Stephanie Mayer

Researcher in Atmospheric Sciences

Numerical Weather Prediction with WRF
Unmanned Aerial Systems; SUMO equipped with meteorological sensors and the autopilot system Paparazzi. Additional information available at pfump.org.
Boundary-Layer Meteorology

Stephanie Mayer, PhD
Uni Bjerknes Centre
Uni Research
Allégaten 70
5007 Bergen
Norway

office: 202
phone: +47 555 88713
fax: +47 55 58 98 83
E-mail: stephanie.mayer@uni.no

Mayer, S.: Application and Improvement of the Unmanned Aerial System SUMO for atmospheric boundary layer studies, thesis submitted for the degree of Philosophiae Doctor (PhD), June, 2011. [pdf] (size: ~12 MB).

Mayer, S., Hattenberger, G., Brisset, P., Jonassen, M., Reuder, J., 2012: A 'no-flow-sensor' wind estimation algorithm for Unmanned Aerial Systems, International Journal for Micro Air Vehicles, Vol. 4, No. 1, pp. 15-30 [pdf] .

Mayer, S., Jonassen, M., Sandvik, A., Reuder, J., 2012: Profiling the Arctic stable boundary layer in Advent Valley, Svalbard - measurements and simulations, Boundary-Layer Meteorol., Vol. 143, Issue 3, pp. 507-526, DOI 10.1007/s10546-012-9709-6. [pdf]

Reuder, J., Ablinger, M., Ágústsson, H., Brisset, P., Brynjólfsson, S., Garhammer, M., Jóhannesson, T., Jonassen, M., Kühnel, R., Lämmlein, S., de Lange, T., Lindenberg, C., Malardel, S., Mayer S., Müller, M., Ólafsson, H., Rögnvaldsson, Ó., Schäper, W., Spengler, T., Zängl, G., Egger J., 2012: FLOHOF 2007: An overview of the mesoscale meteorological field campaign at Hofsjökull, Central Iceland, Meteorol. Atmos. Phys., Vol. 116, Issue 1, pp. 1-13, DOI:10.1007/s00703-010-0118-4. [pdf]

Mayer, S., Sandvik, A., Jonassen, M. Reuder, J., 2012: Atmospheric profiling with the UAS SUMO: A new perspective for the evaluation of fine-scale atmospheric models. Meteorol. Atmos. Phys., Vol. 116, Issue 1, pp. 15-26. DOI 10.1007/s00703-010-0063-2. [pdf]

Reuder, J., Brisset, P., Jonassen, M., Müller, M., Mayer, S., 2009: The Small Unmanned Meteorological Observer SUMO: A new tool for atmospheric boundary layer research. Meteorol. Z., 18(2), 141-147. [pdf]

Egger J., L. Blacutt, F. Ghezzi, R. Heinrich, P. Kolb, S. Lämmlein, M. Leeb, S. Mayer, E. Palenque, J. Reuder, W. Schäper, J. Schween, R. Torrez, F. Zaratti, 2005: Diurnal circulation of the South American Altiplano. Part I: observations, Mon. Wea. Rev., 133, 911 - 924. [pdf]

Investigations on the diurnal circulation of the Bolivian Altiplano - data and results of the field experiment Juipit'aya 2003, Diploma thesis, 2005, Ludwig-Maximilians University Munich, Germany. ([abstract], [full pdf-version](size: ~5 MB).

S. Mayer: Application and Improvement of the Unmanned Aerial System SUMO for atmospheric boundary layer studies. PhD defence, University of Bergen, 2. Sept., 2011.

S. Mayer: The effect of leads and polynyas on the Arctic atmospheric boundary layer. Trial lecture, University of Bergen, 15. Aug., 2011.

S. Mayer, Reuder, J., Jonassen, M., Müller: The UAS SUMO: A successful story of an alternative tool for atmospheric boundary layer studies, EGU 2011, Vienna (Austria).

S. Mayer: Application of Unmanned Aerial Vehicles in Meteorology, Mandagskollokvium at GFI , November 2009. [ppt]

S. Mayer, M. Jonassen, and J. Reuder: Simultaneous profiling of the Arctic Atmospheric Boundary Layer, EMS/ECAM 2009, Toulouse (France). [pdf]

S. Mayer: Profiling the ABL using a Small Unmanned Meteorological Observer (SUMO) - Wind measurements -. PHD-Seminar at GFI, October 2007. [ppt]

S. Mayer, J. Reuder, S. Kneifel: First Stage in the Development of a Miniaturized Wind Measurement System for a Remotely Controlled Vehicle. Mandagskollokvium at GFI, January 2007. [pdf]

S. Mayer, M. Jonassen, and J. Reuder: Profiling the Arctic Atmospheric Boundary Layer, THORPEX meeting 2010, Rømskog (Norway). [pdf]

S. Mayer, M. Jonassen, and J. Reuder: Simultaneous profiling of the Arctic Atmospheric Boundary Layer, EGU 2009, Vienna (Austria). [pdf]

S. Mayer, M. Jonassen, A. Sandvik, and J. Reuder: The meteorological UAV SUMO: A new perspective for the evaluation of atmospheric boundary layer schemes in fine-scale atmospheric models, EGU 2009, Vienna (Austria). [pdf]

S. Mayer, Reuder. J., Sandvik, A., 2008: Determination of wind profiles in the atmospheric boundary layer by fast ascending UAVs and WRF. Summer School on Atmospheric Boundary Layer, Les Houches (France). [ppt]

Reuder, J., Brisset, P., Jonassen, M., Müller, M., Mayer, S.,2008: SUMO: A Small Unmanned Meteorological Observer for atmospheric boundary layer research. Earth and Environmental Sciences. [pdf]

2009: Simultaneous profiling of the Arctic Atmospheric Boundaty Layer. report
2006: Test of sensors for the Small Unmanned Meteorological Observer (SUMO) under Arctic conditions. report

Calibration of capacitive humidity sensors for atmospheric sounding by remotely piloted vehicles. [pdf]