European Facility For Airborne Research Sept. 1, 2024, 01:36
By BROWN Phil, CANONICI Jean-Christophe
Airborne research often involves large teams that may be both nationally-based and international. Any single flight represents part of an iceberg that consists of many layers of preparatory activities, many of which are not seen by the casual observer. These include:
SAFIRE is a long-standing member of the EUFAR community. During the autumn of 2016, they supported the EPATAN-NEAREX campaign based in Iceland and part of the larger NAWDEX (North Atlantic Waveguide and Downstream impacts EXperiment). This was a multi-national initiative to improve undertstanding of the dynamical meteorological processes that generate high-impact weather events over Western Europe (strong winds and heavy precipitation). Using its previous program of financial support from the European Commission, EUFAR was able to provide Transnational Access to the SAFIRE aircraft to a group of scientists working in Norway during this campaign.
This short video illustrates several of the above parts of the story of an atmospheric research flight. In the video, you will also see aircraft of another EUFAR member, DLR, that were contributing other measurements as part of NAWDEX.
The entry gallery shows the SAFIRE Falcon-20 prior to a flight during the MAGIC-Comet airborne campaign, Toulouse-Francazal, January 2018.
Orginally published on Feb. 20, 2019, 16:53
Last update on July 17, 2024, 15:48