Mission planning of CLOUDLAB

Mandatory / crucial input parameters

Kind of seeding mission

Vertical seeding

Horizontal seeding

Enter the seeding distance in meters

Enter the distance of the measuring drone in meters to the seeding drone

Seeding height (in m agl)?

Current wind direction (° from North)

Estimated uncertainty of wind direction (°)

Secondary / optional input parameters

Number of seeding legs (disregard for vertical mission)

Length of a seeding legs (in m)

Distance between seeding legs (in m)

How long in meters the wind indicator line should be

Override automatic drone start site selection

Define custom drone start location as latitude,longitude in WGS84. Delete to return to automatic functionality.

Parameters affecting crystal size

Current wind speed (in m s-1)

Current temperature of air at the seeding height (°C)

Current pressure at the seeding height (Pa)

General information

Version 0.2.1

This form calculates mission relevant parameters from several required input data (seeding height that depends on temperature profile, wind speed and direction, desired ice crystal size). Coordinates of main site Rapier-platz are (Lat/Lon).
The output will be as follows:
> Single pair of coordinates for seeding drone when vertical seeding is chosen (default) and transferdistance as well as measurement drone position
> When meteomatic horizontal seeding missions are implemented the corresponding coordinates
> Elevation and azimuth for radar (looking upwind towards the seeding)

Known bugs/missing features

Bug: Transferdistance is not quite correct for horizontal seeding mission (to middle of first leg) but total distance is
Feature: Scan elevations for radar are not reported yet
Feature: Drawing plumes
Feature: Drawing sectorscan

Mandatory / crucial input parameters

Secondary / optional input parameters

Parameters affecting crystal size

Estimated mission parameters given above input

General information

Known bugs/missing features