Design and Testing of Novel Airborne Atmospheric Sensor Nodes

The design and test results are presented for a novel in situ atmospheric probe, called an environmental mote or eMote. This lightweight airborne atmospheric sensing mote has been designed for mass deployment over weather events of interest as part of a system known as GlobalSense, which aims to provide weather data with high spatial and temporal density. This letter describes the initial eMote design and ground-based test results of meteorological sensing functions. Future work to improve upon the system and move toward large-scale testing is outlined.