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Characterizing thermodynamic observations from unshielded multirotor drone sensors
Department of Atmospheric and Earth Science, The University of Alabama in Huntsville, Huntsville, AL 35899, USA
Earth System Science Center, The University of Alabama in Huntsville, Huntsville, AL 35899, USA
Department of Atmospheric Science, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO 80523, USA
Jennie Bukowski
Department of Atmospheric Science, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO 80523, USA
Leah D. Grant
Department of Atmospheric Science, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO 80523, USA
Peter J. Marinescu
Department of Atmospheric Science, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO 80523, USA
J. Minnie Park
Department of Atmospheric Science, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO 80523, USA
ERT, Inc., Greenbelt, MD 20770, USA
Stacey M. Hitchcock
Department of Atmospheric Science, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO 80523, USA
School of Meteorology, University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK 73072, USA
Christine A. Neumaier
Department of Atmospheric Science, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO 80523, USA
Susan C. van den Heever
Department of Atmospheric Science, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO 80523, USA
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Short summary
In this work, we tested different placements of a temperature and humidity sensor onboard a drone to understand what the relative errors are. Understanding these errors is critical as we want to collect more meteorological data from non-specialized platforms, such as drone swarms and drone package delivery.
In this work, we tested different placements of a temperature and humidity sensor onboard a...
