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Data Supporting Mobile Wind Measurements Using a Joust Configured Ultrasonic Anemometer Onboard a Multi-rotor sUAS

December 10, 2024
These data were collected to investigate how well wind speed and direction can be measured using a miniature sonic anemometer mounted in a joust configuration on a small uncrewed aircraft system (sUAS). Test flights occurred at a bog within Interior Alaska that was instrumented with an eddy covariance flux tower. Part of the tower's instrumentation was a highly accurate sonic anemometer which was used represented the real, or target, wind speed and direction. Because the sUAS and tower instruments are not co-located (as the sUAS is constantly moving) a concurrent experiment examined the amount of error due to this separation.
Publication Year 2024
Title Data Supporting Mobile Wind Measurements Using a Joust Configured Ultrasonic Anemometer Onboard a Multi-rotor sUAS
DOI 10.5066/P142EBC3
Authors Kristen L Manies, Derek Hollenbeck, Colin Edgar, Eugenie Euskirchen
Product Type Data Release
Record Source USGS Asset Identifier Service (AIS)
USGS Organization Geology, Minerals, Energy, and Geophysics Science Center
Rights This work is marked with CC0 1.0 Universal
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