Ship-Based UAV Measurements of Air-Sea Interaction in Marine Atmospheric Boundary Layer Processes in the Equatorial Indian Ocean

Abstract

The long-term goal of this project is to develop the scientific use of ship-based unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) for air-sea interaction (ASI), marine atmospheric boundary layer (MABL) and surface mixed layer (i.e. marine boundary layer, MBL) research, including real-time transmission of data for assimilation into models.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Sep 30, 2013
Accession Number
ADA598312

Entities

People

  • Ken Melville

Organizations

  • Scripps Institution of Oceanography

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms
  • Autonomy
  • Ground and Sea Platforms

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Acquisition
  • Aircrafts
  • Altimeters
  • Altitude
  • Assimilation
  • Boundaries
  • Boundary Layer
  • Cameras
  • Data Acquisition
  • Data Analysis
  • Indian Ocean
  • Laser Altimeters
  • Layers
  • Measurement
  • Oceans
  • Surface Waves
  • Unmanned Aerial Vehicles

Fields of Study

  • Environmental science

Readers

  • Ocean-Atmosphere Mesoscale Modeling, Data Assimilation, and Flux Boundary Layers
  • Unmanned Aerial System (UAS) Autonomous Capabilities and Mission Reconnaissance.

Technology Areas

  • Autonomy
  • Autonomy - UAVs