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(s) (Mission coordinator) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| HALO-(AC)3 | Arctic Air-Mass Transformations During Warm Air Intrusions and Marine Cold Air Outbreaks | Feb 8. 2021 - Apr 12. 2021 | Kiruna (Sweden) | Manfred Wendisch |
| CIRRUS-HL | Research Campaign on Ice Clouds | Sep 14. 2020 - Dec 14. 2020 | tbd | Christiane Voigt |
| CAFE-Brazil | Chemistry of the Atmosphere: Field Experiment in Brazil | Feb 24 2020 - Mar 15. 2020 | Barbados | tbd |
| BLUESKY | February – June 2020 | Oberpfaffen- hofen | Jos Lelieveld (MPI-M), Joachim Curtius (Univ. Frankfurt) | |
| EUREC4A | Elucidating the Role of Cloud-Circulation Coupling in Climate | Dez 09. 2019 - Feb 17. 2020 | Jos Lelieveld (MPIC Mainz), Ulrich Pöschl (MPIC Mainz) | |
| SOUTHTRAC | Transport and Composition of the Southern Hemisphere UTLS | Jul 22. 2019 - Dec 02. 2019 | Rio Grande Argentinien | Riese/Hoor Sinnhuber/Engel |
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(s) (Mission coordinator) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CAFE Africa | Atmospheric oxidation capacity over the tropical and South Atlantic Ocean | Jun 18, 2018 - Sep 14, 2018 | Oberpfaffen- hofen, Kiruna (Sweden) | Jos Lelieveld, Hartwig Harder, Horst Fischer |
| EMeRGe-Asia | Air chemistry: Transport and transformation of pollutants from megacities | Feb 26, 2018 - May 4, 2018 | Oberpfaffen- hofen | John Burrows, Lola Andrés Hernández |
| WISE | Dynamics & chemistry of mid-latitude upper troposphere / lower stratosphere | Aug 7, 2017 - Oct 20, 2017 | Shannon (Ireland) | Martin Riese1, Martin Kaufmann1, Peter Hoor2 |
| EMeRGe-EU | Air chemistry: Transport and transformation of pollutants from megacities | May 22, 2016 - Aug 4, 2017 | Oberpfaffen- hofen | John Burrows, Lola Andrés Hernández |
| COMET | Atmospheric composition: Sources and sinks of carbon dioxide and methane | Feb 27, 2016 - May 19, 2017 | Oberpfaffen- hofen | Andreas Fix |
| NAWDEX | Mid-latitude dynamic meteorology: North Atlantic waveguide and downstream impact experiment | Sep 14, 2016 - Oct 25, 2016 | Keflavik (Iceland) | Georg Craig1 (Andreas Schäfler2) |
| NARVAL II | Remote sensing for validation: organized convection in the deep tropics | Jun 20, 2016 - Aug 31, 2016 | Barbados | Björn Stevens (Lutz Hirsch) |
| iLOADS | Structural load analysis HALO | Mar 28 - Apr 29, 2016 | Oberpfaffen- hofen | Wolf Krüger |
| POLSTRACC GW-LCYCLE SALSA (PGS) | Dynamics & chemistry of Arctic upper troposphere / lower stratosphere | Nov 2, 2015 - Mar 24, 2016 | Oberpfaffen- hofen, Kiruna (Sweden) | Hermann Oelhaf, Björn-Martin Sinnhuber (Wolfgang Woiwode) |
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(s) (Mission coordinator) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| GEOHALO | Gravimetry / magnetometry of the Mediterranean | Oberpfaffen- hofen, Kiruna (Sweden) | Mirko Scheinert | |
| TACTS¹ / ESMval² | 1Transport and compositon in the UT/LMS Seasonal Change: Transition from summer to autumn 2Earth System Model Validation | Oberpfaffen- hofen | 1Andreas Engel, 2Hans Schlager | |
| NARVAL | NARVAL | Apr 20, 2015 - May 18, 2015 | Oberpfaffen- hofen | Axel Amediek |
| ML-CIRRUS | Formation, Lifetime, Properties and Radiative Impact of Mid-Latitude Cirrus Clouds | Oberpfaffen- hofen | ||
| ACRIDICON | Aerosol, Cloud, Precipitation, Radiation Interactions and Dynamics of Convective Cloud Systems | Oberpfaffen- hofen | ||
| CHARM-F | CHARM-F | Oberpfaffen- hofen | Axel Amediek | |
| OMO | Oxidation mechansim observations in the extratropical free troposphere | Apr 20, 2015 - May 18, 2015 | Oberpfaffen- hofen | Jos Lelieveld |
| POLSTRACC GW-LCYCLE SALSA (PGS) | Dynamics & chemistry of Arctic upper troposphere / lower stratosphere | Nov 2, 2015 - Mar 24, 2016 | Oberpfaffen- hofen, Kiruna (Sweden) | Hermann Oelhaf, Björn-Martin Sinnhuber |