European Facility For Airborne Research Oct. 14, 2024, 08:11
2000 - 2004 Funded under the European Union’s FP5 Infrastructure Cooperation Network |
2004 - 2008 Funded under the European Union’s FP6 Integrated Infrastructure Initiative |
2008 - 2013 Funded under the European Union’s FP7 Integrated Infrastructure Initiative |
2014 - 2018 Funded under the European Union’s FP7 Integrated Infrastructure Initiative |
---|---|---|---|
€640 000 budget | €5 million budget | €8 million budget | €6 million budget |
9 partner consortium | 22 partner consortium | 34 partner consortium | 24 partner consortium |
5 aircraft/instrument operators | Implementation of transnational access activity coordinating access to fully-funded flight hours involving: - 15 aircraft/instrument operators - 23 research aircraft open for transnational access |
Transnational access activity coordinating access to fully-funded flight hours involving: - 13 aircraft/instrument operators - 20 research aircraft & 6 specialised instruments open for transnational access |
Transnational access activity coordinating access to fully-funded flight hours involving: - 13 aircraft/instrument operators - 17 research aircraft & 3 remote-sensing instruments open for transnational access |
Creation of EUFAR in 2000 4 networking activities |
6 networking activities | 9 networking activities | 9 networking activities |
1 joint research activity AARP – Design, development and testing of an Aerosol Reference Pod that can be flown on several aircraft and serve as a reference standard for inter-calibration of airborne aerosol instrumentation. AARP was developed and tested both in the laboratory and in flight, and is the first airborne instrumental development in Europe carried out by a consortium of laboratories from 5 different countries. |
3 joint research activities HYQUAPRO - Quality layers for airborne hyperspectral imagery and data products - 5 peer-reviewed publications DENCHAR - Development and evaluation of new and improved hygrometers for airborne research - 7 peer-reviewed publications ALIDS - Airborne Laser Interferometric Drop Sizer - 2 peer-reviewed publications |
2 joint research activities HYLIGHT - Integration of airborne hyperspectral imagery and laser scanning data to improve image processing and interpretation - 2 peer-reviewed publications & 1 conference proceeding published TGOE - Traceability in Gas-phase Observations in EUFAR (TGOE) A number of scientists from the TGOE working group were involved in the DACCIWA campaign, as significant efforts being focused on the cross calibration checks between the different platforms/instruments involved. |
|
420 fully-funded flight hours 44 research flight campaigns 232 users |
503 fully-funded flight hours 42 research flight campaigns 406 users (incl. 100 participants in summer schools) 75% users out of [UK, France, Germany] |
430 fully-funded flight hours (planned) 38 research flight campaigns (planned) |
|
Implementation of Education & Training Activity Organisation of 2 summer schools (Romania, The Netherlands) 46 students |
Organisation of 5 summer schools (Hungary, France, France, Italy, Spain) 100 participants (incl. 12 university lecturers) from 18 EU Member or Associated States |
1 summer school (Poland, 2015) jointly organised and financed with COST Action OPTIMISE & ESA 44 participants (incl. 22 lecturers & experts) from 18 countries (11 EU members) 3 more summer schools planned |
|
8 expert workshops | 10 expert workshops | 20 expert working groups 10 expert working group workshops EUFAR handbook (Wendisch & Brenguier, 2013; 9 chapters, 655 pages, 91 authors from 13 countries) |
12 expert working groups |
Creation of centralised database 9.2 TB data (154 flights/flightlines from 12 aircraft) |
Data archive now links 162 flights and auxiliary data for 55 projects (2TB (EUFAR flight data) plus links to 9.3TB (ARSF+FAAM flights)) | ||
COPAL ESFRI project as an answer to scientific user’s need identified in EUFAR | ICARE-2010 (international conference on airborne research for the environment, Toulouse, 2010) |
Decision to establish EUFAR as a legal sustainable structure (International not-for-profit Association AISBL under Belgian Law selected). Constitution of working group (9 signatories of MoU, 3 underway) who are currently drafting the AISBL statutes, internal regulations, activity and financial plans. Association to be legally established in 2016/2017. |
|
Creation of EUFAR website in 2003 | Launch of new EUFAR website, Nov 2015 |