Maldives AUAV Campaign (MAC)

News

National Science Foundation Press Release 06-069 – Autonomous Unmanned Aerial Vehicles Take to the Skies to Track Pollutants – April 17, 2006
Scripps Institution of Oceanography Press Release – Scripps-led Project Achieves Milestone in Analyzing Pollutants Dimming the Atmosphere – April 17, 2006
"Reflective Research", UCAR Quarterly News Article - Summer 2005

Publications

Ramana, M. V., Ramanathan, V., Corrigan, C.E., Kim, D., Roberts, G. & Nguyen, H.  Direct measurements of Albedo and solar absorption over the Northern Indian Ocean with a new observing system of stacked multiple AUAVs, Eos Trans..AGU, 87(52), Fall Meet. Suppl., Abstract A13B-0921 (2006). http://www-abc-asia.ucsd.edu/MAC/RamanaAGU2006.pdf   

 

Corrigan, C.E., V. Ramanathan, M.V. Ramana, D. Kim and G. Roberts, 2006, Vertical Profiles of Aerosols using Unmanned Aerial Vehicles. International Aerosol Conference, St. Paul, Minnesota, http://www-abc-asia.ucsd.edu/MAC/Corrigan_IAC_20062.pdf  

 

Ramanathan, V., G. Roberts, M.V. Ramana, C. Corrigan and H. Nguyen (2006), Simultaneous Measurements of direct, semi-direct and indirect aerosol forcing with Stacked Autonomous UAVS: A New Observing Platform, Eos Trans. AGU, 87(52), Fall Meet. Suppl., Abstract A21G-08, http://www-abc-asia.ucsd.edu/MAC/RamanathanAGU2006SimultaneousAbstract.pdf

 

Ramanathan, V., G. Roberts, M V Ramana, C. Corrigan and H. Nguyen, 2006, Modulation of Albedo and Solar Absorption by Aerosols and Clouds:  First Observations with a New Observing System of Stacked Multiple UAVs and Ground Based Observatory. Invited Paper for the Western Pacific Geophysics Meeting (WPGM), Beijing, China, http://www-abc-asia.ucsd.edu/MAC/RamanathanWPGMAbstract2006.pdf 

 

Ramanathan, V., G. Roberts, H. Nguyen, M V Ramana, C. Corrigan, M. Patterson and T. Mulligan, 2006, First Observations with a New Observing System of Stacked Multiple UAVs for observing effects of air pollution on Clouds and Climate Forcing, NASA Earth Science Technology Conference, College Park, University of Maryland, http://www-abc-asia.ucsd.edu/MAC/RamanathanESTAbstract2006.pdf   

 

Roberts, G.C., C. Corrigan, M.V. Ramana, and V. Ramanathan, 2006, Miniaturized Aerosol, cloud, and radiometric Instruments for light weight autonomous UAVs, Abstract for the Earth Science Technology Conference, College Park, University of Maryland, ), http://www-abc-asia.ucsd.edu/MAC/RobertsESTAbstract2006.pdf  

 

Roberts, G.C., V. Ramanathan, C. Corrigan, M.V. Ramana, Aerosol, cloud, and radiometric measurements with small autonomous unmanned aerial vehicles, Abstract for the American Association for Aerosol Research Conference, Austin, TX, 2005. http://www-abc-asia.ucsd.edu/MAC/RobertsAAARC2005.pdf

Ramanathan, V., G. Roberts, C. Corrigan, M.V. Ramana and H. Nguyen, 2005, Maldives AUAV Campaign (MAC): Observing Aerosol-Cloud-Radiation Interactions Simultaneously from Three Stacked Autonomous Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (AUAVs), http://www-abc-asia.ucsd.edu/MAC/MAC_proposal_FINAL_2005July05.pdf

Ramanathan, V., H. Nguyen, G. Roberts, C. Corrigan, and M. Ramana, 2005, Maldives AUAV Campaign (MAC): Mission Planning Document, http://www-abc-asia.ucsd.edu/MAC/Mission_Planning_Aug31.pdf

 

UAV Movies

Video of Maldives Campaign (04:49 min) Added: 17APR2006
UAV Test Flights 2002-2004 (04:49 min)
Manta Test Flight -August 2005 (03:23 min)
NAF El Centro, CA Nov29-Dec01, 2005 (05:53 min) (640x480 Resolution, 56 MB)
NAF El Centro, CA Nov29-Dec01, 2005 (05:53 min) (400x300 Resolution, 38 MB)

Movies are viewable with Windows Media Player. Click here to download.

 

Documents

Chief Scientist Summary report on MAC Campaign success - April 11, 2006
Proposal
Mission Planning - August 30, 2005
3-Dimensional Cloud Sampling - September 13, 2005
Report on Batteries to Power Instruments - October 24, 2005
UAV-MAC Rehearsal at El Centro, Nov 2005 - October 27, 2005
MAC: Science Mission and Flight plans - February 14, 2006
Chief Scientist Report from the Field – February 27, 2006New!

 

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