Mobile measurement of aerosols using drones
Kalka, Jerome (2020)
Kalka, Jerome
2020
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https://urn.fi/URN:NBN:fi:amk-2020060416904
https://urn.fi/URN:NBN:fi:amk-2020060416904
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The measurement of air particles is often restricted by its versatility. Remote or inaccessible areas are challenging to humans in terms of gathering measurable data. Unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) allow us to overcome this burden and gather valuable data to predict and analyse current air compositions, and with global application, anticipate potential future atmospheric processes.
This thesis provides the reader with general knowledge about aerosols and tech-niques for measuring them. Beyond that, the possibility to combine the measurement with advantageous UAVs is discussed, and an overview of previous attempts is given. By raising a sense of awareness regarding our air constituents and opportunities with future airborne measurement techniques, a greater understanding and possible problem-solving approaches are generated.
The content of this thesis shows that drones are immensely beneficial for enhancing the versatility of current measurement systems. Expanding the range of possibilities to measure aerosols in various remote areas is improving our knowledge about particle-climate interactions and helps us to control greenhouse gas induced climate heating and human health risks resulting from air pollution.
The increasing global particle emissions inspired the author of this thesis to analyse the use of current drone implementations in the process of measuring air constituents, and to illustrate possible tests to investigate the influences drones might have on the measurement reliability. Further study is needed to establish a reliable conclusion whether the planned tests are meaningful.
This thesis provides the reader with general knowledge about aerosols and tech-niques for measuring them. Beyond that, the possibility to combine the measurement with advantageous UAVs is discussed, and an overview of previous attempts is given. By raising a sense of awareness regarding our air constituents and opportunities with future airborne measurement techniques, a greater understanding and possible problem-solving approaches are generated.
The content of this thesis shows that drones are immensely beneficial for enhancing the versatility of current measurement systems. Expanding the range of possibilities to measure aerosols in various remote areas is improving our knowledge about particle-climate interactions and helps us to control greenhouse gas induced climate heating and human health risks resulting from air pollution.
The increasing global particle emissions inspired the author of this thesis to analyse the use of current drone implementations in the process of measuring air constituents, and to illustrate possible tests to investigate the influences drones might have on the measurement reliability. Further study is needed to establish a reliable conclusion whether the planned tests are meaningful.