Meteomatics

Meteomatics manufactures weather drones that fly up to 6 km to collect data from the mid and low levels of the atmosphere.

[2] Whilst remotely sensed data from satellites, radar and ceilometers are available for this altitude range, in situ observations are considered the most reliable by meteorologists.

Operational challenges associated with aircraft missions (which are expensive and hence sporadic) and radiosondes (which cannot be controlled during flight) leave an in situ observational gap to be filled.

[3] Meteodrones measure vertical profiles at a single location, collecting temperature, humidity, barometric pressure, and wind data.

[5] Campaigns in association with the Federal Office for Meteorology and Climatology (MeteoSwiss) have demonstrated the feasibility of assimilating drone measurement data into a regional weather model.