Cai, Xiaoming

Chapman, Lee

Cropley, Ford

MacKenzie, A. Robert

Quinn, Andrew

Reynolds, Jim

Sadler, Jon

Thomas, Rick

Zhong, Jian

English

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  University of BirminghamFrom the shed to the skiesThomas, Rick; Cropley, Ford; MacKenzie, A. Robert; Reynolds, Jim; Sadler, Jon; Chapman,Lee; Quinn, Andrew; Zhong, Jian; Cai, XiaomingLicense:Creative Commons: Attribution (CC BY)Document VersionPublisher's PDF, also known as Version of recordCitation for published version (Harvard):Thomas, R, Cropley, F, MacKenzie, AR, Reynolds, J, Sadler, J, Chapman, L, Quinn, A, Zhong, J & Cai, X 2018,From the shed to the skies: a journey of sensor development and deployment involving bicycles, drones andeagles. in Geophysical Research Abstracts. vol. 20, 16720, European Geosciences Union, EuropeanGeosciences Union General Assembly 2018, Vienna, Austria, 8/04/18.Link to publication on Research at Birmingham portalPublisher Rights Statement:Checked for eligibility: 14/10/2019General rightsUnless a licence is specified above, all rights (including copyright and moral rights) in this document are retained by the authors and/or thecopyright holders. The express permission of the copyright holder must be obtained for any use of this material other than for purposespermitted by law.•	Users may freely distribute the URL that is used to identify this publication.•	Users may download and/or print one copy of the publication from the University of Birmingham research portal for the purpose of privatestudy or non-commercial research.•	User may use extracts from the document in line with the concept of ‘fair dealing’ under the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988 (?)•	Users may not further distribute the material nor use it for the purposes of commercial gain.Where a licence is displayed above, please note the terms and conditions of the licence govern your use of this document.When citing, please reference the published version.Take down policyWhile the University of Birmingham exercises care and attention in making items available there are rare occasions when an item has beenuploaded in error or has been deemed to be commercially or otherwise sensitive.If you believe that this is the case for this document, please contact UBIRA@lists.bham.ac.uk providing details and we will remove access tothe work immediately and investigate.Download date: 01. Mar. 2020Geophysical Research AbstractsVol. 20, EGU2018-16720-1, 2018EGU General Assembly 2018© Author(s) 2018. CC Attribution 4.0 license.From the Shed to the Skies: A Journey of Sensor Development andDeployment Involving Bicycles, Drones and Eagles.Rick Thomas, Ford Cropley, A. Rob Mackenzie, S. James Reynolds, Jonathan P. Sadler, Lee Chapman, AndrewQuinn, Jian Zhong, and Xiaoming CaiBirmingham, United Kingdom (r.thomas@bham.ac.uk)Sensor development doesn’t always occur in high tech, air-conditioned laboratories. The first iteration of alightweight meteorological package designed to be carried by birds involved cycling to a local shop late at nightto pick up a Raspberry Pi zero which came free with a magazine. After maturation in a garden shed, involvinglate-night Python programming and a sprinkling of additional sensors, a functioning prototype emerged capableof making meteorological and positional measurements at up to 5Hz. This prototype was tested first on a bicycle,then a drone, and then a White-tailed eagle (Haliaeetus albicilla) called Victor in the Scottish highlands (Thomaset al. 2017). A smaller version has been deployed on pigeons and is undergoing modifications to use the LORAnetwork for realtime data transmission.Come and view this poster (with props!) exploring the successes and failures during this sensor develop-ment and the rigorous scientific testing and continuing miniaturisation allowing it to primarily address theimportant scientific challenge of improving pollution and heat event forecasting in urban areas.1. Thomas, R.M., et al., Avian Sensor Packages for Meteorological Measurements in Complex Terrain andUrban Environments. Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society 2017. (In press. Early release available:http://journals.ametsoc.org/doi/10.1175/BAMS-D-16-0181.1 )

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