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Premiere in New Zealand: HALO research aircraft takes a detailed look at clouds in the South Pacific and Southern Ocean

Media Reports & Press Releases | August 26, 2025

The German research aircraft HALO is currently being prepared for deployment in New Zealand at its home base at the German Aerospace Center (DLR) in Oberpfaffenhofen: During the „HALO-South“ mission, which will begin in September, researchers led by the Leibniz Institute of Tropospheric Research (TROPOS) will investigate the interaction of clouds, aerosols, and radiation over […]

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DLR, GU Frankfurt, HALO South, Leipzig University, MPI-C Mainz, New Zealand, TROPOS Leipzig

A better understanding of climate change: Researchers study cloud movement in the Arctic

Media Reports & Press Releases | September 4, 2024

Special features of the Arctic climate, such as the strong reflection of the sun’s rays off the light snow or the low position of the sun, amplify global warming in the Arctic. However, researchers are often faced with the challenge of modelling the underlying climatic processes in order to be able to provide reliable weather

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HALO-(AC)3, Leipzig University

ORCESTRA: Exploring Tropical Clouds and their Impact on Climate

Media Reports & Press Releases | August 12, 2024

The ORCESTRA started his performance on August 10th in Cap Verde. The PERCUSION gives the beat by flying back and forth across the belt of deep rain over the tropical Atlantic Ocean, while the MAESTRO directs his plane around fields of broken cumuli around Cap Verde to understand how convective storms form and organize. The

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DLR, EC-TOOC, HALO mission, Hamburg University, Leipzig University, LMU, MPI-M Hamburg, ORCESTRA, PERCUSION, University of Cologne

Start of major aircraft measurement campaign in the Australian Pacific

Media Reports & Press Releases | Januar 12, 2024

Third and final part of the CAFE research expedition to study photochemistry and aerosol particle formation in the tropical atmosphere. In January and February, the German research aircraft HALO will be flying from Australia to investigate a climate change hotspot on the equator. It is the third part of a large-scale series of expeditions dealing

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CAFE-Pacific, Leipzig University, MPI-C Mainz, TROPOS Leipzig

Dramatic warming in the Arctic

Media Reports & Press Releases | März 18, 2022

Joint press release by Leipzig University + Alfred Wegener Institute, Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research (AWI) + German Aerospace Center (DLR) + Leibniz Institute for Tropospheric Research (TROPOS) + Max Planck Institute for Meteorology (MPI-M) + Hamburg University + University of Cologne + Max Planck Institute for Chemistry (MPIC) ) + Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität Munich (LMU)

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AWI, DLR, HALO mission, HALO-(AC)3, Hamburg University, Leipzig University, MPI-C Mainz, MPI-M Hamburg, TROPOS Leipzig, University of Cologne

EUREC4A—an international field study to test hypothesized cloud controlling factors influencing weather and climateClouds from every angle

Media Reports & Press Releases | Januar 16, 2020

From 20 January through 20 February 2020, the EUREC4A (Elucidating the role of clouds-circulation coupling in climate) field study will investigate trade wind clouds in the Tropical Atlantic. EUREC4A is a French-German initiated field study led by Prof Bjorn Stevens, Director at the Max Planck Institute for Meteorology (MPI-M) and head of the department “The

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DLR, EUREC4A, HALO mission, Hamburg University, Laboratoire de Météorologie Dynamique, Leipzig University, LMU, MPI-M Hamburg, University of Leeds