Andøya 2008:

• Campaign schedule

  (20.03.09) Information on flights, the weather and the observations.

• Germans provide crucial expertise

  (10.03.08) German scientists from the Institute of Atmospheric Physics of the Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt (DLR) are managing the instruments on board the Falcon, and provide valuable help with the flight planning.

• Cutting edge technology

  (10.03.08) Monitoring and measuring extreme weather demands extended use of high end technology. One of the crucial technologies that make the IPY-THORPEX project possible is called lidar, and can be described as the laser version of the radar.

• The campaign on Andøya is underway

  (05.03.08) On Wednesday, at 10:20 a.m., the DLR Falcon embarked on its first expedition. On this flight, scientists will study wind currents along the coast of Finnmark and around the southern tip of Spitsbergen.

• The DLR Falcon has landed

  (03.03.08) The research plane DLR Falcon arrived Monday evening on Andøya after a two-hour delay due to bad weather.

• Flying into Arctic storms

  (27.02.08) For three weeks, scientists will fly high and low over the Barents Sea in search of extreme weather. The goal is to study cyclones and other weather phenomena from the inside to be able to provide better forecasts to coastal fishermen, the oil industry, and shipping traffic in the north.

• Pictures and video from Andøya 2008

  (17.03.08) Here you can find pictures and video from from the Norwegian IPY-Thorpex campaign at Andøya spring 2008.