The weather forecasts can still be improved, in particular in northern coastal areas. Access to high quality data from the Norwegian and Polar Oceans might do just that. The numerical weather prediction models depend on high quality input data in near real time and satellite are limited in what they measure an resolution temporally at these high latitudes where we depend on using polar orbiting satellites. A UAS will be able to provide accurate measurements on a number of key atmospheric properties like temperature, humidity, pressure, winds, energy balance, aerosols. Detailed cloud properties like liquid water content, ceiling and cloud top height, droplet size distribution and ice particle content may be measured as well and can be used to improve meteorological model parametrization.

A UAS can measure:

- Temperature, RH and air pressure

- Winds (speed and direction)

- Cloud droplet size distribution and concentration

- Aerosol concentrations

- Energy balance and atmospheric radiative properties

- Sea surface temperatures

For more information:

Please contact us on e-mail: uav@norut.no

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