UAS-based measurement of wind vector, temperature and humidity in Ny-Alesund, Svalbard, during April and May 2018

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This data set contains meteorological measurements from the MASC-3 research UAS (unmanned aircraft system) during a measurement campaign in April and May 2018 in Ny-Alesund, Svalbard. This data provides high-resolution in-situ measurements of the three-dimensional wind vector, humidity, and temperature up to 600 m AMSL. The flight path of MASC-3 was along the Broggerdalen, 1 km west of Ny-Alesund. During a measurement, MASC-3 is controlled by autopilot and flies along a 1 km - 2km long path, turning at the ends and repeating this path multiple times in multiple altitudes. This data set only contains these straight sections (called flight legs), with all turns cut out and with a constant airspeed of 18.5 m/s. Wind measurement is done using a five-hole probe in the front of the aircraft, together with an Inertial navigation sytem (INS) to calculate the wind vector from the airflow relative to the aircraft.

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DOI https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.946961
Metadata Access https://ws.pangaea.de/oai/provider?verb=GetRecord&metadataPrefix=datacite4&identifier=oai:pangaea.de:doi:10.1594/PANGAEA.946961
Provenance
Creator Schön, Martin (ORCID: 0000-0002-8572-933X); zum Berge, Kjell ORCID logo; Platis, Andreas ORCID logo; Bange, Jens ORCID logo
Publisher PANGAEA
Publication Year 2022
Funding Reference German Research Foundation https://doi.org/10.13039/501100001659 Crossref Funder ID 218345998 https://gepris.dfg.de/gepris/projekt/218345998 Investigating the Small-Scale Vertical and Horizontal Variability of the Atmospheric Boundary Layer Aerosol using Unmanned Aerial Vehicles
Rights Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International; https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
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Representation
Resource Type Publication Series of Datasets; Collection
Format application/zip
Size 13 datasets
Discipline Earth System Research
Spatial Coverage (11.830W, 78.919S, 11.929E, 78.940N)
Temporal Coverage Begin 2018-04-24T19:59:59Z
Temporal Coverage End 2018-05-25T13:40:17Z