Proof of concept for turbulence measurements with the RPAS SUMO during the BLLAST campaign

Båserud, Line; Reuder, Joachim; Jonassen, Marius O.; Kral, Stephan T.; Paskyabi, Mostafa B.; Lothon, Marie

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-9-4901-2016

Articles | Volume 9, issue 10

Atmos. Meas. Tech., 9, 4901–4913, 2016

https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-9-4901-2016

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Special issue: The Boundary-Layer Late Afternoon and Sunset Turbulence (BLLAST)...

Atmos. Meas. Tech., 9, 4901–4913, 2016

https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-9-4901-2016

© Author(s) 2016. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.

Articles | Volume 9, issue 10

Research article 06 Oct 2016

Research article | 06 Oct 2016

Proof of concept for turbulence measurements with the RPAS SUMO during the BLLAST campaign

Line Båserud et al.

Data sets

BLLAST dataset Boundary-Layer Late Afternoon and Sunset Turbulence (BLLAST) http://bllast.sedoo.fr/database/

Short summary

The micro-RPAS SUMO (Small Unmanned Meteorological Observer) equipped with a five-hole-probe (5HP) system for turbulent flow measurements was operated in 49 flight missions during the BLLAST (Boundary-Layer Late Afternoon and Sunset Turbulence) field campaign in 2011. Based on data sets from these flights, we investigate the potential and limitations of airborne velocity variance and TKE (turbulent kinetic energy) estimations by an RPAS with a take-off weight below 1 kg.