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https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-15-2607-2022
https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-15-2607-2022
Research article
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29 Apr 2022
Research article |  | 29 Apr 2022

Considerations for improving data quality of thermo-hygrometer sensors on board unmanned aerial systems for planetary boundary layer research

Antonio R. Segales, Phillip B. Chilson, and Jorge L. Salazar-Cerreño

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The mitigation of undesired contamination, sensor characterization, and signal conditioning and restoration is crucial to improve the reliability of the weather unmanned aerial system (UAS) deliverables. This study presents an overview of the general considerations and procedures to compensate for slow sensor response and other sources of error for temperature and humidity measurements collected using a UAS.