville, Kendall K ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEVELOPMENT AND TESTING; HEAT FLUX MEASUREMENT; INSTRUMENTATION PACKAGES; MARINE ATMOSPHERIC BOUNDARY LAYER; NAVAL SURFACE WARFARE CENTER; REAL-TIME KINEMATIC DIFFERENTIAL GPS; SIMULTANEOUS OBSERVATION; UNMANNED AERIAL VEHICLE (UAVS);

ANEROID ALTIMETERS; ATMOSPHERIC BOUNDARY LAYER; ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; HEAT FLUX; INSTRUMENTS; MEASUREMENTS; MOMENTUM; RESEARCH AIRCRAFT; UNMANNED VEHICLES;

UNMANNED AERIAL VEHICLES (UAV);

BOUNDARY LAYER; FLUX MEASUREMENT; HEAT FLUX; INSTRUMENTATION; MARINE ATMOSPHERE; MOMENTUM TRANSFER; UNMANNED VEHICLE;

MANTA;

EID: 84881345839     PISSN: 07390572     EISSN: 15200426     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JTECH-D-12-00176.1     Document Type: Article

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