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Storm-chasing drones

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Unmanned aircraft systems. Aerial robots. Drones. Regardless of the name, this new technology is being developed to revolutionize the sampling and understanding of complex atmospheric phenomena.

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  1. Elston, J.S., Roadman, J., Stachura, M., Argrow, B., Houston, A., and Frew, E.W. The Tempest Unmanned Aircraft System for In Situ Observations of Tornadic Supercells: Design and VORTEX2 Flight Results. Journal of Field Robotics 28, 4 (July 2011), 461--483. Google ScholarGoogle ScholarDigital LibraryDigital Library
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        cover image XRDS: Crossroads, The ACM Magazine for Students
        XRDS: Crossroads, The ACM Magazine for Students  Volume 20, Issue 3
        Cyber-Physical Systems
        Spring 2014
        71 pages
        ISSN:1528-4972
        EISSN:1528-4980
        DOI:10.1145/2602518
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