Planned ASUR Campaigns | Performed ASUR Campaigns

1999/2000 | 1999 | 1997 | 1996 | 1995 | 1994 | 1993 | 1991/1992

Table with key data for all planned campaigns | Table with key data for all performed campaigns

SCIAMACHY validation campaign

Mission to validate the SCIAMACHY instrument on board of ESA's ENVISAT satellite.
Scheduled for Sep. 2002 and Feb./Mar. 2003.
Flight table
SCIAMACHY validation homepage
IUP - SCIAMACHY validation homepage

LEONID MAC

Multi-instrument aircraft campaign to measure the influence of the Leonid meteor storm on the upper atmosphere.
Scheduled for Nov. 2002.
LEONID MAC homepage

EUPLEX

Mission to investigate both formation and development of polar stratospheric clouds, denitrification and its causes, chlorine activation, and ozone loss in the Arctic polar stratosphere.
Scheduled for Jan./Feb. 2003.
EUPLEX homepage

SOLVE / THESEO 2000 (1999/2000)

Large-scale campaign to investigate ozone loss, chlorine activation, and denitrification in the Arctic. ASUR is part of the payload of NASA's DC-8 research aircraft. Campaign base is Kiruna, Sweden.
Flight table
SOLVE homepage
THESEO-2000 homepage

THESEO / HIMSPEC (1999)

Campaign with DLR's research aircraft Falcon. ASUR measures for the first time with a frequency range extended to 604.3 GHz that allows the detection of HNO₃. Campaign areas are the Arctic and Europe.
Flight table
THESEO homepage

ILAS / ADEOS validation (1997)

Campaign with the Falcon aircraft with different airbone submillimeter sensors in the Arctic. Several coincident measurements with the satellite instruments ILAS and GOME are performed.
Flight table

GOME / ERS-2 validation (1996)

ASUR Campaign with the Falcon aircraft. Campaign base is Kiruna, Sweden. Several co-ordinated measurements with the GOME instrument on board the European satellite ERS-2 are performed for validation purposes.
Flight table

SESAME III (1995)

European campaign with the DLR's Falcon aircraft. Campaign area is the Arctic. 600 GHz (ASUR) and 500 GHz (RAL) sensors are used.
Flight table

SESAME I (1994)

First campaign using a helium-cooled SIS mixer (Superconductor-Insulator-Superconductor) that reduces the noise temperature of the receiver significantly. Campaign with the Falcon reasearch aircraft in the Arctic.

MLS / UARS validation (1993)

EASOE (1991/1992)

Designer: 08/04/2002 Tianxun Ba

Last update: 08/04/2002 by Tianxun Ba