Joint Session 1 Autonomous Systems for Environmental Sensing and Weather Support for Autonomous System Operations—Part II: The Application of Autonomous Observing Platforms to Enhance Our Understanding of the Atmosphere and Ocean

Monday, 7 January 2019: 10:30 AM-12:00 PM
North 132ABC (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)
Hosts: (Joint between the 35th Conference on Environmental Information Processing Technologies; and the 19th Conference on Aviation, Range, and Aerospace Meteorology )
Cochairs:
Melissa A. Wagner, Arizona State Univ., School of Geographical Sciences and Urban Planning, Tempe, AZ; Robert Doe, Univ. of Liverpool, Liverpool; Randall Bass, FAA, Aviation Weather Division, Washington, DC and Scott S. Lindstrom, Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison, WI

This session presents the results from the use of unmanned aerial systems (UASs), unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), autonomous surface vehicles (ASV), and unmanned underwater vehicles (UUVs) to gather observations, to better assess impacts, to determine damage indicators, and to understand environmental change. Application of these platforms increase our understanding of natural hazards—like tornadoes, hail, floods, and hurricanes—and human-induced hazards—such as oil spills and shipwrecks. Terrestrial, coastal zone, and offshore applications will be included. The session is open to all natural and human-induced hazard UAS/UAV/ASV/UUV studies.

Papers:
10:30 AM
J1.1
Spatial Structure of Thermodynamic Variables in the Atmospheric Boundary Layer
Benjamin L. Hemingway, Oklahoma State Univ., Stillwater, OK; and A. E. Frazier, B. R. Elbing, and J. D. Jacob
10:45 AM
J1.2
Development of UAV-Deployed Air-Launched Drifters (ALD) for Aboveground Thermodynamic Measurements in Supercells
Sara J Swenson, Univ. of Colorado Boulder, Boulder, CO; and B. Argrow, E. W. Frew, S. Borenstein, and J. M. Keeler
11:00 AM
J1.3
Tornado Pathway Dynamics Using UASs: The Influence of Topography on Tornadoes
Melissa A. Wagner, Arizona State Univ., Tempe, AZ; and R. K. Doe

11:15 AM
J1.4
11:30 AM
J1.5
Saildrone Data Handling: Workflow from Drone to Desktop
Eugene F Burger, PMEL, Seattle, WA; and D. Peacock, A. Manke, K. M. O'Brien, R. H. Schweitzer, N. D. Anderson, E. D. Cokelet, N. Lawrence-Slavas, C. Meinig, C. W. Mordy, M. F. Cronin, J. N. Cross, and D. Zhang
11:45 AM
J1.6
Hybrid Autonomous Underwater Vehicle and Unmanned Surface Vehicle Sampling for Harmful Algal Blooms (HABs)—Prototype and Results of a Field Trial
Tiffany C. Vance, NOAA, Silver Spring, MD; and J. Mickett, J. A. Newton, R. W. Osborne, V. L. Trainer, and N. Trenaman
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