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| Title | COmmunity heavy-PAyload Long endurance Instrumented Aircraft for Tropospheric Research in Environmental and Geo-Sciences |
| Grant Agreement Number | 212205 |
| Funding Programmes | FP7 |
| Dates | 01/11/2007 - 31/10/2011 |
| Project URL | http://www.eufar.net/copal |
| Scientific Domain |
Environmental Sciences |
| Action Line | Preparatory phase |
| Type Of Project | CP-CSA-INFRA |
| Abstract | COPAL has the objective of providing the European scientific community with an unique research aircraft platform, capable of reaching and operating in any remote area in the world and offering a heavy-payload for integration of a large panoply of instruments for research in environmental and Geo-sciences. It will offer an unprecedented opportunity to countries that are not yet operating research aircraft to develop expertise in airborne measurements and participate to international multidisciplinary experiments. The Consortium includes a SME and 10 national research funding institutions, among which 6 are research councils, 3 are meteorological services supporting research, and one is a national aerospace research institution. 7 participants are members of the EUFAR network of European aircraft operators for research in Geo-sciences. User requirements will be refined and translated into specifications for aircraft performance and modifications for research. The acquisition, modification, maintenance and operation costs will be precisely quoted. Procedures will be defined for the selection of the aircraft and data management operators. A network of academic centres of excellence and SMEs will be constituted for the development and airborne certification of innovative instruments for the community aircraft. |
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Coordinator
(Organisation name and Country) |
METEO-FRANCE, France |
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Partners
(Organisation name and Country) |
UNIWERSYTET WARSZAWSKI, Poland INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE TECNICA AEROESPACIAL, Spain ENVISCOPE GMBH, MESSTECHNIK FUER UMWELTFORSCHUNG, Germany MET OFFICE, United Kingdom FUNDACAO PARA A CIENCIA E A TECNOLOGIA, Portugal GENIKI GRAMMATIA EREVNAS KAI TECHNOLOGIAS (General Secretariat for Research & Technology), Greece DEUTSCHES ZENTRUM FUER LUFT - UND RAUMFAHRT EV, Germany SJ BERWIN LLP, United Kingdom ILMATIETEEN LAITOS, Finland |
