Applications of Aerosondes to Long-Term Measurements of the Atmosphere and Sea Ice Surface in the Beaufort/Chukchi Sector of the Arctic Ocean

该项目将开发一台可在北极使用的探空仪，为其设计一套仪器，对仪器进行现场测试，并在阿肯色州巴罗附近收集数据。Aerosonde是一种自动驾驶飞机，它建立在一个已在北极飞行的较小平台的设计之上。改进后的探空仪将比前一代更坚固，并增加了导航和科学仪器。改进后的探空仪将能够飞越陆地和海冰，以便测量在气候反馈系统中热量重新分配中发挥作用的地表和近地表属性。远程操作的探空仪还可以在不需要人类进入非常危险的环境的情况下进行测量，特别是在一年中最危险的时候。探空仪将为北极研究增加一项重要的访问能力，用于各种大气和表面特性研究。

The project will develop an Arctic-capable aerosonde, design an instrument package for it, field test the instruments, and collect data in the Barrow, AK vicinity. The aerosonde is an autonomous aircraft that that builds on a design of a smaller platform that has flown in the Arctic. The improved aerosonde will be more robust and have increased navigational as well scientific instrumentation than its predecessor. The improved aerosonde will be able to fly over land and sea ice in order to make measurements of surface and near-surface properties that play a role in redistribution of heat in climate feedback systems. The remotely operated aerosonde also allows measurements to be made without the need of humans entering a very dangerous environment, particularly during the most hazardous time of the year. The aeorsonde will add an important access capability to Arctic research for a wide variety of atmospheric and surface properties studies.