Airborne Platform for Earth Observation

This is the web page of the A.P.E. UK OFFICE

The Airborne Platform for Earth Observation (A.P.E.) is an international scientific programme to study the Earth and its atmosphere using a high altitude research aircraft the Geophysica.

A.P.E. was first established as the Airborne Polar Experiment, an Italo-Russian collaboration to study the physics and chemistry leading to stratospheric ozone loss. Thanks to inputs from other agencies, A.P.E. has developed into the more general Airborne Platform for Earth Observation, with offices in Florence and Lancaster. The Lancaster office is headed by Dr A.R. MacKenzie, and is situated in the Department of Environmental Sciences at Lancaster University. The Florence office (APE HQ), is situated at IROE-CNR and is led by Dr Leopoldo Stefanutti.

Recent Missions

• APE-THESEO (Feb. - Mar. 1999)
  APE-THESEO CAMPAIGN
  
  
  

• APE-GAIA (Sept. - Oct 1999)
  APE-GAIA CAMPAIGN
  
  

  Related sites

  
  

• THE GEOPHYSICA
  

  The work described on this site is related to the following projects and sites:

  • The Airborne Platform for Earth observation
  • The Atmospheric Chemistry Modelling Support Unit
  Other sites of interest:
  • The European Ozone Coordinating Unit
  
  
  
  
  A.P.E. UK Project Office

  Dept. of Environmental Science

  Lancaster University

  b.whitaker@lancaster.ac.uk

  Page maintained by Beverley Whitaker - Last updated: 01/11/2000