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Inferring surface energy fluxes using drone data assimilation in large eddy simulations
Department of Geosciences, University of Oslo, Sem Sælands vei 1, 0371 Oslo, Norway
Kristoffer Aalstad
Department of Geosciences, University of Oslo, Sem Sælands vei 1, 0371 Oslo, Norway
Sebastian Westermann
Department of Geosciences, University of Oslo, Sem Sælands vei 1, 0371 Oslo, Norway
Astrid Vatne
Department of Geosciences, University of Oslo, Sem Sælands vei 1, 0371 Oslo, Norway
Alouette van Hove
Department of Geosciences, University of Oslo, Sem Sælands vei 1, 0371 Oslo, Norway
Lena Merete Tallaksen
Department of Geosciences, University of Oslo, Sem Sælands vei 1, 0371 Oslo, Norway
Massimo Cassiani
NILU – Norwegian Institute for Air Research, Instituttveien 18, 2007 Kjeller, Norway
Gabriel Katul
Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Duke University, 121 Hudson Hall, Durham, NC, 27708, USA
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Short summary
In this study, we show how sparse and noisy drone measurements can be combined with an ensemble of turbulence-resolving wind simulations to estimate uncertainty-aware surface energy exchange. We demonstrate the feasibility of this drone data assimilation framework in a series of synthetic and real-world experiments. This new framework can, in future, be applied to estimate energy and gas exchange in heterogeneous landscapes more representatively than conventional methods.
In this study, we show how sparse and noisy drone measurements can be combined with an ensemble...