Previous HALO science missions
HALO science missions since 2023
For more detailed information on the HALO missions listed below, please follow the link underlying the mission acronym in the first table column.
| Mission name | Science topic | Time period (from - to) | Airport base | Principal Investigator |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CAFE-Pacific | Chemistry of the Atmosphere: Field Experiment over the Pacific | Oct 2023 - Mar 2024 | Cairns (Australia) | Jos Lelieveld (MPIC), Joachim Curtius (Goethe University Frankfurt) |
| PHILEAS | Probing High Latitude Export of air from the Asian Summer Monsoon | Jun - Oct 2023 | Anchorage (Alaska, USA), Oberpfaffenhofen | Peter Hoor (University of Mainz) Martin Riese (FZ Jülich) |
HALO science missions 2019-2022
For more detailed information on the HALO missions listed below, please follow the link underlying the mission acronym in the first table column.
| Mission name | Science topic | Time period (from - to) | Airport base | Principal Investigator |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CAFE-Brazil | Chemistry of the Atmosphere: Field Experiment in Brazil | Sep 2022 - Feb 2023 | Manaus (Brazil) | Jos Lelieveld (MPIC), Joachim Curtius (Goethe University Frankfurt) |
| CoMet 2.0 Arctic | Research campaign on greenhouse gases in the high latitudes | Jun - Sep 2022 | Edmonton (Canada) | Andreas Fix (DLR-IPA) |
| HALO-(AC)³ | Arctic Air-Mass Transformations During Warm Air Intrusions and Marine Cold Air Outbreaks | Dec 2021 - Apr 2022 | Kiruna (Sweden) | Manfred Wendisch (Leipzig University) |
| CIRRUS-HL | Research Campaign on Ice Clouds and Contrails | Feb - Aug 2021 | Oberpfaffenhofen | Christiane Voigt (DLR-IPA) |
| BLUESKY / CAFE-EU | Examination of the atmosphere during the Coronavirus lockdown | Feb - Jun 2020 | Oberpfaffenhofen | Jos Lelieveld (MPIC), Joachim Curtius (Goethe University Frankfurt) |
| EUREC4A | Elucidating the Role of Cloud-Circulation Coupling in Climate | Dec 2019 - Feb 2020 | Barbados | Bjorn Stevens (MPI-M) |
| SouthTRAC | Transport and Composition of the Southern Hemisphere UTLS | Jul - Dec 2019 | Rio Grande (Argentina) | Markus Rapp (DLR-IPA) |
HALO science missions 2016-2018
For more detailed information on the HALO missions listed below, please follow the link underlying the mission acronym in the first table column.
| Mission name | Science topic | Time period (from - to) | Airport base | Principal Investigator |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CAFE Africa | Atmospheric oxidation capacity over the tropical and South Atlantic Ocean | Jun - Sep 2018 | Sal (Cape Verde Islands) | Jos Lelieveld (MPIC) |
| CoMet | Atmospheric composition: Sources and sinks of carbon dioxide and methane | Apr - Jun 2018 | Oberpfaffenhofen | Andreas Fix (DLR-IPA) |
| EMeRGe-Asia | Air chemistry: Transport and transformation of pollutants from megacities | Feb - May 2018 | Tainan (Taiwan) | John Burrows (University of Bremen) |
| WISE | Dynamics & chemistry of mid-latitude upper troposphere / lower stratosphere | Aug - Oct 2017 | Shannon (Ireland) | Martin Riese (FZ Jülich) Peter Hoor (University of Mainz) |
| EMeRGe-EU | Air chemistry: Transport and transformation of pollutants from megacities | May - Aug 2017 | Oberpfaffenhofen | John Burrows (University of Bremen) |
| NAWDEX | Mid-latitude dynamic meteorology: North Atlantic waveguide and downstream impact experiment | Sep - Oct 2016 | Keflavik (Iceland) | Georg Craig (LMU) |
| NARVAL 2 | Remote sensing for validation studies: Organized convection in the deep tropics | Jun - Aug 2016 | Barbados | Bjorn Stevens (MPI-M) |
| iLOADS | Structural load analysis of HALO | Mar - Apr 2016 | Oberpfaffenhofen | Wolf Krüger (DLR-AE) |
| POLSTRACC GW-LCYCLE SALSA (PGS) | Dynamics & chemistry of Arctic upper troposphere / lower stratosphere | Nov 2015 - Mar 2016 | Oberpfaffenhofen, Kiruna (Sweden) | Hermann Oelhaf (KIT), Björn-Martin Sinnhuber (KIT) Markus Rapp (DLR-IPA) Andreas Engel (Goethe University Frankfurt) |
Past HALO science missions (prior to 2016)
For more detailed information on the HALO missions listed below, please follow the link underlying the mission acronym in the first table column.
| Mission name | Science topic | Time period (from - to) | Airport base | Principal Investigator |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| POLSTRACC / GW-LCYCLE / SALSA (PGS) | Dynamics & chemistry of Arctic upper troposphere / lower stratosphere | Nov 2015 - Mar 2016 | Oberpfaffenhofen, Kiruna (Sweden) | Hermann Oelhaf (KIT), Björn-Martin Sinnhuber (KIT), Peter Hoor (University of Mainz), Andreas Engel (Goethe University Frankfurt) |
| OMO | Oxidation mechansim observations in the extratropical free troposphere | Nov 2014 - Sep 2015 | Oberpfaffenhofen, Paphos (Cyprus), Gan (Maldives) | Jos Lelieveld (MPIC), Hartwig Harder (MPIC) |
| CHARM-F | Test Campaign for CHARM-F | Apr - May 2015 | Oberpfaffenhofen | Axel Amediek (DLR-IPA) |
| ACRIDICON-CHUVA | Aerosol, Cloud, Precipitation, Radiation Interactions and Dynamics of Convective Cloud Systems | Jun - Oct 2014 | Manaus- (Brazil) | Meinrat O. Andreae (MPIC), Manfred Wendisch (Leipzig University), Ulrich Pöschl (MPIC) |
| ML-CIRRUS | Formation, Lifetime, Properties and Radiative Impact of Mid-Latitude Cirrus Clouds | Feb - Apr 2014 | Oberpfaffenhofen | Christiane Voigt (DLR-IPA) |
| NARVAL | North Atlantic Rainfall VALidation | Dec 2013 - Jan 2014 | Oberpfaffenhofen | Bjorn Stevens (MPI-M) |
| TACTS/ESMval | Transport and compositon in the UT/LMS Seasonal Change: Transition from summer to autumn Earth System Model Validation | Jun - Oct 2012 | Oberpfaffenhofen | Andreas Engel (Goethe University Frankfurt), Hans Schlager (DLR-IPA) |
| GEOHALO | Geophysical Investigation of the Mediterranean using HALO (Gravimetry / Magnetometry) | Jun 2012 | Oberpfaffenhofen | Mirko Scheinert (TU Dresden) |
| HALO– TECHNO | HALO technical test mission | 2010 | Oberpfaffenhofen |