The Falcon team has developed and integrated variety of sensors on Falcon UAS. Below three instruments and table 1 are the popular set we often used in our field experiment. The table 2 shows all sensors and measured parameters we had tested on Falcon UAS.

Table1: The specification of three main instruments using on FALCON UAS

	windsond (Sparv Embedded AB)	Aerobox	POPS(NOAA)
Appearance
Size	7.3 x7.3 x8.9 (cm)	10.2 x11 x3.3 (cm)	16.2 x13.3 x6.9 (cm)
Weight	13 g	160 g	800 g
Resolution	T:±0.01℃ RH:±0.05% P:±0.02 hPa	T:±0.01℃ RH:±0.05% P:±0.01 hPa	╱
Accuracy	T:±0.3℃ RH:±2.0% P:±1.0 hPa	T:±0.3℃ RH:±1.8% P:±1.0 hPa	╱
Working temperature	-45℃~+80℃	-40℃~+60℃	-40℃~+60℃
Measurement	T、RH、P、Wd、WS	T、RH、P、Wd、WS、GPS、PM2.5	Particle concentration/ Particle number/ Particle size distribution(0.14-3 μm)
Response time	T: 5 s RH: 8 s	T: 5 s RH: 8 s	╱

Table2: The FALCON sensor family

Type	Sensor/Module/Instrument	Parameter
Meteorology	Temperature and humidity sensors	T, RH
	Pressure sensors	P
	High-resolution wind field module (wind speed: 0~15m/s )	WD, WS
	2D Sonic wind sensor (FT technology)	WD, WS
	Radiation (EKO MS80s)	Radiation flux
Aerosol	NOAA POPS	Particle Size Distribution
	Low cost PM2.5 sensor (G3)	PM mass
	Black Carbon (AE51 and MAE)	BC conc.
Gases	Real-time trace gas sensors and monitor (CO, O3, CO2, CH4)	Mixing ratio
Imagery	Real-time view and thermal imaging module	Image
	FLIR thermal camera	IR image