KIT Researchers and Partners Investigating Effects of Ozone and Water Vapor in Troposphere and Stratosphere The Arctic is one of the regions most strongly affected by climate change. In recent decades, the temperature there has risen four times as fast as the global average. The ASCCI measurement campaign coordinated by the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology […]
Airborne Campaign Analyzing Climate Change in the Arctic Weiterlesen »
Successful transfer flight including an EarthCARE underflight to the ASCCI campaign base in Kiruna, Sweden. Within the next four weeks HALO is going to perform about 8-10 research flights. Picture: The HALO research aircraft arriving in Kiruna in northern Sweden. On the underside of the fuselage, the instrument developed and operated by KIT and Forschungszentrum Jülich GLORIA
HALO performing EarthCARE underflight during transfer to Kiruna, SWE Weiterlesen »
Today’s first long mission flight of HALO for the ASCCI mission went well. Landing was approx. 18:41 local and thus almost 9:40 hours flight time practically as planned. No major instrument problems were reported in the de-briefing. We will now continue with three ground days as planned and the transfer to Kiruna as a longer measurement flight
Successful first mission flight for ASCCI mission Weiterlesen »
An international group of researchers, with the participation of Brazilians in particular, has succeeded for the first time in unraveling the physiochemical mechanism that explains the complex system of rain formation in the Amazon, which influences the global climate. It involves the production of aerosol nanoparticles, electrical discharges and chemical reactions at high altitudes that
Trees emit isoprene, which reacts with other molecules and increases the production of cloud condensation nuclei 100-fold A defense mechanism that has emerged and disappeared several times over the evolutionary history of different lines of plants, particularly trees in hot environments, plays a crucial role in Amazonia in one of the most important land climate
Gas in the Amazon rainforest accelerates cloud formation Weiterlesen »
Preparations for the next HALO mission are on the way. During the ASCCI campaign, scientists aim at improving their understanding of: 1. Inter-annual variability of Arctic lower stratospheric ozone depletion and the implications for radiative forcing and surface climate impacts of ozone recovery2. High latitude stratosphere-troposphere exchange and the structure of the high latitude tropopause3.
HALO mission integration ongoing Weiterlesen »