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https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-13-6613-2020
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https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-13-6613-2020
© Author(s) 2020. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.
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Research article
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07 Dec 2020
Research article |
| 07 Dec 2020
| 07 Dec 2020
Design and field campaign validation of a multi-rotor unmanned aerial vehicle and optical particle counter
Centre for Atmospheric and Climate Physics, School of Physics, Astronomy and Mathematics, University of Hertfordshire, Hatfield, Hertfordshire, AL10 9AB, UK
Helen Smith
Centre for Atmospheric and Climate Physics, School of Physics, Astronomy and Mathematics, University of Hertfordshire, Hatfield, Hertfordshire, AL10 9AB, UK
now at: TruLife Optics Ltd, 79 Trinity Buoy Wharf, London, UK
Warren Stanley
Centre for Atmospheric and Climate Physics, School of Physics, Astronomy and Mathematics, University of Hertfordshire, Hatfield, Hertfordshire, AL10 9AB, UK
Zbigniew Ulanowski
Centre for Atmospheric and Climate Physics, School of Physics, Astronomy and Mathematics, University of Hertfordshire, Hatfield, Hertfordshire, AL10 9AB, UK
now at: Centre for Atmospheric Science, University of Manchester, Manchester, UK
now at: British Antarctic Survey, NERC, Cambridge, UK
Chris Stopford
Centre for Atmospheric and Climate Physics, School of Physics, Astronomy and Mathematics, University of Hertfordshire, Hatfield, Hertfordshire, AL10 9AB, UK
Charles Chemel
Centre for Atmospheric and Climate Physics, School of Physics, Astronomy and Mathematics, University of Hertfordshire, Hatfield, Hertfordshire, AL10 9AB, UK
National Centre for Atmospheric Science, Centre for Atmospheric and Climate Physics, School of Physics, Astronomy and Mathematics, University of Hertfordshire, Hatfield, Hertfordshire, AL10 9AB, UK
Konstantinos-Matthaios Doulgeris
Finnish Meteorological Institute, P.O. Box 503, 00101, Helsinki, Finland
David Brus
Finnish Meteorological Institute, P.O. Box 503, 00101, Helsinki, Finland
David Campbell
School of Physics, Astronomy and Mathematics, University of Hertfordshire, Hatfield, Hertfordshire, AL10 9AB, UK
Robert Mackenzie
Centre for Atmospheric and Climate Physics, School of Physics, Astronomy and Mathematics, University of Hertfordshire, Hatfield, Hertfordshire, AL10 9AB, UK
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Short summary
We present the design and validation of an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) equipped with a bespoke optical particle counter (OPC). This is used to monitor atmospheric particles, which have significant effects on our weather and climate. These effects are hard to characterise properly, partly because they occur in regions that are not commonly accessible to traditional instrumentation. Our new platform gives us the capability to access these regions.
We present the design and validation of an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) equipped with a bespoke...
