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EUFAR Mid Term ReviewToulouse, 8 June 2007

EUFAR FP6

Introduction Dave Kindred (The Met Office UK)

EUFAR Mid Term ReviewToulouse, 8 June 2007

Integrated Infrastructure Initiative of the European FP6

Budget 5 M€ Duration 4 years 24 Partners

16 Aircraft Operators

32 Instrumented Aircraft, 24 open to Transnational Access

EUFAR Mid Term Review Introduction-Jean-Louis Brenguier Toulouse, 8 June 2007

IntroductionThe EUFAR Fleet

Consortium

European Integration

Long Term Objectives

Expected Impact

Activities Networking

ESF-SAC

TA Coordination

Future of the Fleet

Expert Working Groups

Education & training

E-Communication

Trans-nat. Access

JRA

Evolution in FP7

Common Issues

with EuroFleet

The EUFAR Fleet



Consortium



Expected Impact


ESF-SAC

TA Coordination

Future of the Fleet



E-Communication

Trans-nat. Access

JRA

Evolution in FP7

Common Issues

with EuroFleet

The EUFAR Consortium

TU-BS (DE)

FUB (DE)

METAIR (CH)

ISAFoM (IT)

FZK (DE)

MISU (SE)

MPI-C (DE)

NUIG (IE)

UNIMAN (UK)

IFT (DE)

ANM (RO)

NERC-BGS (UK)

Météo-France (FR)

ESF (EU)

Geophysica-EEIG (IT)

DLR (DE)

NLR (NL)

Enviscope (DE)

INSU-CNRS (FR)

MetOffice (UK)

NERC-ARSF (UK)

INTA (ES)

TAU (IL)

GTK (FI

AWI (DE)



Consortium



Expected Impact


ESF-SAC

TA Coordination

Future of the Fleet



E-Communication

Trans-nat. Access

JRA

Evolution in FP7

Common Issues

with EuroFleet




Consortium



Expected Impact


ESF-SAC

TA Coordination

Future of the Fleet



E-Communication

Trans-nat. Access

JRA

Evolution in FP7

Common Issues

with EuroFleet


Next step in FP7 (2008 …….

To build up a sustainable structure for management of transnational access and large scale infrastructures that are still missing in Europe



Consortium



Expected Impact


ESF-SAC

TA Coordination

Future of the Fleet



E-Communication

Trans-nat. Access

JRA

Evolution in FP7

Common Issues

with EuroFleet


To lay the groundwork of a European distributed infrastructure for airborne research in environmental and Geo-sciences ……………..

……………… for each European scientists to get access at equal terms to the airborne facility the most suited to his scientific objectives, irrespective of his origin and of where the facility is operated.



Consortium



Expected Impact


ESF-SAC

TA Coordination

Future of the Fleet



E-Communication

Trans-nat. Access

JRA

Evolution in FP7

Common Issues

with EuroFleet


EUFAR acts as an interface between aircraft operators, scientific users, and funding institutions, to facilitate the evolution from the existing patchwork of national organisations toward a European distributed infrastructure for airborne research



Consortium



Expected Impact


ESF-SAC

TA Coordination

Future of the Fleet



E-Communication

Trans-nat. Access

JRA

Evolution in FP7

Common Issues

with EuroFleet

Expected Impact

Better service to the users :The most complete fleet, easy access, strong scientific and technical support

Reduced duplication

Optimized operation (200 - 600 flight hours/year)

Stronger expertise in airborne instrumentation

Improved aircraft performance Range, ceiling, payload, cost



Consortium



Expected Impact


ESF-SAC

TA Coordination

Future of the Fleet



E-Communication

Trans-nat. Access

JRA

Evolution in FP7

Common Issues

with EuroFleet

Activities

•Networking ActivitiesN1. ESF Scientific Advisory Committee (ESF-SAC)N2. Transnational Access Coordination (TAC) N3. Working Group on the Future of the Fleet (WGFF)N4. Expert Working Groups (EWG)N5. Working Group on Education and Training (WGET)N6. Working Group on E-Communication (WGEC)

•Trans-National Activities (TA)A. Trans-National Access Overall Evaluation CommitteeA1-5 Category Level Evaluation committees

•Joint Research Activities (JRA)AARP. Airborne Aerosol Reference Pod



Consortium



Expected Impact


ESF-SAC

TA Coordination

Future of the Fleet



E-Communication

Trans-nat. Access

JRA

Evolution in FP7

Common Issues

with EuroFleet

N1 ESF-SAC (Scientific Advisory Committee) (Inge Jonckheere, ESF)

The role of the ESF-Scientific Advisory Committee is:

to assess the scientific demand in term of airborne infrastructures and services,

to evaluate the activities of the EUFAR I3 with regard to the demand, and

to provide National Research Funding Institutions with guidance for establishing multi-lateral agreement on TA, instrumental developments and the long term evolution of the fleet .



Consortium



Expected Impact


ESF-SAC

TA Coordination

Future of the Fleet



E-Communication

Trans-nat. Access

JRA

Evolution in FP7

Common Issues

with EuroFleet

N2TAC (Trans-national Access Coordination)John Foot (MetOffice-UK)

The Transnational Access Co-ordination is a unified management structure that aims at providing a coherent service to the users (proposal evaluation).

Corresponding activities include setting up, monitoring and updating of the selection procedures and providing reports on TA activities.



Consortium



Expected Impact


ESF-SAC

TA Coordination

Future of the Fleet



E-Communication

Trans-nat. Access

JRA

Evolution in FP7

Common Issues

with EuroFleet

N3FF (Future of the Fleet)Audrey Jolly (Meteo-France-FR)

The Activity on the Future of the Fleet addresses organisational issues raised by the extension of Transnational Access beyond the specific Community support, and by the anticipated management of large scale infrastructures that do not exist yet in Europe.

N3FF thus aims at providing the ESF-SAC with respective technical solutions, evaluating the existing capabilities of the fleet, and elaborating on possible enhancements of the fleet in response to the requirements from the ESF-SAC.



Consortium



Expected Impact


ESF-SAC

TA Coordination

Future of the Fleet



E-Communication

Trans-nat. Access

JRA

Evolution in FP7

Common Issues

with EuroFleet

N4 EWG (Expert Working Groups)Phil Brown (MetOffice-UK)

The Expert Working Groups address technical and scientific issues specific to airborne measurements, through specialized workshops, with a view to exchanging knowledge and promoting best practice and investments in airborne research.



Consortium



Expected Impact


ESF-SAC

TA Coordination

Future of the Fleet



E-Communication

Trans-nat. Access

JRA

Evolution in FP7

Common Issues

with EuroFleet

N5 ET (Education and Training)Aurora Stan-Sion (ANM-RO)

The Activity on Education and Training aims at elaborating and accomplishing new actions for the promotion of airborne research in the European academic community, and is especially dedicated to young researchers.



Consortium



Expected Impact


ESF-SAC

TA Coordination

Future of the Fleet



E-Communication

Trans-nat. Access

JRA

Evolution in FP7

Common Issues

with EuroFleet

N6 EC (E-Communication)Lucile Fievet (Meteo-France-FR)

The Activity on E-Communication aims at elaborating efficient solutions for the dissemination of information and the development of supporting applications on the Internet, e.g. for facilitating the preparation of access applications and their evaluation by the TA User Group Selection Panel.



Consortium



Expected Impact


ESF-SAC

TA Coordination

Future of the Fleet



E-Communication

Trans-nat. Access

JRA

Evolution in FP7

Common Issues

with EuroFleet

Trans-national AccessJohn Foot (MetOffice-UK)

CAT1: L. Stefanuti (CNR-IT)CAT2: M. Krautstrunk (DLR-DE) CAT3: E. Mathieu (INSU-CNRS-FR)

CAT4: P. Purcell (NERC-UK); CAT5: B. Neininger (METAIR-CH)

Figures:3M€ available for experiments (100% support)44 research projects 449 flight hours24 aircraft

Organization:1 Overall Evaluation Committee5 Category Evaluation Committees

•Stratospheric aircraft •High Level Jets •Large Aircraft •Medium Size Aircraft •Low Level Aircraft

Coordinator:MetOffice, UK



Consortium



Expected Impact


ESF-SAC

TA Coordination

Future of the Fleet



E-Communication

Trans-nat. Access

JRA

Evolution in FP7

Common Issues

with EuroFleet

Trans-national AccessJohn Foot (MetOffice-UK)

CAT1: L. Stefanuti (CNR-IT)CAT2: M. Krautstrunk (DLR-DE) CAT3: E. Mathieu (INSU-CNRS-FR)

CAT4: P. Purcell (NERC-UK); CAT5: B. Neininger (METAIR-CH)

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Consortium



Expected Impact


ESF-SAC

TA Coordination

Future of the Fleet



E-Communication

Trans-nat. Access

JRA

Evolution in FP7

Common Issues

with EuroFleet

Joint Research ActivitiesHugh Coe (Uniman-UK)

Aerosol Reference Pod (under-wing container) Fits on more than 50% of EUFAR aircraftUsed for inter-calibrations.

Suite of instruments for Aerosol Particles:concentration (condensation particle counters - CPCs)ambient size distributions (X-probe)dry size distributions (differential mobility analysers +

CPCs, optical particle counter)optical properties (nephelometer, soot photometer)thermal volatility (heated/unheated ADENA CPC)chemical composition (cascade impactor, filters)



Consortium



Expected Impact


ESF-SAC

TA Coordination

Future of the Fleet



E-Communication

Trans-nat. Access

JRA

Evolution in FP7

Common Issues

with EuroFleet

Evolution in FP7

•Networking ActivitiesN1. Constitution of a sustainable structure for EUFARN2. Transnational Access CoordinationN3. Monitoring EUFAR Activities and ImpactN4. Expert Working GroupsN5. Working Group on Education and TrainingN6. Working Group on E-Communication (WGEC)N7. European Data Base for Airborne Research ActivitiesN8. Standards, Protocols, Common Software

•Trans-National Access Activities (TA)Summer schools, new instrument testing, research field experiments

•Joint Research Activities (JRA)



Consortium



Expected Impact


ESF-SAC

TA Coordination

Future of the Fleet



E-Communication

Trans-nat. Access

JRA

Evolution in FP7

Common Issues

with EuroFleet

UNIT COST

The EC model for the calculation of Unit Cost is not suited for mobile infrastructures such as instrumented aircraft or research vessels

It is not consistent with the usual accounting methodology of the operators, that is based on immobilisation days and flight hours.It is possible to define a Unit Cost based on annual direct and indirect costs and the annual level of activities in term of immobilisation days and flight hours.It is also possible to estimate how many Units is an immobilisation day, how many Units is a flight hour.The actual cost of an experiment will thus be the sum of units corresponding to the number of immobilisation days plus the number of units corresponding to the number of flight hours, multiplied by the value of the unit.

Since reseach vessels have similar concerns, EUROFLEET and EUFAR could join for approaching the commission and negotiate a better methodology.



Consortium



Expected Impact


ESF-SAC

TA Coordination

Future of the Fleet



E-Communication

Trans-nat. Access

JRA

Evolution in FP7

Common Issues

with EuroFleet

Planning of Occupation

The EUFAR Web site provides comprehensive information about aircraft, their performance, their instrumentation. A crucial information is the planning of occupation for users to select the aircraft and a time slot for their experiment.

The planning of occupation however is not updated regularlyIt is necessary to develop Internet solutions for automatic updating of the planning. A common software is not feasible because the requirements of the operators are to diverse, from excell files to commercial aircraft company software

The solution that is explored today is to develop diverse interfaces with each operator’s application and the EUFAR Web site.

During FP7, EUFAR and EUROFLEET could exchange information on progress and solutions tested in both projects.



Consortium



Expected Impact


ESF-SAC

TA Coordination

Future of the Fleet



E-Communication

Trans-nat. Access

JRA

Evolution in FP7

Common Issues

with EuroFleet

Trans-national Access at Equal Terms

The long term objective of the I3s is to provide access to the infrastructures, irrespective of the origin of the applicant. That means extendind the TA scheme beyond EC support.

Such a scheme requires the involvement of the parent institutions supporting the infrastructures at the national level.

EUROFLEET has already some experience as part of the OFEG activities

EUFAR and EUROFLEET could develop common schemes for access exchange and provision of access to countries which are not operating such infrastructures.In some countries, the parent institutions for aircraft and vessels are the same

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