TY - JOUR
TI - Experimental study of temperature inversions above urban area using unmanned aerial vehicle
AU - Mašić Adnan
AU - Bibić Dževad
AU - Pikula Boran D
AU - Džaferović-Mašić Emina
AU - Musemić Rajfa
JN - Thermal Science
PY - 2019
VL - 23
IS - 6
SP - 3327
EP - 3338
PT - Article
AB - Vertical temperature profiles represent a very important factor for various analytical and numerical studies, such as weather forecasts, air pollution models and CFD simulations. These temperature profiles are especially important during the winter periods, when temperature inversions occur. The cities in the natural valleys, such as the city of Sarajevo, B&H, are strongly affected by this phenomenon. In this paper, a method for quantitative characterization of vertical temperature profiles, which is based on the in-house developed data acquisition system and the unmanned aerial vehicle, is presented. Comprehensive calibration and verification procedure was performed and explained in details. Field measurements were focused on the winter period and extreme temperature inversion scenarios. The correlation with the air pollution in the city, for the same period, was discussed as well.