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Above the Clouds: HALO Measurement Campaign Successfully Completed

Over a period of more than three months, scientists have collected data on cloud formation in the Atlantic with the HALO research aircraft, and repeatedly performed flights underneath the EarthCARE satellite for joint measurements. This campaign, called PERCUSION, was led by the Max Planck Institute for Meteorology and the German Aerospace Center and has now […]

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Between doldrums and tropical storms – The international HALO aircraft campaign PERCUSION

From the beginning of August to the end of September the Meteorological Institute contributed to the HALO aircraft campaign PERCUSION. The cloud systems of the intertropical convergence zone were studied using the German research aircraft HALO from Cape Verde and Barbados islands, i.e. from both sides of the Atlantic, and with the new ESA satellite

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ORCESTRA: Half-Time for the Tropical Cloud Experiment

MPI-M researchers and their partner institutions are currently performing atmospheric measurements over the equatorial Atlantic with eight coordinated measurement campaigns. They want to find out what controls the structure of the tropical rain belt, how it will change in the future and what this means for weather patterns. A variety of state-of-the-art research platforms are

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HALO under EarthCARE in tandem flight – measurement flights from aircraft and satellite

The HALO research aircraft from the German Aerospace Center (Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt; DLR) has successfully completed the first phase of its most challenging mission to date, in terms of flying and science, over Cabo Verde. Since the beginning of August 2024, HALO (the High Altitude and Long Range research aircraft) has been

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Messkampagne mit HALO auf den Kap Verden

Der erste Teil der groß angelegten Messkampagne PERCUSION/ORCHESTRA neigt sich dem Ende. Fast 4 Wochen war dabei das deutsche Forschungsflugzeug HALO auf den Kap Verden stationiert und hat dabei zahlreiche Daten gesammelt um die Instrumente des EarthCARE Satelliten validieren zu können. Dafür ist das Forschungsflugzeug HALO mit einer ähnlichen Payload bestückt, wie die EarthCARE-Payload. Für die Vergleichsmessungen werden dabei

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ORCESTRA: Exploring Tropical Clouds and their Impact on Climate

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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