by Nathan Betts | Feb 8, 2019 | Missions
A team of UK scientists have used the FAAM aircraft to take the most detailed measurements yet of the methane in the skies over tropical Africa. Researchers have been investigating a mysterious spike in atmospheric concentrations of methane, which began in 2007. Early...
by David Sproson | Jan 23, 2019 | Missions
FAAM are currently on detachment in Uganda and Zambia, for the MOYA, HyVic and ZWAMPS projects. MOYA are hosting a blog on their website, which you can find here.
by Fallen Leaf | Feb 1, 2018 | Missions
The FAAM aircraft is flying across the UK throughout January and February 2018 to measure ice clouds, for a research project called PICASSO. Ice clouds have an important role in the atmosphere, influencing its temperature and the formation of precipitation. Clouds, of...
by FAAM | Feb 1, 2018 | Missions
Researchers from NCAS and the Natural Environment Research Council have recently returned from a mission to monitor gases in the skies above Iceland’s active volcanoes. Scientists were on board the UK’s unique flying laboratory looking for signals that may warn of an...
by FAAM | Feb 1, 2018 | Missions
The Facility for Airborne Atmospheric Measurements (FAAM) spent August 2017 measuring biomass aerosol on Ascension Island, a remote island in the Atlantic Ocean, which is a hotspot for regional biomass burning aerosols released from the African Continent. Ascension...
