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dc.contributor.authorGirdwood, Joseph
dc.contributor.authorSmith, Helen R.
dc.contributor.authorStanley, Warren
dc.contributor.authorUlanowski, Joseph
dc.contributor.authorStopford, Chris
dc.contributor.authorChemel, Charles
dc.contributor.authorDoulgeris, Konstantinos-Matthaios
dc.contributor.authorBrus, David
dc.contributor.authorCampbell, David
dc.contributor.authorMackenzie, Robert
dc.date.accessioned2021-03-25T23:00:01Z
dc.date.available2021-03-25T23:00:01Z
dc.date.issued2020-12-07
dc.identifier.citationGirdwood , J , Smith , H R , Stanley , W , Ulanowski , J , Stopford , C , Chemel , C , Doulgeris , K-M , Brus , D , Campbell , D & Mackenzie , R 2020 , ' Design and field campaign validation of a multi-rotor unmanned aerial vehicle and optical particle counter ' , Atmospheric Measurement Techniques , vol. 13 , no. 12 , pp. 6613–6630 . https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-13-6613-202
dc.identifier.issn1867-1381
dc.identifier.otherPURE: 22690256
dc.identifier.otherPURE UUID: b3801b84-bcd6-464b-b6df-f98df4ea5309
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/2299/24172
dc.description© Author(s) 2020. This work is distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).
dc.description.abstractSmall unmanned aircraft (SUA) have the potential to be used as platforms for the measurement of atmospheric particulates. The use of an SUA platform for these measurements provides benefits such as high manoeuvrability, re-usability, and low-cost when compared with traditional techniques. However, the complex aerodynamics of an SUA (particularly for multirotor airframes), combined with the miniaturisation of particle instruments poses difficulties for accurate and representative sampling of particulates. The work presented here relies on computational fluid dynamics with Lagrangian particle tracking (CFD-LPT) simulations to influence the design of a bespoke meteorological sampling system: the UH-AeroSAM. This consists of a custom built airframe, designed to reduce sampling artefacts due to the propellers, and a purpose built open-path optical particle counter–the Ruggedised Cloud and Aerosol Sounding System (RCASS). OPC size distribution measurements from the UH-AeroSAM are compared with the Cloud and Aerosol Precipitation Spectrometer (CAPS) for measurements of Stratus cloud during the Pallas Cloud Experiment (PaCE) in 2019. Good agreement is demonstrated between the two instruments. The integrated dN/dlog(Dp) is shown to have a coefficient of determination of 0.8, and a regression slope of 0.9 when plotted 1:1.en
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dc.language.isoeng
dc.relation.ispartofAtmospheric Measurement Techniques
dc.titleDesign and field campaign validation of a multi-rotor unmanned aerial vehicle and optical particle counteren
dc.contributor.institutionSchool of Physics, Astronomy and Mathematics
dc.contributor.institutionCentre for Research in Biodetection Technologies
dc.contributor.institutionCentre for Hazard Detection and Protection Research
dc.contributor.institutionCentre for Atmospheric and Climate Physics Research
dc.contributor.institutionParticle Instrumentation
dc.contributor.institutionAtmospheric Dynamics & Air Quality
dc.description.statusPeer reviewed
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rioxxterms.versionofrecordhttps://doi.org/10.5194/amt-13-6613-202
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