UAS
UAS

Current and Future Uses of UAS for Improved Forecasts/Warnings and Scientific Studies

Unmanned aircraft systems (UASs) provide unique observations not readily available from piloted aircraft or ground- and satellite-based remote sensors. For example, they can reach …

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Measurements of the Temperature Structure-Function Parameters with a Small Unmanned Aerial System Compared with a Sodar

The structure function is often used to quantify the intensity of spatial inhomogeneities within turbulent flows. Here, the Small Multifunction Research and Teaching Sonde …

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Methods for Evaluating the Temperature Structure-Function Parameter Using Unmanned Aerial Systems and Large-Eddy Simulation

Small-scale turbulent fluctuations of temperature are known to affect the propagation of both electromagnetic and acoustic waves. Within the inertial-subrange scale, where the …

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