EXAEDRE
Several studies indicate that the electrical activity should increase in warmer climate scenario with less numerous but more severe thunderstorms. The expected increase of dangerous electrical atmospheric phenomenon then requires […]
Campaigns
Ship campaign
As part of its campaign support service, AERIS participates in several campaigns combining ocean and atmospheric studies. This is notably the case with the MAP-IO campaign on the Marion Dufresne […]
Strateole-2
STRATEOLE-2 is a project designed to study atmospheric events above the equator. The project is led by France and includes researchers in the United States and other countries. It consists […]
Sea2Cloud
Are marine living microorganisms influencing clouds? In the 1970’s, scientists James Lovelock and Lynn Margulis developed a new paradigm for how we view our planet, termed the Gaia Principle. In […]
MOSAI
The MOSAI (Model and Observation for Surface-Atmosphere Interactions) project (ANR 2020) aims to assess and improve the interactions between the surface and the atmosphere in weather and climate numerical prediction […]
METCLIM Lidars
Context: Lidar observations are the only means to reproduce highly resolved vertical profiles of key atmospheric parameters such as water vapour content, temperature, aerosols, and clouds. They also have great […]
PANAME
The PANAME (PAris region urbaN Atmospheric observations and models for Multidisciplinary rEsearch) initiative is a coordinating effort involving several ongoing multidisciplinary research projects that aim to gain a better understanding […]
BAOBAB
BAOBAB/AMMA is an international programme that studies the West African monsoon, its variability and its links with socio-economic aspects. Its objectives are to improve our understanding of the monsoon and […]
MAGIC
Carbon dioxide (CO2) and methane (CH4) are the two main greenhouse gases (GHG) emitted by human activities. To better understand their concentration and vertical distribution in several key regions and […]
MISTRALS
The Project The Mediterranean basin is one of the most sensitive region to global changes. It’s also one of the richest regions in terms of culture, natural resources, geopolitics and […]
SAFIRE +
The project Since the 1950s, the French research organizations have equipped aircraft to measure the atmosphere during experimental campaigns. These measurements were recorded in digital form, since the 1980s. Safire […]
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| Name | Description | Start date | End date | Data access |
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| PARIS 2024 RDPResearch Demonstration Project | Scientific context: This project, endorsed by the WMO, brings together meteorological institutes and laboratories from about ten countries around the world. The scientific objective is to improve atmospheric models at […] | 15/06/2022 | - | |
| MAP-IO Marion Dufresne Atmospheric Program – Indian Ocean | The objective of MAP-IO is to study the composition of the atmosphere and the ocean-atmosphere processes that have an impact on regional climate and numerical weather prediction.This scientific programme is […] | 01/04/2021 | - | |
| Rali-Thinice | RALI-THINICE aims at investigating the dynamics of Arctic cyclones (ACs) and tropopause polar vortices (TPVs), as well as their interactions with cloud microphysics, the underlying sea surface and sea ice […] | 01/08/2022 | 31/08/2022 | |
| ACROSSAtmospheric ChemistRy Of the Suburban foreSt | Humans have recognized for a long time that their air can become contaminated through natural and non-natural events. The problem became particularly apparent as people moved into large cities where […] | 14/06/2022 | 25/07/2022 | |
| H2CHeat and Health in Cities | The prevention of heat-related risks and air quality in cities is a major public health issue. It is important to understand how people’s exposure to heat and air pollution varies […] | 13/06/2022 | 15/07/2022 | |
| STREETImpact of STress on uRban trEEs on ciTy air quality | Urban trees emit biogenic volatile organic compounds (BVOCs) that can react with air pollutants to form secondary pollutants, such as ozone (O3) and secondary organic aerosols (SOAs). The objectives of […] | 01/06/2022 | 08/07/2022 | |
| LIAISE Land surface Interactions with the Atmosphere over the Iberian Semi-arid Environment | One of the largest challenges facing environmental science is understanding future changes in the terrestrial water cycle and the subsequent impact on water resources. It has also been recognized by […] | 01/04/2021 | 30/09/2021 | |
| CADDIWAClouds-Atmospheric Dynamics–Dust Interactions in West Africa | Abstract The first overarching objective of the Clouds-Atmospheric Dynamics–Dust Interactions in West Africa (CADDIWA) airborne campaign is to assess dust aerosol related effects, namely the direct radiative effect (DRE), the semi-direct radiative […] | 06/09/2021 | 21/09/2021 | |
| ICE-GENESIS | Objectives of the project The objective of the ICE-GENESIS project is to better simulate icing phenomena on aircraft. Within the framework of this project, a measurement campaign to study snow […] | 14/12/2020 | 22/03/2021 | |
| HYMEXHydrological cycle in the Mediterranean eXperiment | HyMeX aims at a better understanding, quantification and modelling of the hydrological cycle in the Mediterranean, with emphasis on the predictability and evolution of extreme weather events, inter-annual to decadal […] | 01/01/2010 | 31/12/2020 | |
| AWITAtmosphere-WInd Turbine interactions | Objective of the project AWIT is a project related to the study of interactions between airflow and wind turbines. It brings together meteorological observation data from an operational wind farm […] | 01/01/2020 | 31/12/2020 | |
| SOFOG 3DSOuth westFOGs 3D experiment for processes study | The project aims to better understand small-scale processes to improve fog forecasts.It is supported by the ANR (SoFog3D project) and is part of the Contract of Objectives and Performance 2017-2021: […] | 01/10/2019 | 31/03/2020 | |
| EUREC4A | EUREC4A, the Field Study, is an international initiative in support of the World Climate Research Programme’s Grand Science Challenge on Clouds, Circulation and Climate Sensitivity. EUREC4A will take place between […] | 20/01/2020 | 20/02/2020 | |
| ChArMExChemistry-Aerosol Mediterranean eXperiment | Context and objective As the historical cradle of many civilisations, the Mediterranean is a region of major geostrategic interest with considerable environmental, political and societal challenges. However, it is a […] | 01/01/2010 | 01/01/2020 | |
| CervolandCaractérisation des Emissions et de la Réactivité des Composés organiques VOlatils en forêt des LANDes | The Landes forest is the largest cultivated and managed forest in Europe; it isconiferous, mono-specific and in one piece. The majority species, nearly 85%, is the maritime pine (Pinus pinaster), […] | 28/06/2018 | 25/07/2018 | |
| AEROCLOAErosol, RadiatiOn and CLOuds in southern Africa | The AEROCLO-sA project (AErosol, RadiatiOn and CLOuds in southern Africa) investigates the role of aerosols on the regional climate of southern Africa, a unique environment where natural and anthropogenic aerosols […] | 23/08/2017 | 12/09/2017 | |
| PARCSPollution in the Arctic System | PARCS has the overall goal to improve understanding about the sources, fate and impacts of pollution in the Arctic system, notably on climate, marine ecosystems and human society with the aim to improve […] | 15/09/2011 | 30/06/2017 | |
| YAK AEROSIBAirborne Extensive Regional Observations in SIBeria | The objective of the YAK-AEROSIB project is to establish systematic observations of atmospheric concentrations of CO2, CH4, CO, O3 and aerosols in Eurasia. These measurements will be collected over a […] | 01/04/2006 | 01/06/2017 | |
| KASKADEKAtabatic winds and Stability over CADarache for Dispersion of Effluents | OBJECTIVES One of the important factors that determine the environmental impact of particles and gases is their atmospheric dispersion, which itself is largely controlled by the stability of the atmosphere. […] | 01/11/2013 | 31/05/2017 | |
| CERDANYA 2017Cold pool, gravity waves and orographic precipitations | La Cerdanya is one of the largest valley of the Pyrenees mountain range, spreading across Spain and France (between Occitanie and Catalunya). It is about 10 km wide and 35 […] | 01/10/2016 | 30/04/2017 | |
| DACCIWADynamics-Aerosol-Chemistry-Cloud Interactions in West Africa | Over five years from 2013 to 2018, the DACCIWA project (Dynamics-Aerosol-Chemistry-Cloud Interactions in West Africa, funded by the EU) worked with partners in the region to improve understanding of the […] | 27/06/2016 | 17/07/2016 | |
| PASSY 2015Wintertime atmospheric dynamics and air quality in a narrow alpine valley | The Passy-2015 field experiment Wintertime anticyclonic conditions are often associated to high levels of pollution in urbanized or industrialized area, particularly in mountainous terrain. The Arve river valley is very […] | 02/11/2014 | 01/05/2015 | |
| GLAMGradient in Longitude of Atmospheric constituents above the Mediterranean basin | Inside the vast CHARMEX-MISTRALS, CHARMEX-MISTRALS, the GLAM experiment (Gradient in Longitude of Atmospheric constituents above the Mediterranean basin) aims to describe with a high resolution the distribution of pollutants over the […] | 06/08/2014 | 10/08/2014 | |
| SAFMED+ | SAFMED+ is the second part of the airborne campaign of the SAFMED component of the international CHARMEX programme. The main objective is to characterise the concentrations, properties and sources of […] | 23/06/2014 | 10/07/2014 | |
| ADRIMED | The Mediterranean region is currently identified as one of the future “hot spots” by climate modelling, indicating a strong decrease in precipitation during the summer period. However, these results are […] | 01/06/2013 | 31/07/2013 | |
| HYMEX SOP2 | Background and objectives The second intensive measurement campaign (SOP2 – Special observation period 2) of the HyMeX programme was devoted to the observation and modelling of the formation of dense […] | 27/01/2013 | 15/03/2013 | |
| HYMEX SOP1 | Observation strategy: The objectives of the HyMeX SOP1 were to document four key components For this purpose, unprecedented observation means in the Mediterranean have been deployed in the air (aeroplanes, […] | 05/09/2012 | 06/11/2012 | |
| TRAQARANSPORT ET QUALITE DE L’AIR AU DESSUS DE LA MEDITERRANEE | Proposed objectives 1- Characterisation of the dynamic processes of export of polluted air masses from the source regions of the basin 2- Quantification of exchanges between the boundary layer and […] | 01/06/2012 | 31/07/2012 | |
| IMPETUS An Integrated Approach to the Efficient Management of Scarce Water Resources in West Africa | Since mid-2000, the interdisciplinary IMPETUS research project has been studying key aspects of the water cycle on the basis of two catchment areas in Benin and Morocco. The aim is […] | 01/01/2000 | 31/12/2011 | |
| BLLASTBoundary Layer Late Afternoon and Sunset Turbulence | Objectives Growth of the convective planetary boundary layer (CBL) over land in the middle of the day due to solar heating of the Earth’s surface has been extensively observed and […] | 01/06/2011 | 31/07/2011 | |
| FENNEC | Objectives: to study the uplift mechanisms of desert aerosols at the source level, as a function of surface and meteorological conditions to evaluate the representation of Saharan atmospheric boundary layer (SAL) characteristics and lifting mechanisms in global and regional models Identify the errors attributable to the "simplified" representation of key aerosol lifting and transport processes in simulations performed by models of larger than mesoscale, and their impact on the forecast; to improve the reliability of aerosol products from space observation in the Saharan region. | 31/05/2011 | 23/06/2011 | |
| AMMAAnalyse Multidisciplinaire de la Mousson Africaine | The first AMMA observation campaign was successfully carried out from mid-January to mid-February. It enabled the characterisation of the microphysical and radiative properties of aerosols and their dynamics during the […] | 01/01/2002 | 31/12/2010 | |
| MEGAPOLIMegacities: Emissions, urban, regional and Global Atmospheric POLlution and climate effects, and Integrated tools for assessment and mitigation | Numerous large-scale experimental campaigns have led to a better understanding of the processes that lead to photo-oxidative pollution in major European cities. However, for large cities outside Europe and the […] | 01/07/2009 | 31/12/2010 | |
| Carbo-Europe | Aim CarboEurope-IP aims to understand and quantify the present terrestrial carbon balance of Europe and the associated uncertainty at local, regional and continental scale. This means to Approach In order […] | 01/01/2005 | 31/12/2007 | |
| CAPITOULCanopy and Aerosols Particles Iinteractions in TOulouse Urban Layer | CAPITOUL is a coupled study of the urban atmosphere and the formation/transformation of urban aerosols, with a measurement campaign planned in the Toulouse region between March 2004 and March 2005. […] | 01/03/2004 | 31/03/2005 | |
| ESCOMPTEExpérience sur Site pour COntraindre les Modèles de Pollution atmosphérique et de Transport d’Emission | Objectives To build a database (dynamics and chemistry) to validate chemistry-transport models (CTM) at different space and time scales. The database includes the emission register and the measurements from the […] | 04/06/2001 | 17/07/2001 |