The miniature unmanned Airborne Sunphotometer for Sun-Tracking Atmospheric Research (muSSTAR) will provide a link between local aerosols in the boundary layer and the global measurements of Aerosol Optical Thickness (AOT). We describe a path towards a prototype small airborne sunphotometer hosted on an unmanned aerial system for enabling air-quality and climate science by profiling the lower atmospheric boundary layer over land and boundary layer in coastal environments. This project aims to miniaturize NASA Ames’ world-leading instrumentation for use on unmanned aerial vehicles.


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    Title :

    Miniature Unmanned Airborne Sunphotometer for Sun-Tracking Atmospheric Research (muSSTAR)


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    Conference:

    Ames Research and Technology Forum ; 2019 ; Virtual, US


    Type of media :

    Conference paper


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    No indication


    Language :

    English




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