- Flight N° 13: The last piece of the Winnipeg-puzzle?On 11.09., we held our 13th flight, WOLVERINE. The target area was the southern part of Lake Winnipeg, as after the first two Winnipeg-flights (PIKE & WALLEYE) methane sources… Read more: Flight N° 13: The last piece of the Winnipeg-puzzle?
- Flight N°8: Oil and gas fields and a forest fireWe’re making headway with the backlog of flights to post about! On September 2, we set out on flight TOAD to detect methane emissions from oil and gas production… Read more: Flight N°8: Oil and gas fields and a forest fire
- Flight N°12: Calgary and Coal MinesOn September 10th we conducted a flight with target areas in relatively close proximity to our base, Edmonton. This flight was dedicated to a couple of potential anthropogenic sources… Read more: Flight N°12: Calgary and Coal Mines
- Flight N°9: To a new one – Lake WinnipegResearch flight number 9, called WALLEYE, took place on the 3th of September. The target area was again the wetland region to the north east of lake Winnipeg, located… Read more: Flight N°9: To a new one – Lake Winnipeg
- Flight N°11: Revisiting the Hudson Bay LowlandsThis is our second flight over the Hudson Bay Lowlands that took place on September 7th, only two days after our last visit to the area. The region, which… Read more: Flight N°11: Revisiting the Hudson Bay Lowlands
- Flight N°10: First time to the Hudson Bay LowlandsOn Monday, the 5th of September there was the first chance to do a research flight, named BELUGA, to the third largest wetland areas after the Amazon and Siberia… Read more: Flight N°10: First time to the Hudson Bay Lowlands
- Flight N°7: New wetlands on the menu: Lake WinnipegOn 26.08 , we flew over the wetlands of the Lake Winnipeg, the 10th largest fresh water lake in the world. The second objective of this flight was to… Read more: Flight N°7: New wetlands on the menu: Lake Winnipeg
- Flight N°6: HALO is in the air again !After 6 days on the ground, HALO and the crew left the hangar this morning to fly over Lloydminster, the so-called “Heavy Oil Capital of Canada“. This area has… Read more: Flight N°6: HALO is in the air again !
- Take a tour of our campaign base in Edmonton!Discover the premises of our campaign base in Edmonton where our offices and the research aircraft HALO are located. We spend our days planning, making sure the measurement instruments… Read more: Take a tour of our campaign base in Edmonton!
- Beyond the blog: CoMet 2.0 in the newsYou can find the various press articles about the campaign in this post.
- Flight N°5: Second measurement flight over the Peace-Athabasca Delta and the Athabasca Oil SandsOn the 18th August we flew over domains that have already been flown over in order to validate data. Indeed, on August 10th, we had already passed over the… Read more: Flight N°5: Second measurement flight over the Peace-Athabasca Delta and the Athabasca Oil Sands
- Open House Day DLR-NASA in YellowknifeBeside the measurement flight N°4 to the Peace-Athabasca Delta, an Open House in Yellowknife has been organized together with NASA to give people an opportunity to speak with research… Read more: Open House Day DLR-NASA in Yellowknife
- Flight N°4: Wetlands back on the menu: the Peace Athabasca River DeltaOn the 16th of August, we flew over the Peace-Athabasca Delta, the largest freshwater inland river delta in North America. Beside the measurement flight, an Open House in Yellowknife has… Read more: Flight N°4: Wetlands back on the menu: the Peace Athabasca River Delta
- Flight N°3: Mackenzie Delta and in person meeting with AVIRIS-NG team (NASA)On the 12th August, we headed north to the 210 kilometer Mackenzie River Delta wetland corridor in the Canadian Arctic. In addition, we stopped halfway in Inuvik and met… Read more: Flight N°3: Mackenzie Delta and in person meeting with AVIRIS-NG team (NASA)
- Flight N°2: Parallel flights in the Athabasca Oil SandsFor the 2nd flight in Canada, we headed to the Athabasca Oil Sands, a major source of methane emissions in Canada. Especially, we had the opportunity to coordinate our flight with NASA’s AVIRIS-NG (Airborne Visible… Read more: Flight N°2: Parallel flights in the Athabasca Oil Sands
- Flight N°1 in Canada: It’s time to head to these oil fields!For the 1st flight in Canada, the targets were the oil fields in Frog Lake and Lloydminster as well as the powerplants in the west of Edmonton. Edmonton, 11.08.2022 We also take pictures next to our measurements… Here are the oil fields and… Read more: Flight N°1 in Canada: It’s time to head to these oil fields!
- The campaign has started!HALO and crew have arrived safe and sound in Canada! Edmonton, 10.08.2022 A glimpse through HALO’s window…
- Test flight to MadridThere will be a test flight to the Madrid area in Spain on August 4, 2022. Just two days later, on August 6, 2022 the transit flight of HALO… Read more: Test flight to Madrid
- Successful EMI flightAn important step in preparing the CoMet 2.0 Arctic mission happened on Friday, July 22, 2022. The necessary EMI flight took place and was completed succesfully. Congrats to the… Read more: Successful EMI flight