Researchers flying UAS at in-situ burns at the Poker Flat Research Range near Fairbanks, Alaska

Researchers flying UAS at in-situ burns at the Poker Flat Research Range near Fairbanks, Alaska (Left: Joe Adams USGS NUSO)

In August 2022 the NUSO flew UAS mounted with the Kolibri, a smoke particle sampling payload being developed by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), to capture smoke plume concentrations and behavior to serve as input data for dispersion modeling by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA).