European Facility For Airborne Research

The Webinar emphasizes current research activities relying on airborne observations. If global models are currently built up based largely on satellite observations, the remaining uncertainties are linked with fine-scale processes which are beyond satellite capabilities. In the presentations, innovative techniques and observation strategies onboard aircraft, balloons and UAVs offer new insights for atmospheric monitoring and research in complement to ground-based observations, with a potential for interoperable instrumentation. Airborne observations onboard UAVs are also described as a good tool to collect high-quality atmospheric data for calibrating and validating satellite observations.

Chair of the EUFAR Executive Board, Thomas Ruhtz Freie Universität Berlin (Free University of Berlin), participated in the ESF 50th anniversary celebrations as a roundtable speaker. Dr. Ruhtz contributed to a panel discussion titled “Sustained Infrastructures for European Research” alongside Jana Kolar, Executive Director of CERIC ERIC (Central European Research Infrastructure Consortium), and Nigel Mason, Coordinator of the Europlanet Society.

EUFAR's General Assembly meeting successfully took place on June 19-20, 2024, in Brno, Czechia. We extend our heartfelt gratitude to the Global Change Research Institute – CzechGlobe for hosting this year’s gathering.

EUFAR AISBL expresses its sincere thanks to Dr. Mélanie Ghysels-Dubois for exemplary cooperation during the preparation of the EU Horizon proposal.

EUFAR members, Vlaamse Instelling voor Technologisch Onderzoek (VITO) and CzechGlobe – Global Change Research Institute, had the pleasure to welcome the EnMAP scientific PI Sabine Chabrillat and ESA CHIME and S2NG Mission Scientist, Marco Celesti at the poster for latest updates on status and future plans of EUFAR at the EARSeL Imaging Spectroscopy

Upcoming campaigns list of the French research aircraft facility (SAFIRE) is available. Click on the link for the full list.

EUFAR is sponsoring the 13th EARSeL Workshop on Imaging Spectroscopy

EUFAR is inviting experts in imaging spectroscopy from manned or unmanned aerial platforms to submit their abstracts/papers to the special session 'EUFAR” during the 13th Workshop on Hyperspectral Image and Signal Processing.

As a proud sponsor of Whispers 2023, EUFAR is inviting researchers in airborne (manned and unmanned) imaging spectroscopy to submit their abstracts/papers to the special session 'EUFAR' before 15th July 2023.

Presentation of a NASA project to convert a Boeing 777 aircraft for Earth System Science research. Recording now available.

The 2nd International Conference on Airborne Research for the Environment (ICARE 2017) was held at DLR - the German Aerospace Research Centre, in Oberpfaffenhofen near Munich (Germany), from 10 to 13 July 2017.