Abstract
This work outlines the development and testing of novel in-situ atmospheric sensors. The system is designed for deployment of the sensors en masse to increase the geospatial density of atmospheric measurements. This sensor system is being designed to replace the costly, larger atmospheric sensors currently in use. Improvement in sensor technologies, substrates, and additive manufacturing techniques have allowed for such a device to be realizable. The devices contain a sensor suite that gathers temperature, relative humidity, and pressure from microsensors as well as position, velocity, and heading from a compact GPS receiver. This data is then sent to a base station for analysis by atmospheric scientists, with the potential for real time analysis.
In-Situ and Real-Time Analysis of the Formation of Strains and Microstructure Defects during Solidification of Al-3.5 Wt Pct Ni Alloys