Session 5 Aircraft Platforms and Airborne Measurements

Tuesday, 16 January 2001: 8:00 AM-12:00 PM
Host: 11th Symposium on Meteorological Observations and Instrumentation
Organizer:
Timothy L. Crawford, NOAA/ARL, U.S. Dept. Commerce / NOAA, Idaho Falls, ID

Papers:
8:00 AM
5.1
The Aerosonde Global Reconnaissance Facility
Doug Gauntlett, Aerosonde Robotic Aircraft, Boulder, CO; and G. Holland, J. Curry, and P. Webster

8:15 AM
5.2
The UA/NSSL Remotely Piloted Vehicle
Nilton O. Renno, Univ. of Arizona, Tucson, AZ; and K. W. Howard, F. W. Gallagher III, and M. W. Douglas

8:30 AM
5.3
Recent developments in the design and testing of the glidersonde
Kenneth W. Howard, NOAA/NSSL, Norman, OK; and D. Egle, F. W. Gallagher III, N. Renno, and M. W. Douglas

8:45 AM
5.4
9:00 AM
5.5
Targeted observations of the boundary layer using the Glidersonde Meteorological Package in a radio controlled aircraft: Results and limitations
Daniel B. Weber, CAPS/Univ. of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and F. W. Gallagher III and K. W. Howard

9:15 AM
5.6
Small Environmental Research Aircraft: The Future of Airborne Geoscience
Timothy L. Crawford, NOAA/ARL, Idaho Falls, ID; and G. H. Crescenti and J. M. Hacker

9:30 AM
5.7
A small aircraft for more than just ozone: MetAir's 'DIMONA' after ten years of evolving development
Bruno Neininger, MetAir AG, Menzingen, Switzerland; and W. Fuchs, M. Baeumle, A. Volz-Thomas, A. S. H. Prévôt, and J. Dommen

9:45 AM
5.8
Development and testing of a Sky Arrow 650 ERA for Atmospheric research
Edward J. Dumas, NOAA/ARL, Oak Ridge, TN; and S. B. Brooks and J. Verfaillie Jr.

10:00 AM
5.9
Comparison of Aircraft Attitude Determination by GPS, INS, and Airborne Laser: Preliminary Results
C. Wayne Wright, NASA/GSFC, Wallops Island, VA; and J. R. French

10:15 AM
5.10
A high-resolution temperature probe for airborne measurements
Jeffrey R. French, NOAA/ERL/ARL, Idaho Falls, ID; and T. L. Crawford, R. C. Johnson, and O. R. Cote

10:30 AM
5.11
Improved procedure to correct airborne Doppler radar data
Brian Bosart, University of California, Los Angeles, CA; and W. C. Lee and R. Wakimoto

10:45 AM
5.12
Measuring trace gas fluxes on a regional scale using airborne relaxed eddy accumulation
C. R. Flechard, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, Ottawa, ON, Canada; and R. L. Desjardins, J. I. MacPherson, T. Zhu, D. Wang, and E. Pattey

11:00 AM
5.13
The Cloud, Aerosol and Precipitation Spectrometer (CAPS)—A New Instrument for Cloud Investigations
Darrel Baumgardner, Droplet Measurement Technologies, Boulder, CO; and H. Jonsson, W. Dawson, D. O'Connor, and R. Newton

11:15 AM
5.14
11:30 AM
5.8a
Coffee Break

11:59 AM
5.8b
Exhibit Hours 10:00AM–2:00PM

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