This week was more about preparing machines for the campaign in Alamosa called CloudMap. Oklahoma State University Research Institute is sending a team of people to Colorado all with different jobs to study wind and weather data coming off a mountain. My week went well with a lot of fixing certain devices needed for CloudMap.
Throughout the week we fixed a bunch of devices, and tested them throughout the process to be sure they would be ready for CloudMap. We started with a ground station. The ground station measures weather data including wind speed, wind direction, humidity and a lot more. We had to program the computer to work properly with the unit since there would be quite a lot of them out collecting data in Alamosa. We still have yet to do a final run on these devices as these devices are very complicated.
We also would have to finalize a mount to a drone which we created to hold a sensor called an Anemometer. An anemometer measures wind direction. We had a goal of putting it on the top of a drone. We had a hard time deciding how high we wanted to place the sensor as the higher we put it, the more wobbly the drone it will get trying to self correct itself. We decided on a length that was about 6 inches from the top-most position. We tested this drone as well and the test was successful to 400 feet of altitude with the drone.
The last device that we worked on this weekend was getting data off a RadioSonde. These collect data and send a GPS signal to people on the ground telling them where the unit is. We finally got it where we are able to receive data and store it for future use.
That was my week here at OSRI, and I am very excited for the next few that come.
The following video was from the testing of the drone with the mount on it.
Hope you know what you’re doing out there!! Sounds very complicated!! We’re very proud of you and what you’re doing and hope someday we can understand it all! Keep up the good work!! ❤️
Sounds like you’re enjoying your work Simon.
We’re all enjoying you enjoying your work : )
Keep it up and good luck!
Awesome Simon!!!
so very cool Simon! can’t wait to hear about it in person!
leaving a comment turns out to be more challenging for me than the drones are for you! keep it going
Simon, I don’t really understand what you’re talking about, but I’m very happy for you in that you appear to have found your niche! YAY for you! We are very proud of you.