ACES ELECTRIC FIELD MILL V1

The ALTUS Cloud Electrification Study (ACES) was based at the Naval Air Facility Key West in Florida. During August 2002, ACES researchers conducted overflights of thunderstorms over the southwestern corner of Florida. For the first time in NASA research, an uninhabited aerial vehicle (UAV) named ALTUS was used to collect cloud electrification data. Carrying field mills, optical sensors, electric field sensors and other instruments, ALTUS allowed scientists to collect cloud electrification data for the first time from above the storm, from it's birth through dissipation. This experiment allowed scientists to achieve the dual goals of gathering weather data safely and testing new aircraft technology. This dataset consists of data from Electric Field Mills, which yield information about the atmospheric electrical fields above the instruments.

ALTUS 云电气化研究（ACES）位于佛罗里达州基韦斯特海军航空站。在2002年8月，ACES研究人员对佛罗里达州西南角的雷暴进行了空中巡飞。在NASA的研究史上，首次采用了名为ALTUS的无人飞行器（UAV）来收集云电气化数据。ALTUS携带着场强仪、光学传感器、电场传感器和其他仪器，使得科学家们能够首次从风暴之上，从其生成至消散的过程中收集云电气化数据。这一实验不仅实现了安全收集气象数据的双重目标，还检验了新型飞机技术。该数据集由电场仪器的数据组成，这些数据提供了关于仪器上方大气电场的信息。