Meteodrones to Master the Weather. Meteodrones. Dr. Martin Fengler, CEO

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1 Meteodrones to Master the Weather. Meteodrones Dr. Martin Fengler, CEO

2 Meteomatics Company Profile Weather service provider since 2012 Offices in St. Gallen & Berlin Employees with strong backgrounds in physics, mathematics and computer sciences Customers in various sectors Specialized on industrial weather forecasts Focus on high-resolution local weather models and data distribution and accessibility 2

3 Improving PBL Data Situation Satellite 1000km Trigger for Storms 100km Balloons Aircraft Radar 10km Low stratus 1km 100m PBL up to 1.5km Only little data Fog 10m Weather station Laser Sound/Microwave 3

4 Adding Drone Data Satellite 1000km 100km Balloons Aircraft Radar 10km 1km PBL up to 1.5km 100m Meteodrone 10m Weather Station Laser Sound/Microwave 4

5 Meteodrone Classic BVLOS approved Component to stay in reserved airspace Parachute Rescue System > flight hours > vertical profiles White strobe (visibility >3km) Wind measurement using aircraft pitch & roll. 5

6 Rescue System Rescue System at high wind speeds. 6

7 Flight Track in Google Earth 7

8 Amlikon 5.6./

9 Amlikon 5.6./

10 Amlikon z Relative Humidity 100% Relative Humidity Shallow Fog: Only 150m thick! Ground inversion Temperature 10

11 Amlikon z remote sensing situation Satellite IR image Satellite visible image Satellite fog product Ground truth at Amlikon 11

12 Amlikon 7.1./ Temperature 12

13 Amlikon 7.1./ Relative Humidity 13

14 Amlikon 7.1./ Wind Speed 14

15 Amlikon 24.3./ surprising inversion 15

16 Amlikon 24.3./ surprising inversion 16

17 Resolving Lake Effect (Lake Constance) 17

18 Fresh Snow precise and consistent Winterthur St. Gallen 18

19 Fresh Snow precise, local and consistent Snow amount was forecasted 36hours ahead! 19

20 Morning Fog at Lake Constance: 5z & 6z Satellite Cloud Cover SWISS1k without Meteodrone data SWISS1k with Meteodrone data Shallow Fog No Fog Shallow Fog resolved! Shallow Fog No Fog Shallow Fog resolved! Meteodrones in Schaffhausen, Amlikon, Marbach until 3z 20

21 Removing Fog where no Fog is supposed to be... False Fog Fog disappeared IR satellite image 21

22 Low Clouds / Fog 22

23 Thunderstorms in St. Gallen 29./ Swiss1k was the only model. Forecasted 23 hours ahead! 23

24 Hailstorm at Thun Severe hail storm at Thun: Forecasted 15 hours ahead! 24

25 Water Spouts at Lake Constance SWISS1k was the only model that showed the water spout pattern through all model runs consistenty: Over +51hours ahead! Jürg Zogg & Christoph Siegrist LT +16hours LT +41hours LT +32hours LT +51hours #SRFAugenzeuge M. Bruggmann 25

26 Meteodrone SSE ( Severe Storms Edition ) 26

27 Meteodrone XL 27

28 Measuring Black Carbon in Misox 2017 Contract with Kanton Graubünden Temporal and spatial formation of smog Terrain following boundary layer Device: Naneos Partector 28

29 Extending Range to 3000m AGL Working on next generation of our Meteodrones: Range up 3000m AGL NOTAM BVLOS approval in place 3000m AGL in Marbach (450m) means 1000m above Mt. Säntis! Säntis (2500m) Ebenalp (1640m) 29

30 Towards a remote operated platform (1) 30

31 Towards a remote operated platform (2) 31

32 Towards a remote operated platform (3) Our remote platform MeteoBase. Our future flight operation center... 32

33 Meteodrone & MeteoBase MeteoBase currently in final production tests. 33

34 Meteobase: first field tests 34

35 Project DETAF DETAF ( Drone Enhanced Terminal Aerodrome Forecasts ) Operating drones in 6 locations in the vicinity of and in Zurich airport Feeding data in real-time into SWISS1k and send the visibility & ceiling forecasts to Skyguide Funded by: 35

36 DABS

37 SWISS1k Fog & Low Clouds 37

38 Zurich Airport Cockpit 38

39 Zurich Airport Cockpit 39

40 Contact Meteomatics AG Dr. Martin Fengler CEO, Founder Lerchenfeldstr St. Gallen Switzerland