Analysis of Essential Meteorological Elements Surrounding Typhoon Sinlaku by Unmanned Aerial Vehicle ()
ABSTRACT
In this
paper, a successful flight with an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) surrounded
Typhoon Sinlaku on 15 Sept., 2008 and the preliminary analysis of all the
collected data during the observation period has been presented. It is the
first time to adopt surrounding method to observe typhoon in mainland of China.
During the 3 h field campaign, the flight altitude is about 500 m to observe the essential meteorological
elements in boundary layer of typhoon. The average temperature is 22.57°C and
ranged from 21.50°C to 25.80°C, while about the relative humidity, the maximum
is 100%, the minimum is 80.60% and the average is 97.98%. As for the wind, the
average wind speed is 19.68 m/s and the maximum is 30.03 m/s. The typhoon
center is a warm structure, the closer to the center, the higher the
temperature is and the lower the wind speed is. In conclusion, the mini-UAV has
the capability to observe the boundary layer of typhoon.
Share and Cite:
Li, Y. , Ma, S. and Sun, Z. (2016) Analysis of Essential Meteorological Elements Surrounding Typhoon Sinlaku by Unmanned Aerial Vehicle.
Atmospheric and Climate Sciences,
6, 29-34. doi:
10.4236/acs.2016.61003.