USRL Activities
3 weeks UAV campaign (March 2017, Orounda Cyprus)
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Observation of the vertical composition of the atmosphere with UAV flights (Absorption, Size distribution, AOD, Ice Nuclei, etc.)
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Balloon Aircore flights (In collaboration with LSCE)
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Integration of Licor Methane Analyzer on Cruiser UAV(In collaboration with LSCE)
- Proof-of-concept flights
- Proof-of-concept flights
Development:
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USRL fixed wing UAV
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Conversion of Cruiser two-stroke carburetor engine to Electronic Fuel Injection (EFI)



USRL Summer Campaign – June, 2018
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Daily Vertical Atmospheric Profiles
Payload
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Miniature Scanning Aerosol Sun Photometer (miniSASP)
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Printed Optical Particle Spectrometer (POPS)
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Single Channel Tricolor Absorption Photometer (STAP)




USRL Fall Campaign – November, 2018
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Daily Vertical Atmospheric Profiles
Payload
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Miniature Scanning Aerosol Sun Photometer (miniSASP)
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Printed Optical Particle Spectrometer (POPS)
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Alpha sense OPC modified with pump and critical orifice
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Single Channel Tricolor Absorption Photometer (STAP)




Night Flight at Athalassa Campus
Purpose:
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To measure black carbon produced by domestic heating
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When? Christmas Holiday Season (increased wood burning)
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Instrument: 5 wavelength Aethalometer in a small size UAV



USRL Current Activities
AQ-SERVE RPF Integrated Project
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Intensive Seasonal Campaigns using UAVs
- Currently preparing for intensive (every 1hr for 24hrs) air quality flights in an urban environment
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Flights during regional pollution episodes
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Plume Emissions aerial measurements
ACCEPT Project:
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Intensive Seasonal Campaigns
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Development of a UAV-balloon system for atmospheric profiling up to the lower stratosphere
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Current Status:
- The release mechanism system has been developed and integrated
- Ready for Line-of-Sight Testing


