Using Unmanned Air Systems to Monitor Methane in the Atmosphere
Methane is likely to be an important contributor to global warming, and our current knowledge of its sources, distributions, and transport is insufficient. It is estimated that there could be from 7.5 to 400 billion tons carbon-equivalent of methane in the arctic region, a broad range that is indica...
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ftnasantrs:oai:casi.ntrs.nasa.gov:20160003620 2023-05-15T14:57:18+02:00 Using Unmanned Air Systems to Monitor Methane in the Atmosphere Clow, Jacqueline Smith, Jeremy Christopher Unclassified, Unlimited, Publicly available February 2016 application/pdf http://hdl.handle.net/2060/20160003620 unknown Document ID: 20160003620 http://hdl.handle.net/2060/20160003620 Copyright, Distribution as joint owner in the copyright CASI Environment Pollution Aircraft Design Testing and Performance NASA/TM-2016-219008 L-20600 NF1676L-22267 2016 ftnasantrs 2019-07-21T06:08:20Z Methane is likely to be an important contributor to global warming, and our current knowledge of its sources, distributions, and transport is insufficient. It is estimated that there could be from 7.5 to 400 billion tons carbon-equivalent of methane in the arctic region, a broad range that is indicative of the uncertainty within the Earth Science community. Unmanned Air Systems (UASs) are often used for combat or surveillance by the military, but they also have been used for Earth Science field missions. In this study, we will analyze the utility of the NASA Global Hawk and the Aurora Flight Sciences Orion UASs compared to the manned DC-8 aircraft for conducting a methane monitoring mission. The mission will focus on the measurement of methane along the boundaries of Arctic permafrost thaw and melting glaciers. The use of Long Endurance UAS brings a new range of possibilities including the ability to obtain long- term and persistent observations and to significantly augment methane measurements/retrievals collected by satellite. Furthermore, we discuss the future of long endurance UAS and their potential for science applications in the next twenty to twenty-five years. Other/Unknown Material Arctic Global warming permafrost NASA Technical Reports Server (NTRS) Arctic Orion ENVELOPE(-59.800,-59.800,-62.438,-62.438) |
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Methane is likely to be an important contributor to global warming, and our current knowledge of its sources, distributions, and transport is insufficient. It is estimated that there could be from 7.5 to 400 billion tons carbon-equivalent of methane in the arctic region, a broad range that is indicative of the uncertainty within the Earth Science community. Unmanned Air Systems (UASs) are often used for combat or surveillance by the military, but they also have been used for Earth Science field missions. In this study, we will analyze the utility of the NASA Global Hawk and the Aurora Flight Sciences Orion UASs compared to the manned DC-8 aircraft for conducting a methane monitoring mission. The mission will focus on the measurement of methane along the boundaries of Arctic permafrost thaw and melting glaciers. The use of Long Endurance UAS brings a new range of possibilities including the ability to obtain long- term and persistent observations and to significantly augment methane measurements/retrievals collected by satellite. Furthermore, we discuss the future of long endurance UAS and their potential for science applications in the next twenty to twenty-five years. |
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Clow, Jacqueline Smith, Jeremy Christopher |
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Clow, Jacqueline Smith, Jeremy Christopher |
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Clow, Jacqueline |
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Using Unmanned Air Systems to Monitor Methane in the Atmosphere |
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Using Unmanned Air Systems to Monitor Methane in the Atmosphere |
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Using Unmanned Air Systems to Monitor Methane in the Atmosphere |
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Using Unmanned Air Systems to Monitor Methane in the Atmosphere |
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Using Unmanned Air Systems to Monitor Methane in the Atmosphere |
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using unmanned air systems to monitor methane in the atmosphere |
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2016 |
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Arctic Global warming permafrost |
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Arctic Global warming permafrost |
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Document ID: 20160003620 http://hdl.handle.net/2060/20160003620 |
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