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Titans of Industry
Presenter: Lynn Fenstermaker, PhD
DRI UAV EXPERTISE AND RELATED INTERESTS
Representing 30+ Faculty with UAV or Sensor Expertise and Interests
Who are we? Global Research Institutionwithin NV System of Higher Education
~559 employees with ~155 research faculty
Non-tenure / soft-money structure: Faculty generate their own salaries
Faculty bring ~$40M into Nevada’s economy
Largest sources of funding: 19% DOE, 18% DoD, 16% Dept of Commerce
Industry partners: AG Energy, NV Energy, Ecology and Environment, FullCon Solutions
LLC, Geochimica, H-Power, IBM, MAGEE Scientific, Pacific Renewable Fuels, Sierra Geothermal Power Corporation, SpecTIR, Universal Combustion Technologies, Battelle Memorial Institute (PNNL), REII (renewable energy), University of California (LBNL)
On any given day DRI conducts ~ 300 research projects Research on every continent and all southwestern US military base Over 60 specialized labs & research facilities
DRI invests ~ $1.6M annually in non-state dollars for support of UNR and UNLV graduate students
Research Structure
Research Divisions:
Atmospheric Sciences
Earth and Ecosystem Sciences
Hydrologic Sciences
Integrated Science Centers:
Center for Advanced Visualization, Computation, and Modeling (CAVCaM)
Rogers Center for EnvironmentalRemediation and Monitoring (CERM)
Watersheds and Environmental Sustainability (CWES)
Clean Technologies and Renewable Energy Center (CTREC)
DRI Aerial Platform Experience
Manned aircraft:
Cloud seeding
Air quality monitoring and profiling with LiDAR
Hyperspectral imaging for ecosystem monitoring
Balloons:
Air quality, chemistry and water content monitoring and profiling
Class I UAV (fixed wing and helicopter):
Ecosystem monitoring
Aerosol and cloud physics
Radiative flux measurement above and below clouds
Pollution monitoring
DRI Sensor DevelopmentW. Patrick Arnott and team:
4 patents and commercialized 3 versions of photoacoustic instrument working with Droplet Measurement Technology
Photoacoustic Measurements of Aerosol Light Absorption and Scattering from a Twin Otter Platform
Students working with the Dual Wavelength PhotoacousticInstrument at the Fire Science Lab and UNR instrument class
Significant layers of light absorbing aerosol near 650 mband 550 mb, with a clean layer in between at 600 mb.
PHOTOACOUSTIC LIGHT ABS.
Vertical Profile: Pancaked Layers of Russian Forest Fire Smoke Measured Over Oklahoma
Sensor Package DevelopmentJohn Watson and Judy Chow:
On-board pollution emission measurement system Sample Conditioning Module (#1) Real-time Gas Module (#2)
Real-time PM Module (#4)Integrated
Sample Module (#3) Battery (#5)
Subset of DRI UAV Projects
Collaborative DRI project for NSF: Eric Wilcox - DRI Lead
DRI project for DOE: Lynn Fenstermaker - DRI Lead
DRI project for USDA ARS: Ken McGwire - DRI Lead
Moisture dynamics in the cloudy and polluted tropical atmosphere: The Cloud Aerosol Radiative Forcing Dynamics Experiment (CARDEX)
Eric Wilcox, DRI, eric.wilcox@dri.edu, 775-673-7686
Rick Thomas, P. S. Praveen, Kristina Pistone, V. Ramanathan, Lynne Russell, Scripps/UCSD
Frida Bender, Örjan Gustaffson , Stockholm University
Yan Feng, Argonne National Laboratory
Nic Beres, Hans Moosmüller, Rajan Chackrabarty, DRI
Julia Remmers, Steffen Doener, Max Planck Institute, Mainz
The Cloud Aerosol Radiative Forcing Dynamics Experiment (CARDEX)
Feb.-Mar. 2012 Hanimaadhoo Island, Republic of Maldives, North Indian Ocean
Goal: document detailed impact of continental-scale plume of sooty pollution from South Asia on trade cumulus clouds
Aircraft: Three Manta UAV
Ground measurements: aerosol, radiation, lidar aerosol profiles, microwave radiometer
Modeling: WRF-Chem simulations of aerosol transport and boundary layer clouds.
Cloud physics aircraft measures cloud drop sizes and concentration.
Flux aircraft measures high-frequency variations of vertical velocity, temperature, and humidity.
Aerosol/radiation aircraft measures aerosol particle concentration, black carbon concentration and up/down solar fluxes.
Water Vapor Flux MeasurementSystem Hardware
Inertial Navigation
System• C-migits III
• 100Hz Pitch, roll, yaw and
navigational information
• Coupled to GPS
Datalogger• 100Hz logging
• 32 Analog inputs• 4 digital inputs
KH2O Probe• Krypton UV source
• 100Hz Water Vapor absorption(116 & 123nm)
Laser Altimeter
• 100Hz logging• High Accuracy
Li-poly Batteries
• Up to 5 hours of logging time
• 100Hz wind components u,v,w
relative to UAV
Gust Probe
First-ever UAV profiles of turbulent moisture flux in the boundary layer
Determination of how soot-induced warming of the lower troposphere affects transport of moisture from the ocean and through the boundary layer to the clouds
Micro-aethalometer black carbon concentrations and absorption coefficient vertical profiles on Mar. 26, 2012
Assessing Climate Change Treatment Effects with a Radio Control Helicopter Multispectral Platform
Dr. Lynn Fenstermaker, Desert Research Institute ▪ Eric Knight, University of Nevada, Las Vegas
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UAV Platform: Class I helicopter, 55.7” length
Sensor Package: Tetracam multispectral camera simulating green, red and IR Landsat bands and real time altimeter with engine and battery monitoring Climate Treatment Effects on
Plant Cover
Multispectral CIR photoStandard color digital photo
Feasibility Testing of Helicopter-based Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Technology to Support
Land Management Agency Objectives
Desert Research Institute
Kenneth McGwire
Lynn Fenstermaker
David McGraw
USDA Agricultural Research Service
Mark Weltz
Christo Morris
Julie Finzell
Federal land management agencies like the USFS, BLM and the NRCS rely heavily on field measurements to monitor the health and
productivity of millions of acres.
UAV technology can support more efficient and comprehensive landscape characterization to meet those missions.
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UAV color infrared imagery to measure leaf area in cattle allotments. Requirement for setting stocking rates to balance the economic needs of producers with ecosystem sustainability.
The very high spatial resolution of UAV imagery helps improve the parameterization of models for soil erosion and ecosystem function.
Results show typical 50 meter transects are too small to provide an unbiased estimate of landscape conditions.
UAV sampling can provide equal statistical confidence with deployment to a smaller number of different locations.
Test Results
DRI UAV Future Directions
Acquire new platforms
Fixed wing and helicopter
Design and develop smaller sensors
T-Probe, chemical ion sensor
Develop new sensor packages
Miniaturized cloud radar, cloud condensation nuclei counters and meteorology
Increase number and type of applications
Cloud seeding, Atmospheric profiling along horizontal gradients, Water and Ecosystem monitoring, Fire and wildlife studies, Post-disaster surveys, Utility line surveys and more
Data analytics and visualization
Student internships and training
Partner with industry to expand UAV capacity within NV and commercialize sensors
1,000 Fires, Northern CA, Summer 2008: Peak Smoke in Reno around local noon, July 10th
20UAV will enable:• Real time situational awareness• Post-burn ecosystem analysis and mapping• Smoke plume and emission studies
Source: NASA California Wild Fires 2008
HOW CAN WE HELP YOU?
Visit us at: www.dri.edu
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