ACES LOG DATA

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 its 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 log data from each flight, and yields instrument and aircraft status throughout the flight.

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侦察。在NASA的研究史上，首次采用了名为ALTUS的无人航空器（UAV）来收集云电气化数据。ALTUS搭载了场强仪、光学传感器、电场传感器及其他仪器，使得科学家们能够首次从风暴之上，自其生成至消散的过程中收集云电气化数据。此次实验实现了收集气象数据的安全性与测试新型飞机技术的双重目标。该数据集包含了每次飞行的日志数据，并提供了整个飞行过程中的仪器与飞机状态信息。