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NOAA UAS for In-Situ Tropical Cyclone Sensing

PI Massood Towhidnejad

For this project, Embry-Riddle faculty and students are collaborating with the sponsor, the National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration, to produce an unmanned aircraft supporting in-situ sensing of a tropical cyclone environment near the ocean surface.

A new unmanned aircraft is being researched and developed to support this unique mission. Sensors from the dropsonde, a parachute-based data collection package, will be repackaged and integrated into the aircraft's onboard systems. To support a tube-based launch from a P-3 hurricane hunting aircraft's sonde buoy launch system, the airframe will feature collapsible wings that will deploy after launch. Aircraft test flights are anticipated during summer 2011, with a possible tropical cyclone flight during the 2011 or 2012 hurricane seasons.

Research Dates

03/01/2010 to 09/30/2015

Researchers

  • Ilteris Demirkiran

    Ilteris Demirkiran

    Department
    Electrical Engineering and Computer Science Dept
    Degrees
    Ph.D., M.S., Syracuse University
  • Richard S. Stansbury

    Richard S. Stansbury

    Department
    Electrical Engineering and Computer Science Dept
    Degrees
    Ph.D., M.S., B.S., University of Kansas
  • Massood Towhidnejad

    Massood Towhidnejad

    Department
    Electrical Engineering and Computer Science Dept
    Degrees
    Ph.D., M.S., B.S., University of Central Florida

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