Flight Tests of Instrumentation for Airborne Carbon Dioxide Flux Measurement (Essais en vol de L'Appareillage de Mesure en vol du Flux de Dioxyde de Carbone).
Abstract
At the request of Agriculture Canada, the Flight Research Laboratory of the National Aeronautical Establishment (NAE) has operated the Twin Otter atmohspheric research aircraft fitted with a CO2 analyzer in order to assess the feasibility of making airborne carbon dioxide flux measurements. This report will summarize progress to date and present an analysis of the data collected during a series of nine test flights in August and September, 1982. The experimental results show that it is possible to make realistic measurements of the heat and CO2 fluxes from an aircraft instrumented to measure vertical gusts. Special tests and analysis procedures were conducted to investigate the accuracy of the carbon dioxide measurements. Recommendations for improvements in the design of future test programs are made. (Author)
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Oct 01, 1983
- Accession Number
- ADA135856
Entities
People
- J. I. Macpherson
Organizations
- National Research Council Canada