Development of Balloon-Assisted Gliding Unmanned Aerial Vehicle System for Atmospheric Observation and Spatiotemporal Aerosol Variations in Summer Troposphere over Syowa Station

A novel aerosol observation and sampling system has been developed by combining a rubber balloon and an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV). The system takes advantage of the feature of an observation method using a rubber balloon, which is handy, inexpensive, and higher reachable observation altitude tha...

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Main Authors: Shin-Ichiro Higashino, Masahiko Hayashi, Shiina Umemoto, Shuji Nagasaki, Motoki Nishimura, Keiichi Ozuka, Koichi Shiraishi, Ayumi Naganuma
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: National Institute of Polar Research 2021-01-01
Series:Antarctic Record
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