Fixedwing UAS soundings of the boundary layer during the ScaleX campaign 2015 in
southern Germany
Andreas Philipp, Alexander Groos, Erik PetersenInstitute for GeographyUniversity of Augsburg
ISARRA 2016Session 23 PM6 ACS2: Aircraft Control Systems
Arbeitsgruppe UnbemannteLuftfahrtsysteme Universität
Augsburg
AULA
Outline
1. Motivation
2. UAS setup
3. ScaleX campaign
4. Experiments· diurnal cycle· high frequency profiles· long term constant level flights
5. Conclusions and outlook
1. Motivation for running UAS
Institute for Geography (1500 students) Augsburg (20400) :
Physical Geography:
Focus 1: large scale circulation dynamics, teleconnections, downscaling, circulation/weather type classifications
Focus 2: Environmental health sciencesand Urban-/Topoclimatology· High density of aerosol and air quality stations· Medical cohort studies· Foundation of Faculty for Medicine
Instrumentation: · conventional weather stations + 1 ceilometer· 2012/13 first experiments with kites/model aircrafts· 2014 starting PPRZ UAS inspired by Reuder et al. 2009
A ServosB LED-LightC Wing stabilizerD MotorE Telemetry modemF RC receiverG LiPo BatteryH Airspeed tubeI Temperature- & humidity sensorJ Motor controllerK Autopilot controllerL Ailerons- & elevatorM GPS
M
1,6 m
2030 g
2. UAS setup: Flying wings (EPP self assembly)
LiPo: 5800mAh 3S 11.1VMotor: Hacker A30 12 XL:14x9“ airscrew500W / 6100 RPM70A motor controller
PPRZ Autopilot controler
RC-Receiver
SD-Logger
USB
MotorServo1Servo2
APOGEE V1.0 (ENAC)STM32F405RGT6 / 168MHz192k RAM 1024k FLASH9 DOF IMU MPU-9150Barometer MPL3115A2UART, I²C, SPI Bus10.4 g / 53 x 25mm
2. UAS setup
GPS ublox 6
Telemetry modemXbee-Pro ZB
RC-Receiver
SD-Logger
USB
MotorServo1Servo2
APOGEE V1.0 (ENAC)STM32F405RGT6 / 168MHz192k RAM 1024k FLASH9 DOF IMU MPU-9150Barometer MPL3115A2UART, I²C, SPI Bus10.4 g / 53 x 25mm
Ground Control Station
2. UAS setupPPRZ Autopilot controler
Humidity /Temp.SHT75
GPS ublox 6
TemperaturePt1000 (Temod)
Telemetry modemXbee-Pro ZB
ETS Airspeed
RC-Receiver
SD-Logger
USB
MotorServo1Servo2
APOGEE V1.0 (ENAC)STM32F405RGT6 / 168MHz192k RAM 1024k FLASH9 DOF IMU MPU-9150Barometer MPL3115A2UART, I²C, SPI Bus10.4 g / 53 x 25mm
Ground Control Station
2. UAS setupPPRZ Autopilot controler
3. ScaleX campaign
Climate change impact on local and regionalscales in different landscapes:
→ water and energy budget
→ trace gas emission
· long term measurements· intensive measurements · model validation on different scales
3. ScaleX campaign
1km
N
Hohen-Peissenbergobservatory
130m
Hohenpeissenberg
to Ammersee
exaggeration factor=5
Fendt
A: remote sensing hubB: Cosmic Ray Neutron C: EC station, D: autom. water samplerE: RASSF: big chamberG: lysimeter clusterH: 10 m towerI: 3D-Doppler LIDARsJ: nearby farmK: methane analyzer
SoilNetFen nodes precipitation gauges groundwater wells
discharge weirs
3. ScaleX campaign
47.834
47.832
47.830
47.828
11.056 11.058 11.060 11.062 11.064 11.066°E
°N
+
Wolf et al. 2016
Instrumentation TERENO site Fendt
Experiment 1 – diurnal cycle (30.06.-01.07.2015)
24 hours profiles (~3 ascents per hour) up to 1000m AGL
time measure: T(°C)
14 :00 2:00 14:00
Experiment 1 – diurnal cycle (30.06.-01.07.2015)
24 hours profiles (~3 ascents per hour) up to 1000m AGL
time measure: T(°C)
14 :00 2:00 14:00~14:00 CEST
Experiment 2 – ½ h profiles (15.07.2015)
One ascent every ~0.5 hour + flyover of microlight Junkermann (IMK-IFU)
time measure: T(°C)
07 :00 13:00
Experiment 2 – ½ h profiles (15.07.2015)
One ascent every ~0.5 hour + flyover of microlight Junkermann (IMK-IFU)
time measure: T(°C)
08 :00 08:10
Experiment 2 – ½ h profiles (15.07.2015)
HATPRO
UAV-Pt1000
microlightthermocouple
RASS
Profile comparison for air temperature 8:00 CEST
Experiment 3 – long term constant levels (06-08.2015): 1 UAV at 300 m & 1 UAV at 500 mTwo batteries per UAVMaximum flight time 52 min (with sensor error)
time
06 :00 13:20
Experiment 3 – long term constant levels (06-08.2015):
UAS height 500m AGLUAS height 300m AGLVertical displacement measured by GPS
Air speed measured by pitot tube
6:00 CEST 13:20 CEST
13:20 CEST8:00 CEST
10:00 CEST
5. Conclusion and outlook
· Flying wing / Apogee - UAS:
· Easy setup (thanks to PPRZ/ENAC) & handling,· up to 1000m AGL· ascent frequency 1/2h, flight times >50 min, day & night· dense in-situ measurement profiles, reasonable quality· high frequency UAS displacement as turbulencev proxy
ScaleX 2016 (focus on sensors):· barometer available, all UAS with Pt1000· faster response time for humidity sensors (P14 rapid?)· use flight recorder imu measurements for turbulence· field calibration between different UAS· systematic comparison with other instruments· model validation (WRF & METRAS)
1 km WRF gridboxIGUA flight patternsfor ScaleX 2016
soilnet box
WRF 1km grid box
ScaleX 2016
1000m AGL24h cycle1 hourlywith 5 UAS(& many students)
5. Conclusion and outlook
5. Conclusion and outlook
· Operational profiling flights since summer 2015ca. 2 times per weekPBL 300 m AGL, before sun rise> 1 million measurement points
· Pollen campaign 2016 → large scale pollen transport
using on-board sampler
· Flight tests at Zugspitze for Aerosol Supersite Project
· BMBF Urban Climate Berlin
The ScaleX campaign: scale-crossing land-surface and boundary layer processes in the TERENO-pre-Alpine observatory (submitted to BAMS)
Thanks to:B. Wolf1, C. Chwala1, B. Fersch1, J. Garvelmann1, W. Junkermann1, M. J. Zeeman1, A. Angerer3, B. Adler2, C. Beck4, C. Brosy1, P. Brugger1, S. Emeis1, M. Dannenmann1, F. De Roo1, E. Diaz-Pines1, E. Haas1, I. Hajnsek7,9, J. Jacobeit4, T. Jagdhuber7, N. Kalthoff2, R. Kiese1, H. Kunstmann1,4, O. Kosak3, R. Krieg6, C. Malchow1, M. Mauder1, R. Merz6, C. Notarnicola8, A. Philipp4, W. Reif3, S. Reineke1, T. Rödiger6, N. Ruehr1, K. Schäfer1, M. Schrön5, A. Senatore10, H. Shupe1, I. Völksch1, C. Wanninger3, S. Zacharias5, and H. P. Schmid1
1 Institute of Meteorology and Climate Research (IMK-IFU), Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), 82467 Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany2 Institute of Meteorology and Climate Research (IMK-TRO), Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), 76021 Karlsruhe, Germany3 Institute for Software & Systems Engineering (ISSE), University of Augsburg, Germany4 Institute of Geography (IGUA), University of Augsburg, Germany5 Department Monitoring & Exploration Technologies, Helmholtz-Centre for Environmental Research (UFZ), 04318 Leipzig, Germany6 Department Catchment Hydrology, Helmholtz-Centre for Environmental Research (UFZ), 06120 Halle/Saale, Germany7 Department of Radar Concepts, German Aerospace Center (DLR), 82234 Oberpfaffenhofen, Germany8 Institute for Applied Remote Sensing, European Academy of Bolzano (EURAC), 39100 Bolzano, Italy9 Institute of Environmental Engineering, ETH Zürich, Switzerland10 Department of Civil and Chemical Engineering, University of Calabria, Rende/Cosenza, Italy
And: PPRZ team Gautier Hattenberger & Felix Ruess &→Martin Müller & Joachim Reuder (SUMO)
Experiment 1 – diurnal cycle (30.06.-01.07.2015)
24 hours profiles (~3 ascents per hour) up to 1000m AGL
time measure: T(°C)
14 :00 2:00 14:00~14:00 CEST
SHT75
140m
Experiment 1 – diurnal cycle (30.06.-01.07.2015)
24 hours profiles (~3 ascents per hour) up to 1000m AGL
time measure: T(°C)
14 :00 2:00 14:00~14:00 CEST
140m
Pt1000