Publications
This page provides a list of mission overview papers, special issues, and links to individual publication lists related to HALO missions and instruments.
Special journal issues about HALO misisons and instruments
ACRIDICON-CHUVA (2014)
Inter-journal special issue in Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics (ACP) / Atmospheric Measurement Techniques (AMT):
The ACRIDICON-CHUVA campaign to study deep convective clouds and precipitation over Amazonia using the new German HALO research aircraft (ACP/AMT inter-journal SI). Editor(s): S. A. Penkett, S. A. Buehler, U. Schumann, and A. Heymsfield
BLUESKY (2020)
ACP special issue: BLUESKY atmospheric composition measurements by aircraft during the COVID-19 lockdown in spring 2020. Editor(s): ACP co-editors | Coordinators: Jianzhong Ma and Neil Harris | Co-organizers: Jos Lelieveld and Christiane Voigt
CoMet (2018)
Inter-journal special issue in Atmospheric Measurement Techniques (AMT), Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics (ACP), and Geoscientific Model Development (GMD):
CoMet: a mission to improve our understanding and to better quantify the carbon dioxide and methane cycles (AMT/ACP/GMD inter-journal SI). Editor(s): Andreas Richter, Dominik Brunner, Frank Hase, Diego Loyola, and Justus Notholt
CoMet 2.0 Arctic (2022)
Inter-journal special issue in Atmospheric Measurement Techniques (AMT), Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics (ACP), and Geoscientific Model Development (GMD):CoMet 2.0 Arctic: a mission to improve our understanding of carbon dioxide and methane cycles at high northern latitudes (AMT/ACP/GMD inter-journal SI). Editor(s): Tanja Schuck and Christoph Gerbig
EMeRGe (2018)
Inter-journal special issue in Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics (ACP) / Atmospheric Measurement Techniques (AMT):
Effect of Megacities on the Transport and Transformation of Pollutants at Regional and Global Scales (EMeRGe) (ACP/AMT inter-journal SI). Editor(s): ACP co-editors | Coordinators: Andreas Petzold and Manabu Shiraiwa | Co-organizers: Lola Andrés Hernández and Helmut Ziereis
EUREC4A (2020)
ESSD special issue: Elucidating the role of clouds–circulation coupling in climate: datasets from the 2020 (EUREC4A) field campaign. Editor(s): Helene Brogniez, Silke Gross, Sebastiaan Swart, Lisan Yu, Gijs de Boer, and David Carlson
HALO-(AC)3 (2021)
Inter-journal special issue in Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics (ACP) / Atmospheric Measurement Techniques (AMT):
HALO-(AC)3 – an airborne campaign to study air mass transformations during warm-air intrusions and cold-air outbreaks (ACP/AMT inter-journal SI). Editor(s): ACP co-editors | Coordinators: Martina Krämer and Paul Zieger | Co-organizers: Manfred Wendisch and Susanne Crewell
ML-CIRRUS (2014)
Inter-journal special issue in Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics (ACP) / Atmospheric Measurement Techniques (AMT):
ML-CIRRUS – the airborne experiment on natural cirrus and contrail cirrus in mid-latitudes with the high-altitude long-range research aircraft HALO (ACP/AMT inter-journal SI). Editor(s): C. Voigt, E. Jensen, Baumgardner, U. Schumann, R. S. Gao, and Dr. O. Möhler.
POLSTRACC (2016)
Inter-journal special issue in Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics (ACP) / Atmospheric Measurement Techniques (AMT):
The Polar Stratosphere in a Changing Climate (POLSTRACC) (ACP/AMT inter-journal SI). Editor(s): B.-M. Sinnhuber, H. Oelhaf, M. Chipperfield, R. Müller, and R. Schofield
SouthTRAC (2019)
Special issue in the Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres: SOUTHTRAC-GW: An Airborne Field Campaign to Explore Gravity Wave Dynamics at the World’s Strongest Hotspot
WISE (2017)
Inter-journal special issue in Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics (ACP) / Atmospheric Measurement Techniques (AMT) / Weather and Climate Dynamics (WCD):
WISE: Wave-driven isentropic exchange in the extratropical upper troposphere and lower stratosphere (ACP/AMT/WCD inter-journal SI). Editor(s): Peter Haynes and Mathias Palm
GLORIA (Instrument)
Special issue in Atmospheric Measurement Techniques (AMT):
Atmospheric limb imaging with GLORIA. Editor(s): C. von Savigny and J. Notholt.
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HALO Mission overview papers
ACRIDICON-CHUVA (2014)
Wendisch, M., and Coauthors, 2016: ACRIDICON–CHUVA Campaign: Studying Tropical Deep Convective Clouds and Precipitation over Amazonia Using the New German Research Aircraft HALO. Bull. Amer. Meteor. Soc., 97, 1885–1908, https://doi.org/10.1175/BAMS-D-14-00255.1.
BLUESKY (2020)
Voigt, C., Lelieveld, J., and Coauthors, 2022: Cleaner Skies during the COVID-19 Lockdown. Bull. Amer. Meteor. Soc., 103, E1796–E1827, https://doi.org/10.1175/BAMS-D-21-0012.1.
CAFE-Africa (2018)
Schneider, J., and Coauthors, 2021: Aircraft-based observation of meteoric material in lower-stratospheric aerosol particles between 15 and 68° N, Atmos. Chem. Phys., 21, 989–1013, https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-21-989-2021.
CAFE-Brazil (2022/23)
Curtius, J., Heinritzi, M., Beck, L.J., and Coauthors, 2024: Isoprene nitrates drive new particle formation in Amazon’s upper troposphere. Nature 636, 124–130, https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-024-08192-4
CIRRUS-HL (2021)
Jurkat-Witschas, T., and Coauthors, 2025: CIRRUS-HL: Picturing High- and Midlatitude Summer Cirrus and Contrail Cirrus above Europe with Airborne Measurements aboard the Research Aircraft HALO. Bull. Amer. Meteor. Soc., 106, E2300–E2327, https://doi.org/10.1175/BAMS-D-23-0270.1.
CoMet (2018)
Gałkowski, M., and Coauthors, 2021: In situ observations of greenhouse gases over Europe during the CoMet 1.0 campaign aboard the HALO aircraft, Atmos. Meas. Tech., 14, 1525–1544, https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-14-1525-2021.
EMeRGe (EU: 2017 ; Asia: 2018)
Andrés Hernández, and Coauthors, 2022: Overview: On the transport and transformation of pollutants in the outflow of major population centres – observational data from the EMeRGe European intensive operational period in summer 2017, Atmos. Chem. Phys., 22, 5877–5924, https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-22-5877-2022.
EUREC4A (2020)
Stevens, B. and Coauthors, 2021: EUREC4A, Earth Syst. Sci. Data, 13, 4067–119, https://doi.org/10.5194/essd-13-4067-2021.
> Data description paper
Konow, H., and Coauthors. 2021: EUREC4A’s HALO, Earth Syst. Sci. Data, 13, 5545–5563, https://doi.org/10.5194/essd-13-5545-2021.
HALO-(AC)3 (2021)
Wendisch, M., and Coauthors, 2023: Atmospheric and Surface Processes, and Feedback Mechanisms Determining Arctic Amplification: A Review of First Results and Prospects of the (AC)3 Project. Bull. Amer. Meteor. Soc., 104, E208–E242, https://doi.org/10.1175/BAMS-D-21-0218.1.
ML-CIRRUS (2014)
Voigt, C., and Coauthors, 2017: ML-CIRRUS: The Airborne Experiment on Natural Cirrus and Contrail Cirrus with the High-Altitude Long-Range Research Aircraft HALO. Bull. Amer. Meteor. Soc., 98, 271–288, https://doi.org/10.1175/BAMS-D-15-00213.1.
NARVAL (2014) & NARVAL 2 (2016)
Stevens, B., and Coauthors, 2019: A High-Altitude Long-Range Aircraft Configured as a Cloud Observatory: The NARVAL Expeditions. Bull. Amer. Meteor. Soc., 100, 1061–1077, https://doi.org/10.1175/BAMS-D-18-0198.1.
NAWDEX (2016)
Schäfler, A., and Coauthors, 2018: The North Atlantic Waveguide and Downstream Impact Experiment. Bull. Amer. Meteor. Soc., 99, 1607–1637, https://doi.org/10.1175/BAMS-D-17-0003.1.
PERCUSION (2024)
Groß, S., et al., 2026: Persistent EarthCARE underflight studies of the ITCZ and organized convection (PERCUSION): Contribution to EarthCARE Validation. EGUSphere, 2026. https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-2026-112 . (pre-print)
PHILEAS (2023)
Riese, M., Hoor, P., and Coauthors, 2025: Long-range transport of polluted Asian summer monsoon air to high latitudes during the PHILEAS campaign in the boreal summer 2023. Bull. Amer. Meteor. Soc., , BAMS-D-24-0232.1, https://doi.org/10.1175/BAMS-D-24-0232.1, in press.
POLSTRACC (2016)
Oelhaf, H., and Coauthors, 2019: POLSTRACC: Airborne Experiment for Studying the Polar Stratosphere in a Changing Climate with the High Altitude and Long Range Research Aircraft (HALO). Bull. Amer. Meteor. Soc., 100, 2634–2664, https://doi.org/10.1175/BAMS-D-18-0181.1.
SouthTRAC (2019)
Rapp, M., and Coauthors, 2021: SOUTHTRAC-GW: An Airborne Field Campaign to Explore Gravity Wave Dynamics at the World’s Strongest Hotspot. Bull. Amer. Meteor. Soc., 102, E871–E893, https://doi.org/10.1175/BAMS-D-20-0034.1.
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Individual publication lists
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DFG-SPP: List of publications related to HALO missions and instruments
List of peer-reviewed publications, theses and data sets related to the Infrastructure Priority Program 1294 of the German Research Foundation (DFG SPP 1294) for HALO | DOWNLOAD (PDF, 1.4 MB); current version: February 2026
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CAFE-EU / BLUESKY (2020)
List of Publications on MPI-C homepage
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CIRRUS-HL (2021)
List of Publications on CIRRUSHL Mission webpage at dlr.de
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NAWDEX (2016)
List of publications on NAWDEX mission webpage at dlr.de
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NAWDIC (2026)
Campaign Documents, Media Coverage, and Literature list at KIT homepage
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SouthTRAC (2019)
List of publications on SouthTRAC mission webpage at dlr.de
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