Measurement of high reynolds number turbulence in the atmospheric boundary layer using unmanned aerial vehicles

Sean C.C. Bailey; Brandon M. Witte; Cornelia Schlagenhauf; Brian R. Greene; Phillip B. Chilson

Measurement of high reynolds number turbulence in the atmospheric boundary layer using unmanned aerial vehicles

Sean C.C. Bailey, Brandon M. Witte, Cornelia Schlagenhauf, Brian R. Greene, Phillip B. Chilson

Mechanical Engineering

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Abstract

This paper provides an overview of recently conducted experiments in which atmospheric boundary layer turbulence was measured by unmanned aerial vehicles. These experiments were conducted as part of a larger, multi-university measurement campaign. Results from profiling flights, used to characterize the atmospheric boundary layer characteristics are presented. Relative statistics are then presented, measured at different times during the boundary layer transition from stably stratified to convective conditions. The turbulence statistics are found to agree with the expected general behavior, but have the advantage of being less dependent on Taylor's frozen flow hypothesis hypothesis to translate time-dependent information to spatial information.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	10th International Symposium on Turbulence and Shear Flow Phenomena, TSFP 2017
ISBN (Electronic)	9780000000002
State	Published - 2017
Event	10th International Symposium on Turbulence and Shear Flow Phenomena, TSFP 2017 - Chicago, United States Duration: Jul 6 2017 → Jul 9 2017

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Name	10th International Symposium on Turbulence and Shear Flow Phenomena, TSFP 2017
Volume	4

Conference

Conference	10th International Symposium on Turbulence and Shear Flow Phenomena, TSFP 2017
Country/Territory	United States
City	Chicago
Period	7/6/17 → 7/9/17

Bibliographical note

Funding Information:
This work was supported by the National Science Foundation through grant #CBET-1351411 and by National Science Foundation award #1539070, Collaboration Leading Operational UAS Development for Meteorology and Atmospheric Physics (CLOUDMAP). The authors would like to thank Ryan Nolin, Caleb Canter, Jonathan Hamilton, Elizabeth Pillar-Little, William Sanders, and Robert Singler who worked tirelessly to build, maintain, and fly the unmanned vehicles used in this study.

Publisher Copyright:
Copyright © 2016 Zakon Group LLC.

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Atmospheric Science
Aerospace Engineering

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Bailey, S. C. C., Witte, B. M., Schlagenhauf, C., Greene, B. R., & Chilson, P. B. (2017). Measurement of high reynolds number turbulence in the atmospheric boundary layer using unmanned aerial vehicles. In 10th International Symposium on Turbulence and Shear Flow Phenomena, TSFP 2017 (10th International Symposium on Turbulence and Shear Flow Phenomena, TSFP 2017; Vol. 4).

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Measurement of high reynolds number turbulence in the atmospheric boundary layer using unmanned aerial vehicles. / Bailey, Sean C.C.; Witte, Brandon M.; Schlagenhauf, Cornelia et al.

10th International Symposium on Turbulence and Shear Flow Phenomena, TSFP 2017. 2017. (10th International Symposium on Turbulence and Shear Flow Phenomena, TSFP 2017; Vol. 4).

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