EUFAR - EUropean Facility for Airborne Research EUFAR/ICCAGRA meeting at ISPRS, 3-6 May 2009, Stresa, Italy Transnational Access within EUFAR and its wider.

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EUFAR - EUropean Facility for Airborne Research EUFAR/ICCAGRA meeting at ISPRS, 3-6 May 2009, Stresa, Italy Transnational Access within EUFAR and its wider development Phil Brown, Met Office

Aims of Transnational Access in EUFAR To provide access to research aircraft or instrumentation that is not available via the user’s own national research funding. Available to both expert and non-expert users Principal eligibility criteria: The proposer and the majority of the user group should be employed at institution in an EU Member State or Associated State The infrastructure (aircraft or instrumentation) to which they propose access should be from a different EU Member State

The History of European Research Aircraft TA Began under EU Framework Programme 4 (STAARTE) and 5 (CAATER) with access to 3 aircraft (UK, France, Germany) Expanded in EUFAR FP6 to a network of over 20 aircraft provided TA to 46 user groups (230 users) 413 flight hours total most-heavily used aircraft flew hours each In FP7, merging with the HYRESSA community now continues to provide access to over 20 research aircraft plus 4 hyperspectral imaging systems

Key Issues in EUFAR TA under FP6 Typical allocation of flight hours to a user group was ~9-10 – insufficient to accomplish high-impact scientific research. EC rules allow access costs to be specified only in simple units – flight-hours – with no allowance for other typical costs (detachments away from home base, transit flight time, instrument integration etc.). Limited to <20% of the aircraft operator’s total activity. Initially, fixed allocations of flight-hours were provided to each aircraft within TA. After 2 years, and with the agreement of all partners, a re-allocation system was created. This allowed funds to be transferred from unused flight-hours on some aircraft to support additional hours on other aircraft

Aims for the development of TA in FP7 To increase the overall scientific impact of TA activities Methods: Clustering of TA projects with those supported by national or other EC funds ability to share transit costs larger community of scientists with whom to interact Promotion of specific instrument testing and development activities via TA flying problem of instrument integration costs Promotion of summer schools as a specific activity Tutoring – pre-review guidance to applicants instruments, methods, flight strategy etc. from within the identifiable pool of EUFAR Experts Stricter scientific review process with clear guidelines on expected output quality

Types of TA activity Science projects Similar to those undertaken during EUFAR under FP6. May be submitted by both expert and non-expert users of research aircraft. Expert users will be gaining access to an aircraft from outside their home country with measurement capabilities not available via national or other EC research funding. Non-expert users from countries and/or institutions without access to research aircraft via national funding. Primary acceptance criterion will be the quality and impact of the science, as judged by independent peer- review process. Secondary criterion will be impact on scientific users. Seeking to ensure that potential users of the flight data are identified at an early stage in the application process. Project will be more likely to secure TA funding if it can identify a large potential user base.

Types of TA activity Summer schools Similar to those undertaken in FP6 with ATR42 and BAe146 Primary acceptance criterion will be quality of teaching proposed, both in terms of people and programme. Summer schools may be proposed both for existing students (primarily studying at the Ph.D. level) in the selected field. also summer schools that involve staff currently teaching in such areas of science, but who have not had any previous activity in airborne measurement fields. Instrument development Primary criterion for acceptance will be on the perceived demand for, and scientific impact of, the new instrument. Judged by independent peer-review process involving experts in airborne instrumentation. Secondary acceptance criterion will be ability to cluster with other projects to increases the cost-effectiveness of the flying.

Instrument Development activities Proposed to have a separate call for proposals with a longer lead time than normal Allows time to seek separate funding for instrument integration Also, hoping to get EC approval that such costs may also be incorporated within an operator’s allowable subcontracting costs – could become incorporated in the final audited flight hour costs which would be reimbursed to the operator

Clustering of TA projects With both national- and other EC-funded activities (including other EUFAR TA) auditing required to cover ALL activities of the field campaign to clarify that there is no double-funding Contact a wider group of scientific users to increase collaboration. Share transit costs – maybe allowing projects in locations remote from the operator’s home base. Enable a TA project to have greater time in the field – improve probability of encountering optimum measurement conditions.

Pre-review Tutoring – feedback to applicants Are the scientific aims of the project clearly stated? Is an aircraft the most appropriate platform for obtaining the required measurements? Is the instrumentation that is proposed to be operated appropriate to the task and being utilised in the correct way? Are the flight patterns that are proposed the most appropriate to acquire the necessary measurements? Does the data analysis plan pay appropriate attention to any issues that may arise due to instrument operating limitations, calibrations issues etc.? Does the project require any special weather or ground surface conditions and if so, does the field observation plan consider where or how these conditions might be met? Is there a reasonable probability that the project can acquire sufficient data to address its scientific aims within the proposed operating period? should be a dialog between applicants and tutor

Scientific review – follows similar overall guidelines to national research funding schemes 9 - Exceptional scientific merit and expected to make a major scientific impact. 8 - At the leading edge of its field, and will produce a significant advance of general understanding. May develop a measurement technique that will open up a new field of study. 7 - A well-planned study that will produce competitive science and some advances within its field. May generate significant advances within a specialist measurement area. 6 - A good-quality study that will produce results that strongly support other work within the field of study. May generate a useful advance within a specialist measurement area. 5 - Has some aspects of merit, but likely to provide only moderate support to other studies within the field, or to provide only a modest advance within a specialist measurement area. 4 - Scientifically sound but unlikely to make any advances within a field of science or specialist measurement area. 3 - Identifiable flaws in the approach or proposed methods. 2 - Significant flaws in the approach or methods. 1 - Rejected due to similar measurements or analyses having already been performed Minimum threshold required for allocation of TA funding

Allocation of TA funding in EUFAR FP7 Propose to have a more open system from the start, which incorporates the spirit of the re-allocation funding pool that was implemented in FP6 (at end- Yr2) No pre-allocations to individual aircraft – the aim is to achieve a more “open market” promoting collaboration between proposers and TA operators. All aircraft operators are free to express interest in supporting any new application – they may contribute to the pre-review tutoring process. Final decision on allocation made by User Group Selection Panel (UGSP) composed of 4 EUFAR and 5 independent representatives Aircraft selected on the basis of which will most closely match the proposers’ objectives and instrumentation requirements

Allocation of TA funding in EUFAR FP7 Flight-hours allocation likely to remain at around 10 hours per user group but with the possibility of additional hours where scientific outcomes of high quality or impact are expected Total budget for 4 years ( ) of approx €3,000,000 providing approx 520 flight hours anticipate flight hours to be split roughly 20% small low-cost aircraft 55% medium-size aircraft 25% large aircraft or high-altitude jets Remains limited to 20% of operator’s total activity (over 4 years).