Commissioning of the Facility for Airborne Atmospheric Measurement Facility (FAAM): the Atmospheric Research Aircraft (ARA) Service

Lead Research Organisation: University of Leeds
Department Name: National Centre for Atmospheric Science

Abstract

NERC is inviting NCAS to apply for ten year funding, from 1 April 2019 to 31 March 2029, for provision of the atmospheric research aircraft service. This covers NERC costs for staff, fuel, overheads, aircraft instruments, premises, BAE contract, campaign development, minor engineering and test flights, and unscheduled maintenance.

Planned Impact

The Commissioning Invitation document explicitly specifies several sections on scientific, societal and economic impact.
Specific responses in the Case For Support address the impacts of the FAAM facility. Sections 2 and 10 describe impact and added value.

Publications

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Adamson K (2021) Enhancing physical geography schools outreach: Insights from co-production and storytelling narratives in Progress in Physical Geography: Earth and Environment

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Barker PA (2022) Airborne quantification of net methane and carbon dioxide fluxes from European Arctic wetlands in Summer 2019. in Philosophical transactions. Series A, Mathematical, physical, and engineering sciences