In-situ observations of Arctic Sea ice and boundary-layer structure using airborne remotely piloted vehicles

使用机载遥控飞行器对北极海冰和边界层结构进行现场观测

• 批准号: 478963-2015
• 负责人: Moore, Kent
• 金额: $ 1.82万
• 依托单位: University of Toronto
• 依托单位国家: 加拿大
• 项目类别: Engage Grants Program
• 财政年份: 2015
• 资助国家: 加拿大
• 起止时间: 2015-01-01 至 2016-12-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nserc-crsng.gc.ca/ase-oro/Details-Detailles_eng.asp?id=579868
• 关键词: situ; observations; Arctic; Sea; ice

Remotely Piloted Vehicles (RPVs) or Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) are becoming an increasingly important and economical way to provide remotely sensed and in-situ data on the environment. This is especially true in the Arctic where dramatic changes are occurring to the climate system and where conventional ways to monitor these changes are expensive and/or non-existent. This proposal will allow PrecisionHawk, a leading Canadian company with an expertise in the development of UAVs, to partner with Professor Kent Moore, a leading Canadian researcher in Arctic Meteorology, in order to develop the capability of using their UAVs in the observing and monitoring of Arctic sea ice and boundary-layer meteorology. The technology to be developed will help improve our understanding of the climate of the Arctic as well as having commercial importance for resource extraction, route-planning and weather forecasting in the region.

遥控飞行器（RPV）或无人驾驶航空器（UAV）正在成为提供环境遥感和现场数据的一种日益重要和经济的方式。在北极地区尤其如此，那里的气候系统正在发生巨大变化，而且监测这些变化的传统方法成本高昂和/或根本不存在。这一提议将使PrecisionHawk这一在开发无人驾驶航空器方面具有专门知识的加拿大主要公司能够与加拿大北极气象学主要研究人员肯特摩尔教授合作，以发展利用其无人驾驶航空器观测和监测北极海冰和边界层气象的能力。这项技术将有助于提高我们对北极气候的了解，并对该地区的资源开采、路线规划和天气预报具有商业重要性。