European Facility For Airborne Research

EUFAR FP6 was a project funded by the EC under its Integrated Infrastructure Intiative as part of the EC's 6th Framework Programme for Research and Technological Development. 

The objectives of the EUFAR in FP6 were to:

• co-ordinate the network of research aircraft for exchanging knowledge, sharing developments, and building the unified structure that is required for improving access to the research infrastructures;
• provide users with Transnational Access (TA) to the infrastructures;
• extend TA to national funding sources, also referred to as Extended TA;
• promote airborne research in the academic community;
• develop research activities in airborne instrumentation.

To reach these objectives, EUFAR implemented

• Networking activities:
  • ESF Scientific Advisory Committee (N1ESF-SAC), constituted of independent eminent scientists, to supervise the activities of the EUFAR I3,
  • Transnational Access Coordination (N2TAC) to provide a unified management structure for all EUFAR TA activities,
  • Future of the Fleet (N3FF) to provide technical solutions for extending TA beyond EU support, and elaborate on possible enhancements of the fleet,
  • Expert Working Groups (N4EWG) which exchanged knowledge and promoted best practice and investment in airborne instrumentation,
  • Education & Training (N5ET) to promote airborne research in the academic community.
  • E-Communication (N6EC) to elaborate efficient solutions for the dissemination of the information and the evaluations of TA applications.

• Transnational Access Activities:
  • To provide access to 24 instrumented aircraft, including scientific and engineering support for integration of instruments, planning of field campaigns, and data analysis.

• Joint Research Activities:
  • To design and construct an Aerosol Reference Pod that could be flown on several aircraft and serve as a reference standard for inter-calibration of airborne aerosol instrumentation.

EUFAR FP6 Partner Consortium: