2nd International Conference on Airborne Research for the Environment (ICARE 2017)

Developing the infrastructure to meet future scientific challenges”

The 2^nd International Conference on Airborne Research for the Environment (ICARE 2017) will be held at DLR, the German Aerospace Research Center, in Oberpfaffenhofen near Munich, from 10 to 13 July 2017.

The conference will bring together both operators and users of research aircraft working in support of a broad range of environmental research interests together with representatives of relevant funding agencies and equipment suppliers. Airborne research has significantly contributed to our understanding of important environmental processes in the atmosphere, ocean and on the land surface. The ability to continue and develop this role will depend on the airborne research community adapting to the challenges of a world of increasingly restricted financial resources.

The conference will review the scientific drivers for future airborne measurements across a broad range of topics in environmental science. There will also be sessions devoted to a range of technical and support issues that are concerned with developing the aircraft operators’ ability to address these science drivers