Future HALO science missions...
... scheduled in the HALO-timetable
For more detailed information on the HALO missions listed below, please follow the link underlying the mission acronym in the first table column.
... proposed but not yet scheduled
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 (proposed) | Principal Investigator(s) (Mission coordinator) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| NAWDIC | North Atlantic Waveguide, Dry Intrusion, and Downstream Impact Campaign | Nov 2025 - Feb 2026 | Shannon
(Ireland) | Julian Quinting (KIT) |
| CoMet 3.0 Tropics | Research campaign on greenhouse gases in the Tropics | Jun - Sep 2026 | Brazil | Andreas Fix (DLR-IPA) |
| WAVEGUIDE | Gravity Waves in Polar Night Jet | Sep - Dec 2026 | Kiruna (Sweden) | Bernd Kaifler (DLR-IPA) |
| AEROCLOUD-FIRE | AEROsol and CLOUD effects related to aviation and wildFIRE emissions | Jun - Oct 2027 | Northern US/Canada, and Oberpfaffenhofen | Christiane Voigt (DLR-IPA & University of Mainz) Yafang Cheng (MPIC) |
| CONTANGO-FIRE | CONvection, upper Troposphere Aerosol Nucleation, Gas phase Oxidation, and influence of wildFIREs on atmospheric chemistry and climate experiment | Oct 2027 - Feb 2028 | Mendoza (Argentinia) | Joachim Curtius (Goethe University Frankfurt) Peter Hoor (Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz) Yafang Cheng (MPIC) |
| CONIDA night | Contrasting Polar Night and Day | Nov - Dec 2028 | Kiruna (Sweden) | Manfred Wendisch (Leipzig University) |
| CONIDA day | Contrasting Polar Night and Day | Jun - Jul 2029 | Kiruna (Sweden) | Felix Ament (Universität Hamburg) |
| STACCATO | Stratocumulus Cloud Controls at the Mesoscale | Aug -Sep 2029 | Africa | Felix Ament, Raphaela Vogel (Universtität Hamburg) Bjorn Stevens, Sarah Kang (MPI-M) |
| Mission name | Science topic | Time period (from - to) | Airport base (proposed) | Principal Investigator(s) (Mission coordinator) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| HYGROPEX | The Hygropause of the Extratropics | tbd | Shannon, Ireland (or Azores?) | Peter Hoor (University of Mainz) Michaela Hegglin, Martin Riese (FZ Jülich) |
| AmazonBEAT | Amazonian Biogenic Emissions and ATmospheric effects | tbd | Manaus (Brazil) | Mira Pöhlker (TROPOS) |
| HALO BIODUST | BIOcrusts in global DUST cycling and their
effects on biogeochemical processes, climate, and health | tbd | Sal (Cape Verde) | Christopher Pöhlker (MPIC), Mira Pöhlker (TROPOS) |
| CoMet 4.0 Valise | Carbon dioxide and Methane mission for HALO Validation of spaceborne experiments | tbd | Oberpfaffenhofen (Germany) | Andreas Fix (DLR-IPA) |
| ConvERSE | Convective Gravity Waves: Excitation, Redistribution, Saturation & Evaluation | tbd | Sal (Cape Verde) | Andreas Dörnbrack (DLR-IPA) |