{"id":225,"date":"2021-01-15T15:37:28","date_gmt":"2021-01-15T15:37:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/research.reading.ac.uk\/arctic-summertime-cyclones\/?page_id=225"},"modified":"2022-07-09T00:59:37","modified_gmt":"2022-07-08T23:59:37","slug":"research-aircraft","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/research.reading.ac.uk\/arctic-summertime-cyclones\/research-aircraft\/","title":{"rendered":"Aircraft"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Two research aircraft will be used during the experiment.<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bas.ac.uk\/polar-operations\/sites-and-facilities\/facility\/airborne-science-and-technology\/twin-otter-meteorological-airborne-science-instrumentation-masin\/\">MASIN Twin Otter<\/a> aircraft operated by the British Antarctic Survey (BAS) and the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.safire.fr\/en\/our-facilities\/aircraft-a-instruments\/a-flying-laboratory-for-each-experiment\/atr42.html\">SAFIRE ATR42<\/a> from France.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-226 alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/research.reading.ac.uk\/arctic-summertime-cyclones\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/183\/2021\/01\/Twin-Otter_onice-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/research.reading.ac.uk\/arctic-summertime-cyclones\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/183\/2021\/01\/Twin-Otter_onice-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/research.reading.ac.uk\/arctic-summertime-cyclones\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/183\/2021\/01\/Twin-Otter_onice-1024x684.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/research.reading.ac.uk\/arctic-summertime-cyclones\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/183\/2021\/01\/Twin-Otter_onice-768x513.jpg 768w, https:\/\/research.reading.ac.uk\/arctic-summertime-cyclones\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/183\/2021\/01\/Twin-Otter_onice-272x182.jpg 272w, https:\/\/research.reading.ac.uk\/arctic-summertime-cyclones\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/183\/2021\/01\/Twin-Otter_onice.jpg 1498w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-452\" src=\"https:\/\/research.reading.ac.uk\/arctic-summertime-cyclones\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/183\/2022\/07\/SAFIRE_ATR42_-_2_692x288-300x125.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"480\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/research.reading.ac.uk\/arctic-summertime-cyclones\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/183\/2022\/07\/SAFIRE_ATR42_-_2_692x288-300x125.jpg 300w, https:\/\/research.reading.ac.uk\/arctic-summertime-cyclones\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/183\/2022\/07\/SAFIRE_ATR42_-_2_692x288.jpg 692w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The MASIN Twin Otter is a turboprop aircraft equipped by BAS to conduct science in polar environments. In the Antarctic it is usually fitted with skis, but for our <a href=\"https:\/\/research.reading.ac.uk\/arctic-summertime-cyclones\/arctic-experiment\/\">Arctic Summer-time Cyclones experiment<\/a> they will not be fitted since Svalbard is largely snow free in August and the aircraft cannot land in the marginal ice zone.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_392\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-392\" style=\"width: 344px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-392\" src=\"https:\/\/research.reading.ac.uk\/arctic-summertime-cyclones\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/183\/2021\/02\/MASIN_runway_tom-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"Twin Otter on snow covered runway\" width=\"344\" height=\"258\" srcset=\"https:\/\/research.reading.ac.uk\/arctic-summertime-cyclones\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/183\/2021\/02\/MASIN_runway_tom-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/research.reading.ac.uk\/arctic-summertime-cyclones\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/183\/2021\/02\/MASIN_runway_tom-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/research.reading.ac.uk\/arctic-summertime-cyclones\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/183\/2021\/02\/MASIN_runway_tom.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 344px) 100vw, 344px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-392\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo: Tom Lachlan-Cope<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_390\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-390\" style=\"width: 487px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-390\" src=\"https:\/\/research.reading.ac.uk\/arctic-summertime-cyclones\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/183\/2021\/02\/DSC_0699-scaled-e1612354865290-300x159.jpg\" alt=\"Twin Otter flying over ice and ocean\" width=\"487\" height=\"258\" srcset=\"https:\/\/research.reading.ac.uk\/arctic-summertime-cyclones\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/183\/2021\/02\/DSC_0699-scaled-e1612354865290-300x159.jpg 300w, https:\/\/research.reading.ac.uk\/arctic-summertime-cyclones\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/183\/2021\/02\/DSC_0699-scaled-e1612354865290-1024x542.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/research.reading.ac.uk\/arctic-summertime-cyclones\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/183\/2021\/02\/DSC_0699-scaled-e1612354865290-768x407.jpg 768w, https:\/\/research.reading.ac.uk\/arctic-summertime-cyclones\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/183\/2021\/02\/DSC_0699-scaled-e1612354865290-1536x814.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/research.reading.ac.uk\/arctic-summertime-cyclones\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/183\/2021\/02\/DSC_0699-scaled-e1612354865290-2048x1085.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 487px) 100vw, 487px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-390\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo: Alexandra Weiss<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>This aircraft is specialised at flying at low levels above the ice and ocean measuring atmospheric turbulence and the surface topography, temperature and albedo beneath. In contrast, the SAFIRE Falcon is a small jet aircraft and will be flying in the upper troposphere (5-10 km above sea level) using downward pointing radar and lidar instruments to measure profiles of wind velocity and cloud water (liquid and ice) on cross-sections through the Arctic cyclones we target.<\/p>\n<p>The inside of the MASIN aircraft is occupied by racks for the scientific instruments and space is limited to 2-3 scientists on board.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-246\" src=\"https:\/\/research.reading.ac.uk\/arctic-summertime-cyclones\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/183\/2021\/01\/inside_MASIN-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/research.reading.ac.uk\/arctic-summertime-cyclones\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/183\/2021\/01\/inside_MASIN-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/research.reading.ac.uk\/arctic-summertime-cyclones\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/183\/2021\/01\/inside_MASIN.jpg 540w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-247\" src=\"https:\/\/research.reading.ac.uk\/arctic-summertime-cyclones\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/183\/2021\/01\/MASIN_instrument-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/research.reading.ac.uk\/arctic-summertime-cyclones\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/183\/2021\/01\/MASIN_instrument-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/research.reading.ac.uk\/arctic-summertime-cyclones\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/183\/2021\/01\/MASIN_instrument.jpg 624w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Two research aircraft will be used during the experiment. The MASIN Twin Otter aircraft operated by the British Antarctic Survey (BAS) and the SAFIRE ATR42 from France. 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