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Weather:
W1: Land-Atmosphere Interactions: Water stress over East Anglia is likely to be a major problem during dry summer periods, conversely during wet periods, moist conditions may well feed more moisture into convective precipitation events. These interactions will be investigated using similar flight patterns to those conducted during AMMA. (Lead: Parker/Marsham)

W2: North Sea Stratocumulus studies: These studies will be flown in support of the Met office’s COALESC project. (Lead: Coe)

W3: Mixed Phase cloud studies: These studies will investigate mixed phase cloud in the region of Chilbolton (Lead: Crosier, Bower, Choularton, Blyth)

FGAM2: Instrument testing of the upgraded LTI

FGAM3: testing of a range of modifications to Cloud Physics Probes.

CO5: North Portugese wildfires: Wildfires are common in northern Portugal during late summer and have a significant radiative impact on the region. This study will use a set of suitcase flights to follow BB plumes and investigate the emission and transformation of pollution and assess its radiative properties (Lead McMeeking), link to Met Office

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