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https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-11-551-2018
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https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-11-551-2018
© Author(s) 2018. This work is distributed under
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Research article
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29 Jan 2018
Research article |
| 29 Jan 2018
| 29 Jan 2018
The Small Whiskbroom Imager for atmospheric compositioN monitorinG (SWING) and its operations from an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) during the AROMAT campaign
Alexis Merlaud
CORRESPONDING AUTHOR
Royal Belgian Institute for Space Aeronomy (BIRA-IASB), Avenue Circulaire 3, 1180 Brussels, Belgium
Frederik Tack
Royal Belgian Institute for Space Aeronomy (BIRA-IASB), Avenue Circulaire 3, 1180 Brussels, Belgium
Daniel Constantin
“Dunarea de Jos” University of Galati, Str. Domneasca 111, Galati 800008, Romania
Lucian Georgescu
“Dunarea de Jos” University of Galati, Str. Domneasca 111, Galati 800008, Romania
Jeroen Maes
Royal Belgian Institute for Space Aeronomy (BIRA-IASB), Avenue Circulaire 3, 1180 Brussels, Belgium
Caroline Fayt
Royal Belgian Institute for Space Aeronomy (BIRA-IASB), Avenue Circulaire 3, 1180 Brussels, Belgium
Florin Mingireanu
Romanian Space Agency (ROSA), Mendeleev Street, nr. 21–25, Bucharest 10362, Romania
Dirk Schuettemeyer
European Space Agency (ESA-ESTEC), Keplerlaan 1, 2201 AZ Noordwijk, the Netherlands
Andreas Carlos Meier
Institute of Environmental Physics, University of Bremen, Otto-Hahn-Allee 1, 28359 Bremen, Germany
Anja Schönardt
Institute of Environmental Physics, University of Bremen, Otto-Hahn-Allee 1, 28359 Bremen, Germany
Thomas Ruhtz
Institute for Space Sciences, Free University of Berlin, Carl-Heinrich-Becker-Weg 6–10, 12165 Berlin, Germany
Livio Bellegante
National Institute of R&D for Optoelectronics (INOE), Street Atomistilor 409, Magurele 77125, Romania
Doina Nicolae
National Institute of R&D for Optoelectronics (INOE), Street Atomistilor 409, Magurele 77125, Romania
Mirjam Den Hoed
Royal Netherlands Meteorological Institute (KNMI), Utrechtseweg 297, 3731 GA De Bilt, the Netherlands
Marc Allaart
Royal Netherlands Meteorological Institute (KNMI), Utrechtseweg 297, 3731 GA De Bilt, the Netherlands
Michel Van Roozendael
Royal Belgian Institute for Space Aeronomy (BIRA-IASB), Avenue Circulaire 3, 1180 Brussels, Belgium
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Short summary
We present SWING-UAV, an atmospheric observation system based on a compact scanning spectrometer (SWING) mounted on an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV). SWING-UAV was operated in the exhaust plume of a power plant in Romania in September 2014, during the AROMAT campaign. SWING quantified the NO2 emitted by the plant and the water vapour content in the boundary layer, in agreement with ancillary data. The system appears in particular promising to study emissions in rural areas.
We present SWING-UAV, an atmospheric observation system based on a compact scanning spectrometer...
