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Nucleation In ForesTs: NIFTY
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Clarkson University is
participating in a research project sponsored by NSF and Indiana
University. A month long campaign is planned to research atmospheric
particle nucleation within the Morgan-Monroe State Forest. We will
operate our unmanned aerial vehicle with a suite of particulate
sensors installed to fly over the forest and surrounding farm land
in order to study particle concentrations and variability and gather
data on particle distribution and drift that would be unobtainable
using sensors located on the ground or in fixed towers. Our vehicle
will be the Vector-P Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) from IntelliTech
Microsystems Inc. The aircraft is equipped with a Micropilot MP-2028LRC autopilot and a digital spectrum transmitter.
The MP-2028LRC is an integrated GPS and inertial navigation system
with a pitot-static system, an ultrasonic altimeter, and a pair of
radio modems with a 50 mile range. The aircraft has a 10,000 ft
ceiling and loiter time of 3 hours. The payload will include aGRIMM
Spectrometer Model 1.109 optical particle counter and a TSI 3007
Condensation Particle Counter.
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Students: Dan Valyou, Erik Zito,
Will Hull, Josh Butler, Jonathan Hoffman |
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Investigators: Sara Pryor,
Phil Hopke, Suresh Dhaniyala, Alan Rossner, Pier Marzocca; |
Sponsor: NFS - Indiana
University |
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