Previous HALO science missions
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 (Univ. 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 Univ.) |
| 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 (Univ. 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 (Univ. Bremen) |
| WISE | Dynamics & chemistry of mid-latitude upper troposphere / lower stratosphere | Aug - Oct 2017 | Shannon (Ireland) | Martin Riese (FZ Jülich) Peter Hoor (Univ. Mainz) |
| EMeRGe-EU | Air chemistry: Transport and transformation of pollutants from megacities | May - Aug 2017 | Oberpfaffenhofen | John Burrows (Univ. 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 (Univ. 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 (Univ. Mainz), Andreas Engel (Univ. 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 Univ.), 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 (Univ. 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 |