Antarctic atmospheric boundary layer observations with the Small Unmanned Meteorological Observer (SUMO)

Cassano, John J.; Nigro, Melissa A.; Seefeldt, Mark W.; Katurji, Marwan; Guinn, Kelly; Williams, Guy; DuVivier, Alice

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/essd-13-969-2021

Articles | Volume 13, issue 3

https://doi.org/10.5194/essd-13-969-2021

© Author(s) 2021. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

https://doi.org/10.5194/essd-13-969-2021

© Author(s) 2021. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

Articles | Volume 13, issue 3

Data description paper

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10 Mar 2021

Data description paper |

| 10 Mar 2021

Antarctic atmospheric boundary layer observations with the Small Unmanned Meteorological Observer (SUMO)

John J. Cassano, Melissa A. Nigro, Mark W. Seefeldt, Marwan Katurji, Kelly Guinn, Guy Williams, and Alice DuVivier

Data sets

SUMO unmanned aerial system (UAS) atmospheric data J. Cassano https://doi.org/10.15784/601054

SUMO unmanned aerial system (UAS) atmospheric data J. Cassano https://doi.org/10.15784/601191

Short summary

Between January 2012 and June 2017, a small unmanned aerial system (sUAS), or drone, known as the Small Unmanned Meteorological Observer (SUMO), was used to observe the lowest 1000 m of the Antarctic atmosphere. During six Antarctic field campaigns, 116 SUMO flights were completed. These flights took place during all seasons over both permanent ice and ice-free locations on the Antarctic continent and over sea ice in the western Ross Sea providing unique observations of the Antarctic atmosphere.