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Airborne Lightning Observatory for FEGS and TGFs (ALOFT)

Science Team

The ALOFT Science Team joins scientists from the University of Bergen, NASA, and several other institutions around the world. The unique needs of a flight campaign require a wide range of competences and expertise spanning from detectors, microelectronics, radio instrumentation, whether forecasting, management and logistic.

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  • Science Leadership: Nikolai Østgaard, Timothy Lang, Martino Marisaldi
  • Airborne Instrument Leadership: Eric Grove, Mason Quick, Christopher Schultz, Ian Adams, Rachael Kroodsma, Gerald Heymsfield, Hugh Christian, Randall Longenbaugh and Thomas Edwards
  • Science Team Membership: Richard Blakeslee, Andrey Mezentsev, David Sarria, Jens Søndergaard, Kjetil Ullaland, Shiming Yang, Bilal Qureshi, Bendik Husa, Daniel Shy
  • Ground Instruments Leadership: Phillip Bitzer, Morris Cohen, Steven Cummer, Martin Fullekrug, Joan Montanya, Marni Pazos, Camilo Velosa 
  • Forecasting Team: Corey Amiot, Kelly Carmer, Austin Clark, Sebastian Harkema
  • ER-2 Mission Management: Franzeska Becker, Samuel Choi

     

University of Bergen Team Members

UiB ALOFT team (group 1)

UiB ALOFT Team members
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UiB ALOFT Team member (Group 3)

Marshall Space Flight Center Team Members

NASA ALOFT Team Members

University of Alabama, Huntsville Team Members

Hugh Christian, Scientist, Univ of Alabama at Huntsville