Mission: CAFE-EU
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Description

Full mission name: Chemistry of the Atmosphere: Field Experiment in the EU

Description:

The COVID-19 pandemic is not only affecting almost every aspect of our daily lives, but also the environment. A clear blue sky without condensation trails and empty streets this is a typical situation during the Coronavirus lockdown. Traffic, particularly air transport, and industrial production have been reduced worldwide due to the COVID-19 pandemic. There are fewer aircraft in the air and vehicles on the road in Europe than before the pandemic. Air pollution has dropped by 20 to 40 percent, and daily emissions from aircraft have decreased by up to 85 percent. This means that the atmosphere is much less polluted with emissions from transport and industry. Instead of CAFE-Brazil, HALO measures concentrations of trace gases and pollutants in the air over European urban areas and in the flight corridor to North America as part of the BLUESKY research programme. This is a coordinated effort with the DLR Falcon mission BLUESKY. The aim of these research missions is to investigate how reduced emissions from industry and transport are changing atmospheric chemistry and physics.
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Map of the measuring area

Flights

Mission Info

• Start: 2020-05-21
• Stop: 2020-06-09
• Region:
  • Europe
• Begin free data access: 2099-12-31
• Website:
• Project: The mission CAFE-EU is associated with the project SPP 1294 HALO.

Data Origin

Genesis of the data (see glossary).

Instruments

1. Platform HALO
   • Instrument SKY-OPC
   • Instrument TRISTAR
   • Instrument not specified.
   • Instrument BAHAMAS
   • Instrument FAIRO
   • Instrument FAIRO-CI
   • Instrument C-Tof-AMS
   • Instrument HALO-SR-A

Models

1. Model type HALO
   • Model EMAC

Available datasets