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Hot-Wire Anemometer Measurements Of Atmospheric Surface Layer Turbulence Via Unmanned Aerial Vehicle, Caleb A. Canter
Hot-Wire Anemometer Measurements Of Atmospheric Surface Layer Turbulence Via Unmanned Aerial Vehicle, Caleb A. Canter
Theses and Dissertations--Mechanical Engineering
An instrumented unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) was developed and employed to observe the full range of turbulent motions that exist within the inertial subrange of atmospheric surface layer turbulence. The UAV was host to a suite of pressure, temperature, humidity, and wind sensors which provide the necessary data to calculate the variety of turbulent statistics that characterize the flow. Flight experiments were performed with this aircraft, consisting of a large square pattern at an altitude of 100 m above ground level. In order to capture the largest turbulent scales it was necessary to maximize the size of the square pattern. …