Development and Testing of a Rocket-Based Sensor for Atmospheric Sensing Using an Unmanned Aerial System.

ABSTRACT: Measurements of the vertical structure of the lower atmosphere are important to the understanding of air quality. Unmanned Aerial Systems (UASs, drones) can provide low cost, repeatable measurements of the temperature, pressure, and relative humidity. A set of inexpensive sensors controlled with an Arduino microprocessor board were tested on a UAS against a meteorology grade sensor. Two modes of operation for sampling were tested: a forward moving sampler and a vertical ascent sampler. A small particle sensor (Sensiron SPS30) was integrated and was capable of retrieving vertical aerosol distributions during an inversion event. The thermocouple-based temperature probe and the relative humidity measurement on the Bosch BME280 sensor correlated well with the meteorological sensor. The tempera

SUBMITTER: Thalman R 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10975489 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature