HALO

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 nameScience topicTime period
(from - to)
Airport basePrincipal
Investigator
CAFE-PacificChemistry of the Atmosphere:
Field Experiment over the Pacific
Oct 2023 -
Mar 2024
Cairns
(Australia)
Jos Lelieveld (MPIC),
Joachim Curtius
(Goethe University Frankfurt)
PHILEASProbing 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 nameScience topicTime period
(from - to)
Airport basePrincipal
Investigator
CAFE-BrazilChemistry of the Atmosphere:
Field Experiment in Brazil​
Sep 2022 -
Feb 2023​
Manaus
(Brazil)
Jos Lelieveld
(MPIC),
Joachim Curtius
(Goethe University Frankfurt)
CoMet 2.0 ArcticResearch campaign on greenhouse gases
in the high latitudes
Jun - Sep
2022
Edmonton
(Canada)
Andreas Fix
(DLR-IPA)
HALO-(AC)³Arctic Air-Mass Transformations During
Warm Air Intrusions and Marine Cold Air Outbreaks
Dec 2021 -
Apr 2022
Kiruna
(Sweden)
Manfred Wendisch
(Leipzig University)
CIRRUS-HLResearch Campaign on Ice Clouds
and Contrails
Feb - Aug
2021
OberpfaffenhofenChristiane Voigt
(DLR-IPA)
BLUESKY / CAFE-EUExamination of the atmosphere during
the Coronavirus lockdown
Feb - Jun
2020
OberpfaffenhofenJos Lelieveld (MPIC),
Joachim Curtius
(Goethe University Frankfurt)
EUREC4AElucidating the Role of
Cloud-Circulation Coupling in Climate
Dec 2019 -
Feb 2020
BarbadosBjorn Stevens
(MPI-M)
SouthTRACTransport 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 nameScience topicTime period
(from - to)
Airport basePrincipal
Investigator
CAFE AfricaAtmospheric oxidation capacity over
the tropical and South Atlantic Ocean
Jun - Sep
2018
Sal
(Cape Verde Islands)
Jos Lelieveld
(MPIC)
CoMetAtmospheric composition: Sources and sinks
of carbon dioxide and methane
Apr - Jun
2018
OberpfaffenhofenAndreas Fix
(DLR-IPA)
EMeRGe-AsiaAir chemistry: Transport and transformation
of pollutants from megacities
Feb - May
2018
Tainan
(Taiwan)
John Burrows
(University of Bremen)
WISEDynamics & chemistry of mid-latitude
upper troposphere / lower stratosphere
Aug - Oct
2017
Shannon
(Ireland)
Martin Riese (FZ Jülich)
Peter Hoor (University of Mainz)
EMeRGe-EUAir chemistry: Transport and transformation
of pollutants from megacities
May - Aug
2017
OberpfaffenhofenJohn Burrows
(University of Bremen)
NAWDEXMid-latitude dynamic meteorology: North
Atlantic waveguide and downstream impact
experiment
Sep - Oct
2016
Keflavik
(Iceland)
Georg Craig
(LMU)
NARVAL 2Remote sensing for validation studies:
Organized convection in the deep tropics
Jun - Aug
2016
BarbadosBjorn Stevens
(MPI-M)
iLOADSStructural load analysis of HALOMar - Apr
2016
OberpfaffenhofenWolf 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 nameScience topicTime period
(from - to)
Airport basePrincipal
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)
OMOOxidation mechansim observations
in the extratropical free troposphere
Nov 2014 -
Sep 2015
Oberpfaffenhofen,
Paphos (Cyprus),
Gan (Maldives)
Jos Lelieveld (MPIC),
Hartwig Harder (MPIC)
CHARM-FTest Campaign for CHARM-FApr - May 2015OberpfaffenhofenAxel Amediek (DLR-IPA)
ACRIDICON-CHUVAAerosol, 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-CIRRUSFormation, Lifetime, Properties and
Radiative Impact of Mid-Latitude
Cirrus Clouds
Feb - Apr
2014
OberpfaffenhofenChristiane Voigt
(DLR-IPA)
NARVALNorth Atlantic Rainfall VALidationDec 2013 -
Jan 2014
OberpfaffenhofenBjorn Stevens (MPI-M)
TACTS/ESMvalTransport and compositon in the UT/LMS
Seasonal Change: Transition from summer to autumn Earth System Model Validation
Jun - Oct
2012
OberpfaffenhofenAndreas Engel
(Goethe University Frankfurt),
Hans Schlager (DLR-IPA)
GEOHALOGeophysical Investigation of the
Mediterranean using HALO
(Gravimetry / Magnetometry)
Jun 2012OberpfaffenhofenMirko Scheinert (TU Dresden)
HALO– TECHNOHALO technical test mission2010Oberpfaffenhofen