Wind Sensing and Estimation Using Small Fixed-Wing Unmanned Aerial Vehicles: A Survey

No AccessSurvey PapersWind Sensing and Estimation Using Small Fixed-Wing Unmanned Aerial Vehicles: A SurveyPengzhi Tian, Haiyang Chao, Matthew Rhudy, Jason Gross and Huixuan WuPengzhi TianUniversity of Kansas, Lawrence, Kansas 66045*Ph.D. Student, Aerospace Engineering Department; .Search for more papers by this author, Haiyang ChaoUniversity of Kansas, Lawrence, Kansas 66045†Associate Professor, Aerospace Engineering Department; .Search for more papers by this author, Matthew RhudyPennsylvania State University, Reading, Pennsylvania 19610‡Assistant Professor, Division of Engineering, Business, and Computing; .Search for more papers by this author, Jason GrossWest Virginia University, Morgantown, West Virginia 26506§Associate Professor, Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering; .Search for more papers by this author and Huixuan WuUniversity of Kansas, Lawrence, Kansas 66045Assistant Professor, Aerospace Engineering Department; .Search for more papers by this authorPublished Online:31 Jan 2021https://doi.org/10.2514/1.I010885SectionsRead Now ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload citationTrack citations ShareShare onFacebookTwitterLinked InRedditEmail About References [1] Beard R. 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TopicsAerodynamic PerformanceAerodynamicsAeronautical EngineeringAeronauticsAirspeedAviationAviation MeteorologyAviation SafetyAviation Weather HazardsAvionicsFlight TestGuidance, Navigation, and Control SystemsSensorsTransducersTurbulenceTurbulence Models KeywordsUnscented Kalman FilterVortex FilamentsPower Spectral DensityGPSAngle of AttackPitot TubesIMUControl DerivativesAirspeedVortex Lattice MethodAcknowledgmentsThis work was partially supported by the University of Kansas General Research Fund allocation #2221800 and United States Department of Agriculture–National Institute of Food and Agriculture Grant 2019-67021-28992.PDF Received1 August 2020Accepted26 December 2020Published online31 January 2021