Met Office

Observation Based Research

Using high-quality observations to study key physical processes within the atmosphere.

The FAAM BAe146-301 atmospheric research aircraft
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Aircraft-mounted instrumentation is used to study physical processes involving atmospheric aerosols, clouds, precipitation and atmospheric radiative transfer. The Meteorological Research Unit (MRU) studies turbulent and surface-exchange processes in the atmospheric boundary layer and also makes remote observations of cloud and aerosols.

Last Updated: 9 November 2010