Civil aircraft for regular investigation of the atmosphere based on an instrument container

Project Information

CARIBIC 3

Grant agreement ID: EVK2-CT-2001-00101

Project closed

Start date 1 January 2002

End date 31 December 2005

Funded under

• Programme for research, technological development and demonstration on "Energy, environment and sustainable development, 1998-2002"

Total cost € 2 167 436,00

EU contribution € 1 599 988,00

Coordinated by

MAX-PLANCK-GESELLSCHAFT ZUR FOERDERUNG DER WISSENSCHAFTEN E.V.
Germany

Objective

CAMAACC 2002 realizes intensive atmospheric research with a Boeing 767 and AIRBUSA330 passenger aircraft using a large equipment container now operated by European countries (8 partners). 720 flight hours to the tropics yield profiles of 60 trace gases and 10 physical / chemical aerosol properties : major greenhouse gases (e.g. CO2, CH4, N20), chemically active species (CO, 03, hydrocarbons), 03 depletes (CFCs, HCFCs), other halocarbons (CH3Cl, CHB3 etc), submicronparticles, and aerosol elemental composition. Meteorological support allows toresearch transport (deep convection, stratosphere-troposphere exchange ). Biogenicand anthropogenic emissions, 03 chemistry, inter-annual changes are studied.Satellite data are validated (SCIAMACHY, MOPITT etc) and a systematic aerosolclimatology is provided. An extensive database is provided and extensive modelling(various 3D models) is used for quantitative understanding of various processes.

Fields of science

CORDIS classifies projects with EuroSciVoc, a multilingual taxonomy of fields of science, through a semi-automatic process based on NLP techniques.

• natural sciences › computer and information sciences › databases
• engineering and technology › mechanical engineering › vehicle engineering › aerospace engineering › aircraft
• natural sciences › chemical sciences › organic chemistry › hydrocarbons
• natural sciences › chemical sciences › organic chemistry › organohalogen compounds

Programme(s)

• FP5-EESD - Programme for research, technological development and demonstration on "Energy, environment and sustainable development, 1998-2002"

Topic(s)

• 1.1.4.-2. - Key action Global Change, Climate and Biodiversity

Call for proposal

Data not available

Funding Scheme

CSC - Cost-sharing contracts

Coordinator

MAX-PLANCK-GESELLSCHAFT ZUR FOERDERUNG DER WISSENSCHAFTEN E.V.

• EU contribution: No data
• Address: 55020 MAINZ ; Germany
• Total cost: No data

Participants (8)

CENTRE NATIONAL DE LA RECHERCHE SCIENTIFIQUE

France

• EU contribution: No data
• Address: Avenue de la Terrasse, BFtiment 12 ; 91198 GIF SUR YVETTE
• Total cost: No data

COMMISSARIAT A L'ENERGIE ATOMIQUE

France

• EU contribution: No data
• Address: CNRS,Orme des Merisiers, batiment 709 ; 91191 GIF SUR YVETTE
• Total cost: No data

FORSCHUNGSZENTRUM KARLSRUHE GMBH - TECHNIK UND UMWELT

Germany

• EU contribution: No data
• Address: 5,Hermann von Helmholtz Platz 1 ; 76344 EGGENSTEIN-LEOPOLDSHAFEN
• Total cost: No data

GERMAN AEROSPACE CENTRE

Germany

• EU contribution: No data
• Address: Muenchener Strasse 20, Oberpfaffernhofen ; 82234 WESSLING
• Total cost: No data

INSTITUTE FOR TROPOSPHERIC RESEARCH

Germany

• EU contribution: No data
• Address: Permoserstrasse 15 ; 04303 LEIPZIG
• Total cost: No data

LUND UNIVERSITY

Sweden

• EU contribution: No data
• Address: 14,Sölvegatan ; 22100 LUND
• Total cost: No data

ROYAL NETHERLANDS METEOROLOGICAL INSTITUTE

Netherlands

• EU contribution: No data
• Address: 10,Wilhelminalaan 10 ; 3730 AE DE BILT
• Total cost: No data

UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA

United Kingdom

• EU contribution: No data
• Address: University Plain ; NORWICH
• Total cost: No data