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YES, we know, this is a very plain if
not to say old-fashioned home-page. But, we hope, that you find the
information you are looking for. If not, please contact us via info@metair.ch
Perhaps we will completely revise it for our 20th anniversary in 2010
MetAir
Applied atmospheric physics and air pollution
meteorology
airborne
measurements and consulting (since 1990)
Our
research aircraft in operation since 1998: ECO-Dimona
unsere
'ECO-Dimona' im Einsatz um den Mont Blanc (August 2000)
Both an
advanced, and ecologically sound airborne measuring platform...
two seated, self-launching
powered glider (Dimona HK-36 TTC ECO)
silent, low fuel consumption, but
150...200 km/h cruising speed / 5 h endurance
underwing-pods
with
two times 50 kg for equipment (scientific instruments);
... with state
of the art sensors for meteorology, and
chemistry...
System description (conference paper from January
2001) as PDF-File
or see a poster
(320 kB .pdf) or a presentation
(4.3 MB .pps) about our system
to read more --->
Veröffentlichungen
/ Publications
other news:
Roll-Out der ZHAW-Drohne UMARS als erster Schritt zu einer neuen Messtechnik: Poster.
The MetAir flight operations and travel 2009 were again fully compensated via myclimate with projects in Switzerland.
Wir fliegen klimaneutral: Alle Emissionen der Flugeinsätze und Reisen 2009 wurden wiederum via myclimate in der Schweiz kompensiert.
The season 2009 with FLUXPAT and MAIOLICA (the latter with a new optional instrument for CH4) has been completed succsessfully;
updated instrument table, pictures, a flyer, and a joke.
The CO2-emissions of our operation 2008 were compensated via myclimate.
We are happy that we could successfully complete the following projects (including EUFAR-TA) in 2008:
FLUXPAT (3 campaigns): Regional patterns of fluxes, supported by hyper spectral observations, photos;
REGAFLUX: Anthropogenic emissions of the city of Muenster, fluxes on the downwind side, photos;
REGAN: Lagrangian concentration patterns and profiles of CO2, H2O and CO over the Netherlands (some photos in the FLUXPAT gallery);
ALPRIV: Laser Scanning in the Austrian Alps, note;
TIPPEX: Regional patterns of fluxes of CO2, H2O and CO over the Northern Australian Savanna, photos;
OXK: Regional representativeness of the tower measurements on the tall tower "Ochsenkopf", photos;
- SHARE/Egrett:
Small High Altitude Research Aircraft via ZHAW & MetAir in Europe?
- fourth and fifth campaign near Bordeaux (CERES-07
within CarboEurope)
completed in April & Sept; location and
photo gallery
-
COPS and COCA/Transregio
completed successfully in July and August 2007
- Bruno Neininger ist seit
September 2006 Dozent für Meteorologie im Studiengang
Aviatik an der ZHAW
- 4 month stay in Adelaide (Australia) completed in August 2006,
co-operating
with Flinders University and ARA, ready for new tasks in
Europe
-
EUFAR
project INNOX completed (Jan 23 to Feb 2 near Innsbruck, photo gallery)
-
CarboEurope RegionalExperiment
(in Le Landes/French Atlantic coast) completed; quick-look data
and photo gallery.
...
tested in >65 international measuring campaigns (>650 flights,
>2500 h for research)
beginning with POLLUMET (1990 to 1994), TRACT
(1992), EU-VOTALP, EU-ECOMONT, LOOP, BERLIOZ, ESQUIF, MAP;
near Geneva, Berne, Milano, Vienna, Berlin, Leipzig, Paris, Grenoble,
and in several Alpine valleys
(e.g. around Mont Blanc in August 2000),
then COCA,
AEROCARB/CarboEurope, FORMAT, Interreg III.
Links and photo galleries to more recent
projects see "other news" above.
For
the scientific results please check
the literature references.
and for projects "in the tube" (not yet published), we would be happy
to answer your questions when you contact us.
...
operated by experienced pilots, and scientists (mostly educated at
ETH Zuerich),
in co-operation
with the research institutes FZJ,
and PSI,
sharing
experience and enthusiasm for small research aircraft with ARA (Tri-Annual
Report 2005-2007)
Homebases near Zurich
(Switzerland)
Seit Februar 2001 sind wir in
Hausen am Albis (LSZN) stationiert (zuvor
Bern-Belp); Webcam
Team:
Bruno Neininger, Dr. sc. nat., dipl. Phys.
ETH, CEO (bruno.neininger@metair.ch)
plus a
pool of several qualified pilots
and other freelancers such as chemistry experts.
plus
variable Anzahl freier Mitarbeiter sowie engagierte und hilfsbereite
Verwaltungsräte
Other
activities / weitere Aktivitäten:
General
meteorological consulting, especially Alpine meteorology;
Wetterberatung,
Spezialitaet Gebrigsmeteorologie;
modelling of
thermal convection/mixing above complex terrain both for soaring
weather
and environmental meteorology;
Initiierung,
Mitentwicklung und Einsätze des Modelles ALPTHERM
für Thermikprognosen
und im Rahmen von
Umweltmeteorologischen Studien.
Von Dritten
weiter entwickelte Modellvarianten sind
bei MeteoSchweiz
via NZZ Wetter und unter DWD Flugwetter
als pc_met/TOPTHERM im Einsatz.
education in
meteorology for soaring flight;
Vorträge und
Kurse zum Thema Wetter;
langjährige Erfahrung im Medienbereich (TV/Radio).
This
'Stemme S10'
(HB-2217) was in service with MetAir until 1997 (sold in Dec 2000);
it was our first
motorglider equipped with large underwing pods and had
excellent flying performance.
Die 'Stemme S10'
war das erste Flugzeug von MetAir, welches mit grossen
Instrumentenbehältern
(pods) unter den
Flügeln ausgestattet war und mit hervorragenden Flugleistungen
bestach.
Bitte
kontaktieren Sie uns für Fragen und Anregungen
Please contact us
for further questions and remarks
info@metair.ch
