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.
Specific responses in the Case For Support address the impacts of the FAAM facility. Sections 2 and 10 describe impact and added value.
Organisations
Publications
Matthews E
(2023)
Airborne observations over the North Atlantic Ocean reveal the importance of gas-phase urea in the atmosphere
in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
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
Sanchez-Marroquin A
(2022)
Aircraft ice-nucleating particle and aerosol composition measurements in the Western North American Arctic
Woodhams B
(2021)
Aircraft observations and sub-km modelling of the lake-land breeze circulation over Lake Victoria
in Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society
Plu M
(2021)
An ensemble of state-of-the-art ash dispersion models: towards probabilistic forecasts to increase the resilience of air traffic against volcanic eruptions
in Natural Hazards and Earth System Sciences
Lunt M
(2021)
Atmospheric observations consistent with reported decline in the UK's methane emissions (2013-2020)
in Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics
Dang C
(2022)
Biomass burning and marine aerosol processing over the southeast Atlantic Ocean: a TEM single-particle analysis
in Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics