In-service Aircraft for a Global Observing System - European Research Infrastructure

Project Information

IAGOS-ERI

Grant agreement ID: 212128

Project closed

Start date 1 September 2008

End date 31 August 2013

Funded under

• Specific Programme "Capacities": Research infrastructures

Total cost € 4 389 127,15

EU contribution € 3 300 000,00

Coordinated by

FORSCHUNGSZENTRUM JULICH GMBH
Germany

Objective

It is proposed to establish a sustainable distributed infrastructure for global observations of atmospheric composition from a large fleet of in-service aircraft. This will be achieved by installing autonomous instrument packages aboard initially 10-20 longrange aircraft of internationally operating airlines. IAGOS-ERI will provide high quality in-situ observations of greenhouse gases and reactive gases, aerosol, and cloud particles in the tropopause region, which is not adequately resolved by remote sensing from space and, on the other hand is one of the most sensitive regions for climate change. At the same time, IAGOS-ERI will provide detailed vertical profiles in the troposphere, which are of paramount importance for predicting changes in local and regional air quality and its causes. The main goals of the preparatory phase are to prepare the legal and organisational structure and funding scheme for the new RI, to obtain the necessary legal preconditions for sustainable deployment of scientific instrumentation and near-realtime data transmission on in-service aircraft, insofar not yet achieved during the design study (IAGOS-DS), the coordination with the scientific and operational user community, such as WMO, AMDAR, ECMWF, and the implementation of IAGOS-ERI into the global observing system established by WMO-GAW within GEOSS. Technical work is required for bringing CARIBIC into routine operation, the deployment of very small instrument packages on a wider fleet of aircraft, and for cooperation with WMO-AMDAR for routine water vapour measurements.

Fields of science

• engineering and technology › mechanical engineering › vehicle engineering › aerospace engineering › aircraft
• engineering and technology › environmental engineering › remote sensing
• engineering and technology › environmental engineering › air pollution engineering
• natural sciences › earth and related environmental sciences › atmospheric sciences › climatology › climatic changes
• natural sciences › earth and related environmental sciences › atmospheric sciences › meteorology › troposphere

Keywords

• aircraft
• atmosphere
• climate
• in-situ observation
• realtime

Programme(s)

• FP7-INFRASTRUCTURES - Specific Programme "Capacities": Research infrastructures

Topic(s)

• INFRA-2007-2.2-01 - Preparatory phase for the projects in the 2006 ESFRI Roadmap

Call for proposal

FP7-INFRASTRUCTURES-2007-1
See other projects for this call

Funding Scheme

CP-CSA-Infra - Combination of CP and CSA

Coordinator

FORSCHUNGSZENTRUM JULICH GMBH

• EU contribution: € 713 508,37
• Address: WILHELM JOHNEN STRASSE ; 52428 Julich ; Germany
• Region: Nordrhein-Westfalen › Köln › Düren
• Activity type: Research Organisations
• Administrative Contact: Petra Insberg (Ms.)
• Total cost: No data

Participants (15)

CENTRE NATIONAL DE LA RECHERCHE SCIENTIFIQUE CNRS

France

• EU contribution: € 626 813,44
• Address: RUE MICHEL ANGE 3 ; 75794 Paris
• Region: Ile-de-France › Ile-de-France › Paris
• Activity type: Research Organisations
• Administrative Contact: Patrick Mounaud (Mr.)
• Total cost: No data

METEO-FRANCE

France

• EU contribution: € 374 622,00
• Address: AVENUE DE PARIS 73 ; 94165 Saint Mande Cedex
• Region: Ile-de-France › Ile-de-France › Val-de-Marne
• Activity type: Research Organisations
• Administrative Contact: Frédéric Avril (Mr.)
• Total cost: No data

THE CHANCELLOR MASTERS AND SCHOLARS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE

United Kingdom

• EU contribution: € 120 160,00
• Address: TRINITY LANE THE OLD SCHOOLS ; CB2 1TN Cambridge
• Region: East of England › East Anglia › Cambridgeshire CC
• Activity type: Higher or Secondary Education Establishments
• Administrative Contact: Dawn Barker (Ms.)
• Total cost: No data

THE UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER

United Kingdom

• EU contribution: € 171 130,00
• Address: OXFORD ROAD ; M13 9PL Manchester
• Region: North West (England) › Greater Manchester › Manchester
• Activity type: Higher or Secondary Education Establishments
• Administrative Contact: Liz Fay (Ms.)
• Total cost: No data

DEUTSCHES ZENTRUM FUR LUFT - UND RAUMFAHRT EV

Germany

• EU contribution: € 283 229,00
• Address: LINDER HOHE ; 51147 Koln
• Region: Nordrhein-Westfalen › Köln › Köln, Kreisfreie Stadt
• Activity type: Research Organisations
• Administrative Contact: Elke Dreweck (Ms.)
• Total cost: No data

AIRBUS OPERATIONS LIMITED

Participation ended

United Kingdom

• EU contribution: € 4 932,33
• Address: PEGASUS HOUSE, AEROSPACE AVENUE, FILTON ; BS34 7PA Bristol
• Region: South West (England) › Gloucestershire, Wiltshire and Bristol/Bath area › Bath and North East Somerset, North Somerset and South Gloucestershire
• Activity type: Private for-profit entities (excluding Higher or Secondary Education Establishments)
• Administrative Contact: David Jones (Mr.)
• Total cost: No data

BRITISH AIRWAYS PLC

United Kingdom

• EU contribution: No data
• Address: WATERSIDE ; UB7 0GB HARMONDSWORTH
• Region: London › Outer London — West and North West › Harrow and Hillingdon
• Activity type: Private for-profit entities (excluding Higher or Secondary Education Establishments)
• Administrative Contact: Andy Kershaw (Mr.)
• Total cost: No data

MAX-PLANCK-GESELLSCHAFT ZUR FORDERUNG DER WISSENSCHAFTEN EV

Germany

• EU contribution: € 216 033,00
• Address: HOFGARTENSTRASSE 8 ; 80539 Munchen
• Region: Bayern › Oberbayern › München, Kreisfreie Stadt
• Activity type: Research Organisations
• Administrative Contact: Petra Bauer (Ms.)
• Total cost: No data

DEUTSCHE LUFTHANSA AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT

Germany

• EU contribution: No data
• Address: VENLOER STRASSE 151-153 ; 50672 Koln
• Region: Nordrhein-Westfalen › Köln › Köln, Kreisfreie Stadt
• Activity type: Private for-profit entities (excluding Higher or Secondary Education Establishments)
• Administrative Contact: Andreas Waibel (Dr.)
• Total cost: No data

ENVISCOPE GMBH, MESSTECHNIK FUER UMWELTFORSCHUNG

Germany

• EU contribution: € 557 220,00
• Address: Arnoldshainer Str. 5 ; 60489 FRANKFURT AM MAIN
• Activity type: Private for-profit entities (excluding Higher or Secondary Education Establishments)
• Administrative Contact: Rolf Maser (Mr.)
• Total cost: No data

LEIBNIZ INSTITUT FUER TROPOSPHAERENFORSCHUNG e.V.

Germany

• EU contribution: € 140 763,00
• Address: Permoserstrasse 15 ; 04318 Leipzig
• Region: Sachsen › Leipzig › Leipzig
• Activity type: Research Organisations
• Administrative Contact: Ariane Pohlenz (Mrs.)
• Total cost: No data

WORLD METEOROLOGICAL ORGANIZATION

Switzerland

• EU contribution: € 51 755,00
• Address: AVENUE DE LA PAIX 7 BIS ; 1202 GENEVA 2
• Region: Schweiz/Suisse/Svizzera › Région lémanique › Genève
• Activity type: Public bodies (excluding Research Organisations and Secondary or Higher Education Establishments)
• Administrative Contact: Luckson Ngwira (Mr.)
• Total cost: No data

NATURAL ENVIRONMENT RESEARCH COUNCIL

United Kingdom

• EU contribution: No data
• Address: Polaris House, North Star Avenue ; SN2 1EU SWINDON WILTSHIRE
• Activity type: Public bodies (excluding Research Organisations and Secondary or Higher Education Establishments)
• Administrative Contact: Tracey Henshaw (Dr.)
• Total cost: No data

CENTRE NATIONAL D'ETUDES SPATIALES - CNES

France

• EU contribution: No data
• Address: Place Maurice Quentin 2 ; 75039 Paris
• Region: Ile-de-France › Ile-de-France › Paris
• Activity type: Research Organisations
• Administrative Contact: Céline Bouhey-Klapisz (Ms.)
• Total cost: No data

AIRBUS OPERATIONS SAS

France

• EU contribution: € 39 833,86
• Address: ROUTE DE BAYONNE 316 ; 31060 Toulouse
• Region: Occitanie › Midi-Pyrénées › Haute-Garonne
• Activity type: Private for-profit entities (excluding Higher or Secondary Education Establishments)
• Administrative Contact: Thierry Picot (Mr.)
• Total cost: No data