©2000 Frank W. Gallagher III

The Dataplane is a radio controlled aircraft capable of making fine scale temporal and spatial measurements of temperature, barometric pressure, and relative humidity in the lower atmospheric boundary layer.

The sensor package for the Dataplane is the Glidersonde Meteorological Package.  I developed this sensor in collaboration with Ken Howard and Mike Douglas at NSSL.

Recent Dataplane Projects:
 

September 2000:  Atmospheric Radiation Measurement program -- U.S. Department of Energy

June 2000:  Research Experiences for Undergraduates -- University of Oklahoma

April 2000:  Microscale Features of the Boundary Layer Above a Wheat Field, Kingfisher County, OK

Dataplane Related Manuscripts:

Weber, D., F.W. Gallagher, III, and K.W. Howard, 2001: Boundary Layer Targeted Observations Using the Glidersonde
Meteorological Package in a radio controlled aircraft: Turbulence Signature and Structure,
11th Symposium on Meteorological Observations and Instrumentation.

Weber, D., F.W. Gallagher, III, and K.W. Howard, 2001: Targeted observations of the boundary layer using the
Glidersonde Meteorological Package in a radio controlled aircraft: Results and limitations,
11th Symposium on Meteorological Observations and Instrumentation.