Aircraft for Environmental and Forest Science

Objective

Up-to-date environmental science builds upon of highly standardised monitoring networks and global scale earth observations. But a missing scale in ecosystem monitoring still exist to properly bridge observations which are made at the leaf/canopy to the global scales. Aircraft and airborne sensors are ideal to operate at such “missing scale”. Aircraft can be used to operate a range of sensors to monitoring atmospheric properties along vertical profiles, to perform surface flux measurements using airborne eddy covariance techniques and to deploy different types of remote sensing equipment. Airborne science has considerably grown over the last few years, together with the advent of a new generation of airborne sensors. Despite recent efforts such as the Eufar Project, the use of airborne platform for environmental research still remains limited. The reason for this may be found in the existence of a major cultural gap between users and providers. AIRFORS is designed to fill this gap bringing together a public organization engaged in environmental research (FEM) and a private company (AT) with excellent records in conducting airborne measurements and campaign and in operating up-to-date airborne sensors. In this way it will contribute substantially to the development of a transnational public-private partnership aimed at the promotion of unique earth observation and atmospheric measurement infrastructure, at multiple scales.

Fields of science

• natural sciences › earth and related environmental sciences › environmental sciences
• engineering and technology › mechanical engineering › vehicle engineering › aerospace engineering › aircraft
• engineering and technology › environmental engineering › remote sensing
• engineering and technology › electrical engineering, electronic engineering, information engineering › electronic engineering › sensors
• natural sciences › biological sciences › ecology › ecosystems

Programme(s)

• FP7-PEOPLE - Specific programme "People" implementing the Seventh Framework Programme of the European Community for research, technological development and demonstration activities (2007 to 2013)

Topic(s)

• FP7-PEOPLE-2011-IAPP - Marie Curie Action: "Industry-Academia Partnerships and Pathways"

Call for proposal

FP7-PEOPLE-2011-IAPP
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Funding Scheme

MC-IAPP - Industry-Academia Partnerships and Pathways (IAPP)

Coordinator

FONDAZIONE EDMUND MACH

Address

Via Edmondo Mach 1
38098 San Michele All'adige
Italy

Activity type

Higher or Secondary Education Establishments

Administrative Contact

Francesco Miglietta (Dr.)

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EU contribution

€ 522 250

Participants (1)

AIRBORNE TECHNOLOGIES GMBH

Austria

EU contribution

€ 490 048

Address

Wiener Strasse 113/2.11.c
2700 Wiener Neustadt

Activity type

Private for-profit entities (excluding Higher or Secondary Education Establishments)

Administrative Contact

Mario Rathmanner (Mr.)

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