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https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-14-4255-2021
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https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-14-4255-2021
© Author(s) 2021. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.
Research article
| 
09 Jun 2021
Research article |
| 09 Jun 2021
| 09 Jun 2021
A multi-purpose, multi-rotor drone system for long-range and high-altitude volcanic gas plume measurements
Department of Earth, Space and Environment, Chalmers University of Technology, 41296, Gothenburg, Sweden
Santiago Arellano
CORRESPONDING AUTHOR
Department of Earth, Space and Environment, Chalmers University of Technology, 41296, Gothenburg, Sweden
Nicole Bobrowski
Institute for Environmental Physics, University of Heidelberg, 69120 Heidelberg, Germany
Max Planck Institute for Chemistry, 55128 Mainz, Germany
Vladimir Conde
Department of Earth, Space and Environment, Chalmers University of Technology, 41296, Gothenburg, Sweden
Tobias P. Fischer
Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM 87131, USA
Gustav Gerdes
Gerdes solutions AB, 128 41, Stockholm, Sweden
Alexandra Gutmann
Department of Chemistry, Johannes Gutenberg University, 55099 Mainz, Germany
Thorsten Hoffmann
Department of Chemistry, Johannes Gutenberg University, 55099 Mainz, Germany
Ima Itikarai
Rabaul Volcano Observatory, P.O. Box 386, Rabaul, Papua New Guinea
Tomas Krejci
HAB Electronic AB, 34140, Ljungby, Sweden
Emma J. Liu
Department of Earth Sciences, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, CB2 3EQ, UK
Department of Earth Sciences, University College London, London, WC1E 6BS, UK
Kila Mulina
Rabaul Volcano Observatory, P.O. Box 386, Rabaul, Papua New Guinea
Scott Nowicki
Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM 87131, USA
Quantum Spatial, Inc., Albuquerque, NM, USA
Tom Richardson
Department of Aerospace Engineering, University of Bristol, Bristol, BS8 1TR, UK
Julian Rüdiger
Department of Chemistry, Johannes Gutenberg University, 55099 Mainz, Germany
Kieran Wood
Department of Aerospace Engineering, University of Bristol, Bristol, BS8 1TR, UK
Jiazhi Xu
Department of Earth, Space and Environment, Chalmers University of Technology, 41296, Gothenburg, Sweden
Data sets
Volcanic gas measurements with drones on Manam Papua, Nya Guinea Bo Galle and Santiago Arellano https://doi.org/10.5878/q3wv-ty69
Short summary
Measurements of volcanic gases are important for geophysical research, risk assessment and environmental impact studies. Some gases, like SO2 and BrO, may be studied from the ground at a safe distance using remote sensing techniques. Many other gases require in situ access to the gas plume. Here, a drone may be an attractive alternative. This paper describes a drone specially adapted for volcanic gas studies and demonstrates its use in a field campaign at Manam volcano in Papua New Guinea.
Measurements of volcanic gases are important for geophysical research, risk assessment and...
