The Mars Reach Program at Oregon Tech launches and tracks weather balloons for various high altitude experiments. As part of a Junior Project, a team of 4 CSET students created a software system to be used to solve the problem of dynamically tracking and predicting weather balloon flight paths. The flight of the balloon was mathematically modeled and coded into the system. The system used altitude estimations together with wind data from the flight to continuously update the estimated landing location of the payload.
Wednesday Nov. 3rd, 4 - 5 p.m. in Purvine 208, we will describe the software and mathematical components of the project and we will discuss the results including recommendations for future prediction systems.
Anyone interested is encouraged to attend.
Please record a video of this, I'd love to learn about their approaches to the variety of issues at hand (I know as a former MarsReacher myself :D)
ReplyDeleteAlso, do they have any interest in releasing their code into the wild? I would recommend doing so. Not only would it prove useful to other groups like Mars Reach, but employers are often impressed by practical experience. Sourceforge it guys!