@inproceedings{a95b38c2a35f4fbfb48e9368f59ef1aa,
title = "Progress against the wind with dynamic soaring - Results from in-flight measurements of albatrosses",
abstract = "Results from in-flight measurements of dynamic soaring in wandering albatrosses are presented. The experimental results were obtained using a new computational method based on L1 phase measurement as well as miniaturized and low cost GPS logging devices featuring a sufficiently high data sampling rate. Thus, it was possible to determine precisely the flight path and the motion quantities of the birds. Wind information was obtained using SeaWinds on QuikSCAT Level 3 Daily, Gridded Ocean Wind Vectors (JPL SeaWinds Project). The presented results show how albatrosses manage to make progress against the wind in non-flapping flight by means of dynamic soaring.",
author = "G. Sachs and J. Traugott and F. Holzapfel",
year = "2011",
doi = "10.2514/6.2011-6225",
language = "English",
isbn = "9781600869525",
series = "AIAA Guidance, Navigation, and Control Conference 2011",
publisher = "American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics Inc.",
booktitle = "AIAA Guidance, Navigation, and Control Conference 2011",
note = "AIAA Guidance, Navigation and Control Conference 2011 ; Conference date: 08-08-2011 Through 11-08-2011",
}