Modular Airborne Aerial System MASS-II
Abstract
ABSTRACT This is a proposal to construct and test a new version of the Modular Aerial Sensing System (MASS), originally designed, built, and used for oceanographic and terrestrial research by PI Ken Melville and colleagues at Scripps Institution of Oceanography (SIO). The new system, called MASS-II, is essentially an exact copy of the original MASS except where newer models of the original component instruments are available. MASSII will be field tested in the CARTHE/LASER experiment in the Gulf of Mexico in January-February 2016. The proposal includes three options to enhance the capabilities of the MASS-II. These include one for making the system operational from helicopters; another for adding on-board data processing and a satellite data link to a ground station for real-time data transmission; and, finally, a laser Doppler system for wind profiling between the aircraft and the surface. After construction and testing, the Air Sea Interaction Laboratory at SIO will operate the system for the Office of Naval Research.
Document Details
- Document Type
- DoD Grant Award
- Publication Date
- Aug 12, 2016
- Source ID
- N000141512871
Entities
People
- Ken Melville
Organizations
- Office of Naval Research
- United States Navy
- University of California, San Diego