Measurements of the DLR research aircraft Halo, which is partly financed by the Max Planck Society, add to the studies of the Barbados measuring station.
Measurements of the DLR research aircraft Halo, which is partly financed by the Max Planck Society, add to the studies of the Barbados measuring station.
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The measuring instruments have been set up on two peninsulas at the far east of Barbados so that anthropogenic influence is virtually excluded when the weather patterns come from an easterly direction. The remote sensing equipment includes laser systems that screen the atmosphere for water vapor content and aerosols. There is also a cloud radar.
In addition, the HALO research aircraft, operated by the German Aerospace Center (DLR) and partly financed by the Max Planck Society, will fly over Barbados taking measurements. “Spies in the sky” complement the program: the so-called A-Train consisting of six NASA research satellites crosses the skies above Barbados as well. Climate scientists are hopeful that the elaborate system of measurements will deliver precise knowledge about aerosols, clouds and precipitation in the important equatorial region. This should then allow the simulation of more precise computer models of climate development.
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