Timelines

TRACER

TRACER flight campaign in Houston, TX.

Jun 1, 2022

PERiLS

PERiLS flight campaign in Mississippi/Arkansas.

Feb 1, 2022

NOAA Airworthy Approval

Airworthy approved for use in NOAA operations.

Nov 1, 2021

CASS dissolved. WxUAS transitions to CIWRO/BLISS, including NSSL collaborators.

Jul 1, 2021

CopterSonde 3D Patent Filed

CopterSonde 3D patent filed.

Apr 1, 2021

COVID-19 / CopterSonde 3D Development

COVID-19 shut down deployments. Time to refine and develop the CopterSonde 3D: first prototype system for a 3D Mesonet.

Jun 1, 2020

Winter Wx

Deployments to KAEFS for winter weather. One of the most impactful datasets to date.

Jan 15, 2019

LAPSE-RATE

Scoop refined. CopterSonde 2.5 developed and validated.

Jul 1, 2018

ISOBAR

First appearance of the “scoop” and the wind-vane flight mode. Campaign on Arctic sea ice. Record altitude reached (1.8 km).

Feb 1, 2018

EPIC

NOAA UxS funded/led by NSSL. Octocopter design with sensors aspirated by the propellers. Ultimately did not perform to expectations and was impractical due to its size and weight. Led to Koch et al.

Jun 1, 2016