Bärfuss, Konrad; Schmithüsen, Holger; Dirksen, Ruud; Bretschneider, Lutz; Pätzold, Falk; Bollmann, Sven; Wickboldt, Heiko; von Unwerth, Maximilian; Asmussen, Magnus Ole; Schwarting, Tom; Lampert, Astrid (2021): Atmospheric profile measurements conducted by the unmanned aerial system LUCA (Panker, Germany 2020-07-03 and 2021-05-28) [dataset]. PANGAEA, https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.937555
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Abstract:
The unmanned aerial system LUCA was designed and build to measure atmospheric profiles as radiosondes do. The data presented here contains measurements of atmospheric variables of two test flights carried out in northern Germany. There were co-located radiosoundings for comparison.
Related to:
Bärfuss, Konrad; Dirksen, Ruud; Schmithüsen, Holger; Bretschneider, Lutz; Pätzold, Falk; Bollmann, Sven; Panten, Philippe; Rausch, Thomas; Lampert, Astrid (2022): Drone-Based Atmospheric Soundings Up to an Altitude of 10 km-Technical Approach towards Operations. Drones, 6(12), 404, https://doi.org/10.3390/drones6120404
Bärfuss, Konrad; Schmithüsen, Holger; Dirksen, Ruud; Bretschneider, Lutz; Pätzold, Falk; Bollmann, Sven; Wickboldt, Heiko; von Unwerth, Maximilian; Asmussen, Magnus Ole; Schwarting, Tom; Lampert, Astrid (2021): Radiosonde measurements co-located with ascends of the unmanned aerial system LUCA (Panker, Germany 2020-07-03 and 2021-05-28). PANGAEA, https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.937556
Bärfuss, Konrad; Schmithüsen, Holger; Lampert, Astrid (2023): Drone-based meteorological observations up to the tropopause - a concept study. Atmospheric Measurement Techniques, 16(15), 3739-3765, https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-16-3739-2023
Project(s):
Funding:
Federal Ministry of Transport and Digital Infrastructure (BMVI), grant/award no. 19F2072A: Aufwertung und Erweiterung meteorologischer Datenerfassung durch Meteorologisches UAV - AEROMET_UAV
Federal Ministry of Transport and Digital Infrastructure (BMVI), grant/award no. 19F2072D: Aufwertung und Erweiterung meteorologischer Datenerfassung durch Meteorologisches UAV
Coverage:
Median Latitude: 54.393017 * Median Longitude: 10.598355 * South-bound Latitude: 54.365241 * West-bound Longitude: 10.558708 * North-bound Latitude: 54.423123 * East-bound Longitude: 10.655910
Date/Time Start: 2020-07-03T08:28:23 * Date/Time End: 2021-05-28T10:07:36
Minimum ALTITUDE: 7.5 m * Maximum ALTITUDE: 4602.1 m
Event(s):
Comment:
The inertial navigation system (INS) used during Panker2_LUCA consited of a GNSS receiver Hex "Here 2" and an inertial measurement unit (IMU) ProfiCNC "Pixhawk Cube Black". As for Panker3_LUCA the INS consisted of GNSS receiver Hex "Here 3" and IMU ProfiCNC "Pixhaws Cube Orange".
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The project AEROMET_UAV has been funded by the Modernity Fund (mFUND) of the German Federal Ministry of Transport and Digital Infrastructure under grant 19F2072.
Parameter(s):
| # | Name | Short Name | Unit | Principal Investigator | Method/Device | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Event label | Event | Bärfuss, Konrad | |||
| 2 | DATE/TIME | Date/Time | Bärfuss, Konrad | Geocode | ||
| 3 | LATITUDE | Latitude | Bärfuss, Konrad | Inertial navigation system | Geocode | |
| 4 | LONGITUDE | Longitude | Bärfuss, Konrad | Inertial navigation system | Geocode | |
| 5 | ALTITUDE | Altitude | m | Bärfuss, Konrad | Inertial navigation system | Geocode – Geometric height above sea level with respect to WGS84 including geoid height correction EGM96 |
| 6 | Pressure, atmospheric | PPPP | hPa | Bärfuss, Konrad | Pressure transducer, Analog Microelectronics GmbH, AMS5812 | Raw instrument reading |
| 7 | Temperature, air | TTT | °C | Bärfuss, Konrad | Thermometer/Hygrometer, Vaisala, HMP110 | Raw instrument reading |
| 8 | Temperature, air | TTT | °C | Bärfuss, Konrad | Thermometer/Hygrometer, Vaisala, HMP110 | Best guess |
| 9 | Humidity, relative | RH | % | Bärfuss, Konrad | Thermometer/Hygrometer, Vaisala, HMP110 | Raw instrument reading |
| 10 | Humidity, relative | RH | % | Bärfuss, Konrad | Thermometer/Hygrometer, Vaisala, HMP110 | Best guess |
| 11 | Wind speed | ff | m/s | Bärfuss, Konrad | Calculated from INS and total pressure | |
| 12 | Wind direction | dd | deg | Bärfuss, Konrad | Calculated from INS and total pressure |
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Curation Level: Enhanced curation (CurationLevelC)
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