1. EUFAR – future developments in access to airborne research infrastructure in Europe
9 April 2018
Phil Brown, Met Office, UK
Elisabeth Gerard, Meteo-France, France

2. History and previous activities
Capabilities
EUFAR AISBL
The future

3. EUFAR history
EUFAR
EUFAR2
FP5 Infrastructure Cooperation Network
FP6 Integrated Infrastructure Initiative
FP7 Integrated
Infrastructure
Initiative
FP7 Integrated Infrastructure Initiative
€640k
€5M
€8M
€6M
9 partners
22 partners
34 partners
24 partners
2000
2018
COPAL
FP7 Preparatory Phase Study
€1M
13 partners
Early 2018
Constitution of the EUFAR AISBL

4. EUFAR activities Transnational Access Networking Activities
30 projects ( ) with about 10 flight-hours each fully- funded with additional T&S – new users
Networking Activities
Database, data standards, website and communications, Expert WGs, Education and Training,
Joint Research Activities
TGOE – standards for trace-gas calibration (hardware, protocols)
HYLIGHT – software tools to combine hyperspectral imagery and airborne laser-scanning (ALS)

5. EUFAR capabilities Atmospheric in-situ observations
Atmospheric composition – trace gases and aerosols
Cloud and precipitation microphysics
Radiative transfer (visible to sub- millimetre)
Atmospheric dynamics and thermodynamics
Airborne imaging of the terrestrial surface
Hyperspectral imaging (Vis, Near- IR, Thermal-IR)
Lidar terrain-scanning
Synthetic aperture radar
Soil / Vegetation / Water / Minerals

6. DACCIWA
Dynamics-aerosol- chemistry-cloud interactions in West Africa (DACCIWA)
International project supported by Framework Program 7 to:
investigate the influence of anthropogenic and natural emissions on the atmospheric composition over West Africa
and assess impact on human health, the ecosystem, and agricultural productivity.
EUFAR provided support to 3 Transnational Access projects associated with DACCIWA airborne campaigns

7. APSOWA – Transnational Access
Atmospheric Pollution from Shipping and Oil and gas platforms of West Africa (APSOWA)
Airborne measurements support the development of atmospheric models used to study source emissions and regional emission inventories
Acknowledgement:
Valery Catoire, CNRS

8. EUFAR website www.eufar.net Single portal to: Information
Documentation
Data
Application forms
News / articles
Events / registration

9. EUFAR data www.eufar.net/data-archives/

10. EUFAR AISBL (international non-profit association)
Formed in Jan 2018 by core group of member organisations
DLR, Meteo-France / CNRS / ONERA, Met Office, VITO, Czech-Globe, Univ of Warsaw, Free Univ of Berlin, Univ of Chieti/Pescara, INCAS
Objectives
Assure the continuity of EUFAR
Coordinate the distributed existing infrastructures
Consolidate the network of airborne research infrastructures
Forum for discussion of future platform requirements
Implement and manage a scheme of Open Access
Pursue European research infrastructure integration
Broaden the airborne research community to access additional financial resources
Strategy
support core activities of the network and maintenance of EUFAR website
Apply for EU funding to
support the mobility of personnel in the framework of Open Access (ERI or MSCA)
cover activities external to the self-financing perimeter of the structure (TA, ET, JRAs, specific core developments)

11. EUFAR Open Access Aircraft are an expensive resource
Expansion of the user community will utilize existing facilities more efficiently
EUFAR facilities are exploratory in nature
Deployed to defined location/time to study phenomena and processes
Open Access should provide users with the opportunity to participate in the planning and prioritization of airborne observing campaigns in addition to data access

12. If your research can exploit airborne measurements……….
Further Transnational Access support awaits outcome of proposal recently submitted to Horizon2020
EUFAR website remains open to Expressions of Interest
Please visit and follow the links!

14. Contact details Philip R.A. Brown, Met Office, UK,
Elisabeth Gerard, Meteo-France, France,