UAV-based wind measuring studies from 2007 to 2024

Authors: Mohammadamin Soltaninezhad, Roberto Monsorno, Stefano Tondini

Publication date: February 05, 2025

Trend Typology 2007 to 2016 2017 to 2024 Total Zakia et al. 2024 [70] Simon et al. 2023 [4] Zhu et al. 2023 [20] Gonzalez et al. 2023 [22] Compere et al. 2023 [28] Li et al. 2023 [36] Hou et al. 2023 [51] McConville et al. 2023 [93] Simon et al. 2022 [5] Sziroczak et al. 2022 [10] Inoue et al. 2022 [52] Wei et al. 2022 [71] Meier et al. 2022 [77] Hattenberger et al. 2022 [78] Perozzi et al. 2022 [87] Gonzalez-Rocha et al. 2021 [2] Sekula et al. 2021 [27] Thielicke et al. 2021 [29] De Boer et al. 2021 [103] Sun et al. 2021 [127] Shelekhov et al. 2021 [132] Patrikar et al. 2020 [21] Abichandani et al. 2020 [23] Adkins et al. 2020 [30] Craig et al. 2020 [49] Vasiljevic et al. 2020 [55] Tagliabue et al. 2020 [66] Simma et al. 2020 [82] Allison et al. 2020 [97] Crowe et al. 2020 [99] Rudiyanto et al. 2020 [104] Gonzalez-Rocha et al. 2020 [115] Xing et al. 2019 [11] Fuertes et al. 2019 [46] Allison et al. 2019 [80] Gonzalez-Rocha et al. 2019 [84] Liyang et al. 2019 [98] Donnel et al. 2018 [31] Nolan et al. 2018 [33] Shimura et al. 2018 [35] Prudden et al. 2018 [42] Zahran et al. 2018 [69] Perozzi et al. 2018 [86] Brossard et al. 2018 [124] Palomaki et al. 2017 [34] Wolf et al. 2017 [53] Baserud et al.2016 [48] Bruschi et al. 2016 [68] Tomic et al. 2016 [83] Qu et al. 2016 [94] Prudden et al. 2016 [133] Elston et al. 2015 [25] Yeo et al. 2015 [50] Neumann et al. 2015 [74] Marino et al. 2015 [81] Condomines et al. 2015 [128] Altstadter et al. 2015 [134] Arian et al. 2014 [102] Reineman et al. 2013 [135] Mayer et al. 2012 [75] Langelaan et al. 2011 [88] Kroonenberg et al. 2008 [136] Rodriguez et al. 2007 [58]
Used UAV Multirotor 8 40 48 ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
Fixed-Wing 8 4 12 ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
Used Method Direct 10 25 35 ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
Indirect 7 22 29 ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
Direct method for multirotor Sonic anemometer 0 11 11 ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
Pitot / Pressure probes 3 5 8 ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
Thermal anemometer 0 4 4 ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
Other 1 3 4 ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
Total 4 23 27 ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
Indirect method for multirotor Tilt method 1 11 12 ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
Machine Learning\n(All Used Tilt Model) 0 4 4 ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
Other Dynamic Models 5 11 16 ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
Total 6 21 27 ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
Direct method for Fixed-Wing Sonic anemometer 0 1 1 ✓
Pitot / Pressure probes 5 2 7 ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
Optical Flow Sensor 1 0 1 ✓
Total 6 3 9 ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
Indirect method for Fixed-Wing Dynamic Models 1 2 3 ✓ ✓ ✓
Mounting location for anemometer on multirotor Top-Center 2 16 18 ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
In attack line direction / in propellers surface 2 5 7 ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
Down 0 1 1 ✓
Other Locations 0 2 2 ✓ ✓
Mounting location for anemometer on fixed-wings In attack line direction 5 3 8 ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
Review paper Review 1 3 4 ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓

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