Simultaneous multicopter-based air sampling and sensing of meteorological variables

Brosy, Caroline; Krampf, Karina; Zeeman, Matthias; Wolf, Benjamin; Junkermann, Wolfgang; Schäfer, Klaus; Emeis, Stefan; Kunstmann, Harald

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-10-2773-2017

Articles | Volume 10, issue 8

https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-10-2773-2017

© Author(s) 2017. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.

https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-10-2773-2017

© Author(s) 2017. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.

Articles | Volume 10, issue 8

Research article

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01 Aug 2017

Research article |

| 01 Aug 2017

Simultaneous multicopter-based air sampling and sensing of meteorological variables

Caroline Brosy, Karina Krampf, Matthias Zeeman, Benjamin Wolf, Wolfgang Junkermann, Klaus Schäfer, Stefan Emeis, and Harald Kunstmann

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RC1: 'Review of 'Simultaneous multicopter-based air sampling and sensing of meteorological variables' by Brosy et al.', Anonymous Referee #1, 17 Apr 2017
RC2: 'Review of 'Simultaneous multicopter-based air sampling and sensing of meteorological variables'', Jens Bange, 18 Apr 2017
RC3: 'Comment on “Simultaneous multicopter-based air sampling and sensing of meteorological variables”', Anonymous Referee #3, 24 May 2017
AC1: 'Final response to Reviewers', Caroline Brosy, 20 Jun 2017

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AR by Caroline Brosy on behalf of the Authors (21 Jun 2017) Author's response Manuscript

ED: Publish as is (06 Jul 2017) by Eric C. Apel

AR by Caroline Brosy on behalf of the Authors (10 Jul 2017)

Short summary

Vertical and horizontal sounding of the planetary boundary layer can be complemented by unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV). Utilizing a multicopter-type UAV spatial sampling of air and simultaneously sensing of meteorological variables is possible for the study of surface exchange processes. During stable atmospheric conditions, vertical methane gradients of about 300 ppb were found. This approach extended the vertical profile height of existing tower-based infrastructure by a factor of five.