VANAHEIM |
VANAHEIM - VANAHEIM
From Monday 2nd October 2017 to Friday 6th October 2017
Description
Project theme: Low level survey (gaseous emissions) and turbulence measurements
Scientific contact (PI) :
Not Transnational Access project
Open to training
Open to sharing
Project confirmed
Planning
Aircraft: BAe146 - FAAM
Starting date: Monday 2nd October 2017
Ending date: Friday 6th October 2017
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Location: Keflavik, Iceland
Description of the experiment
Scientific objectives / Proposed work / Anticipated output: Weather conditions:
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ACSIS |
ACSIS - ACSIS - ACSIS The North Atlantic Climate System: Integrated observationS
From Thursday 19th October 2017 to Monday 23rd October 2017
Description
Project theme: ACSIS will utilise and develop a range of data sets to develop our atmospheric data products and use these to build up a comprehensive view of structure and variability of atmospheric composition across the North Atlantic.
Scientific contact (PI) : Alex Archibald
ata27@cam.ac.uk
https://essdtp.esc.cam.ac.uk/programme/climate-theme/c444-acsis-archibald
Not Transnational Access project
Not open to training
Open to sharing
Project confirmed
Planning
Aircraft: BAe146 - FAAM
Starting date: Thursday 19th October 2017
Ending date: Monday 23rd October 2017
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Location: Lajes, Azores
Description of the experiment
Scientific objectives / Proposed work / Anticipated output: Science context: Composition data sets will include (i) ozone and its precursors, which provide information of changes in tropospheric oxidizing capacity, (ii) methane, a key greenhouse gas whose budget is poorly understood, and (iii) properties of atmospheric aerosol, a potentially important short-term climate forcer.
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Project website: https://essdtp.esc.cam.ac.uk/programme/climate-theme/c444-acsis-archibald
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TEST |
TEST - FAAM Test and Training
From Monday 11th December 2017 to Friday 15th December 2017
Description
Project theme: Recommencement of flying following the BAe146 annual maintenance checks and fitting of new instruments. Activities include pilot currency flying, instrument tests, training.
Scientific contact (PI) : Doug Anderson
dougan@faam.ac.uk
http://www.faam.ac.uk
Not Transnational Access project
Open to training
Open to sharing
Project confirmed
Planning
Aircraft: BAe146 - FAAM
Starting date: Monday 11th December 2017
Ending date: Friday 15th December 2017
Season: Winter
Location: Cranfield
Description of the experiment
Scientific objectives / Proposed work / Anticipated output: Abstract: Aim is to get the aircraft, instruments and people ready for the science flying in Jan-Feb 2018
Science context: Preparation for PICASSO and Cold Air Outbreak flying (cloud physics)
Measurements: All core measurements
Weather conditions: Cloud
Time constraints:
Flight(s): UK-based flying
1 or 2 x pilot currency flights
1 or 2 instrument test and training flights
Instruments: Core instruments
Other constraints or requirements:
Project website: http://www.faam.ac.uk/index.php/flying-calendar/icalrepeat.detail/2017/12/11/11094/-/pfd-cranfield-flying
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MACSSIMIZE |
MACSSIMIZE - MACSSIMIZE: Measurements of Arctic Clouds, Snow, and Sea Ice nearby the Marginal Ice ZonE
From Friday 2nd March 2018 to Thursday 29th March 2018
Description
Project theme: A project within YOPP (Year Of Polar Prediction)
Scientific contact (PI) : Chawn Harlow
Chawn.harlow@metoffice.gov.uk
Not Transnational Access project
Not open to training
Open to sharing
Project confirmed
Planning
Aircraft: BAe146 - FAAM
Starting date: Friday 2nd March 2018
Ending date: Thursday 29th March 2018
Season: Winter
Location: Fairbanks, Alaska, USA
Description of the experiment
Scientific objectives / Proposed work / Anticipated output: Abstract: The overarching aims of this project will be to make the UK’s environmental prediction services for the polar regions world leading, through a better understanding of key physical processes and their improved representation within numerical weather and climate prediction systems. In so doing, improve environmental prediction globally via improved process representation and polar/mid-latitude linkages.
Science context: A major (~3 week) detachment to Fairbanks, Alaska, during March 2018. Refuels in Barrow or Inuvik to get further north. Targets are snow emissivity in conjunction with satellite overpasses and ground-based measurements of snow properties over land and sea ice; BL and surface exchange processes over sea-ice and the marginal-ice-zone; clouds, aerosols and radiative impacts on energy balance; orographic flows and gravity waves from the Brooks or Alaska mountain ranges;
Weather conditions: Clear air at low level
Time constraints:
Flight(s): 50 hours science
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