MEASURE

Duration: 1 May 2021 - 30 April 2025

 In the MEASURE project, the testing of a remotely controlled and programmed drone for measuring volcanic ash and radioactivity in the immediate vicinity of the release location shows ways of how such an in-situ measuring system can be used operationally for environmental monitoring and contribute to maintaining safety in airspace.

The Institute of Air Transport contributes to the project by designing application scenarios, flight and mission planning for an in-situ measurement mission and integrating such a mission into Air Traffic Flow Management (ATFM) processes. An efficient design of measurement trajectories considers metrological conditions such as contamination propagation and flight-related boundary conditions. A dynamic method for structured scanning of the contaminated airspace is in focus, which includes both pre-planning and – if necessary – in-flight trajectory adaptation.