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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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