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Event: FAAM Airborne Laboratory’s Future Capability
The National Centre for Atmospheric Science invites the environmental science community to a full-day forum focused on the future capabilities of our research aircraft facility, the FAAM Airborne Laboratory, at Cranfield University on Thursday 25 January...
Job Opportunity: FAAM Aviation Assurance Manager
Location: FAAM Airborne Laboratory, Cranfield, Milton KeynesSalary: £45,585 to £54,395 per annumContract length: OngoingContract type: Full TimeClosing date: Midnight on Tuesday 2 January 2024Interview date: Tuesday 16 January 2024...
Mid-Life Upgrade: Instrument Projects and New Capabilities Event
Discover some of the instrument projects in development through the FAAM Airborne Laboratory's Mid-Life Upgrade. When: 2-3pm GMT Thursday 14 December 2023 Where: Online - register your attendance here The FAAM Airborne Laboratory is undergoing transformational change....
Comfortable cabin temperatures onboard an atmospheric research aircraft
Engineers and scientists have been looking at how the air conditioning systems function on board the FAAM Airborne Laboratory’s research aircraft. Large aircraft cabins need an appropriate Environmental Control System (ECS) to manage specific temperature,...
Keeping our research aircraft flying: behind the scenes of our biennial inspection
Throughout October and November, the FAAM Airborne Laboratory’s research aircraft is undergoing an extensive inspection, known as a C Check. The C Check happens every two years and involves removing, inspecting, and replacing all of the aircraft’s components,...
FAAM Airborne Laboratory shares live data for more accurate weather forecasting
The FAAM Airborne Laboratory now has the capability to share live weather data as it flies, directly to the Met Office for use in weather forecasting. Our research aircraft collects an abundance of environmental data and carries enough instrumentation to measure up to...
Mapping our research aircraft’s boundary layer
The FAAM Airborne Laboratory commissioned BAE Systems, as part of the research aircraft facility’s Mid-Life Upgrade programme, to complete a Computational Fluid Dynamics analysis project. The project provides the facility with a visualisation of the research...
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Gas-phase urea detected in the air for the first time using the FAAM Airborne Laboratory
Scientists from the National Centre for Atmospheric Science and University of Manchester have made the first observations of gas-phase urea in the atmosphere, using the FAAM Airborne Laboratory’s research aircraft. The new research, published in Proceedings of the...
Met Office sets out to improve summer storm predictions with the FAAM Airborne Laboratory
Researchers from the Met Office have embarked on a flight campaign with the FAAM Airborne Laboratory, to study convective clouds over the south of the UK and the processes that lead to summertime storms. The Wessex Convection Experiment, also known as WesCon, is...