Observational data from uncrewed systems over Southern Great Plains
- 1Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, WA, 99352, USA
- 2Sandia National Laboratories, Albuquerque, NM, 87185, USA
- 3Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences, University of Colorado, Boulder, CO, 80309, USA
- 4NOAA Physical Sciences Laboratory, Boulder, CO, 80305, USA
- 5Integrated Remote and In Situ Sensing, University of Colorado, Boulder, CO, 80309, USA
- 1Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, WA, 99352, USA
- 2Sandia National Laboratories, Albuquerque, NM, 87185, USA
- 3Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences, University of Colorado, Boulder, CO, 80309, USA
- 4NOAA Physical Sciences Laboratory, Boulder, CO, 80305, USA
- 5Integrated Remote and In Situ Sensing, University of Colorado, Boulder, CO, 80309, USA
Abstract. Uncrewed Systems (UxS), including uncrewed aerial systems (UAS) and tethered balloon/kite systems (TBS), are significantly expanding observational capabilities in atmospheric science. Rapid adaptation of these platforms and the advancement of miniaturized instruments have resulted in an expanding number of data sets captured under various environmental conditions by the Department of Energy (DOE) Atmospheric Radiation Measurement (ARM) user facility. In 2021, observational data collected using ARM UxS platforms, including seven TigerShark UAS flights and 133 tethered balloon system (TBS) flights, were archived by the ARM Data Center (https://adc.arm.gov/discovery/#/) and made publicly available at no cost for all registered users (https://www.doi.org/10.5439/1846798) (Mei and Dexheimer, 2022). Note that a specific directory has been created for the anonymous reviewer to access the data at https://adc.arm.gov/essd/. These data streams provide new perspectives on spatial variability of atmospheric and surface parameters, helping to address critical science questions in Earth system science research. This manuscript describes the DOE UAS/TBS datasets, including information on the acquisition, collection, and quality control processes, and highlights the potential scientific contributions using UAS and TBS platforms.
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RC1: 'Comment on essd-2022-73', Anonymous Referee #1, 26 Apr 2022
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The manuscript is well-written and requires only minimal technical edits.
Technical corrections:
line 29: and throughout. Check references with "De Boer" which are listed in the Reference Section as "de Boer".
line 309 state the figure number. Text presently reads "Fig. (b)" which should be Fig. 12 (b).
line 360: indicate, as stated in the abstract, that access to the data archive requires user registration to the site.
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Observational data from uncrewed systems over Southern Great Plains in 2021 Fan Mei, Darielle Dexheimer https://www.doi.org/10.5439/1846798
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