What is this?

This is HALO-DB, the web platform of a data retrieval and long-term archiving system.

It was established to hold and manage a wide range of data based on, or related to observations of the HALO research aircraft.

The HALO-DB may also be used for sharing data of scientific missions involving other DLR aircraft or in-situ instruments.

Please see the introduction to learn more.

What kind of data will be archived?

HALO-DB is open to datasets with the following characteristics:

• Target fields related to geosciences, see introduction
• Observed and modeled data
• Data above processing level 1B (see glossary)
• Currently supported data formats: GTE, NASA Ames, NetCDF

Access to HALO-DB

The metadata (see glossary) of uploaded datasets are publicly available.

The primary data (see glossary) of uploaded datasets are available to all registered members of the particular mission. They may become publicly available after a waiting period (see glossary).

Please see the introduction for more details.

We apologize for possible performance issues. Those are to be addressed in the HALO database 2.0 (see news).