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A Method for Detecting Atmospheric Lagrangian Coherent Structures ( LCSs ) using a Single Fixed Wing Unmanned Aircraft System ( UAS )
| Content Provider | Semantic Scholar |
|---|---|
| Author | Nolan, Peter J. McClelland, Hunter G. Woolsey, Craig A. Ross, Shane D. |
| Copyright Year | 2019 |
| Abstract | The transport of material through the atmosphere is an issue with wide ranging implications for fields as diverse as agriculture, aviation, and human health. Due to the unsteady nature of the atmosphere, predicting how material will be transported via Earth’s wind field is challenging. Lagrangian diagnostics, such as Lagrangian coherent structures (LCSs), have been used to discover the most significant regions of material collection or dispersion. However, Lagrangian diagnostics can be time consuming to calculate and often rely on weather forecasts that may not be completely accurate. Recently, Eulerian diagnostics have been developed which can provide indications of LCS and have computational advantages over their Lagrangian counterparts. In this paper, a methodology is developed for estimating local Eulerian diagnostics from wind velocity data measured by a fixed wing unmanned aircraft system (UAS) flying in circular arcs. Using a simulation environment, it is shown that the Eulerian diagnostic estimates from UAS measurements approximate the true local Eulerian diagnostics, therefore also predicting the passage of LCSs. This methodology requires only a single flying UAS, making it more easy to implement in the field than existing alternatives. |
| File Format | PDF HTM / HTML |
| Alternate Webpage(s) | http://vixra.org/pdf/1811.0373v2.pdf |
| Language | English |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Article |
