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The article presents a study that assesses the feasibility and quality of eddy-covariance flux measurements from a weight-shift microlight aircraft (WSMA). The study examines the precision of the wind measurement, the lynchpin of flux calculations from aircraft and compares measurements of wind, temperature, humidity and respective fluxes between a tall tower and the WSMA. It also recommends the use of WSMA as a low cost and highly versatile flux measurement platform.

The article presents a study which examines whether the 3-D wind vector can be measured reliably from a highly transportable and low-cost weight-shift microlight aircraft. It mentions that the authors used three independent lines of analysis to evaluate the quality of the wind measurement including a wind tunnel study and the comparison with ground based wind measurements. It states that the analysis provides the necessary basis to study the wind measurement precision and spectral quality.

The article presents a supplement information resource to the study which measures the 3-D wind vector with a weight-shift microlight aircraft. It mentions that it aims to make a clear presentation of the procedures and guide the readers through relevant calculations. It provides formulas of different wind measurement transformation which calculates airflow angles.