During COPS, the SAFIRE F20 was releasing Vaisala RD93 dropsondes. It was only allowed to release dropsondes over the Northern black Forest during COPS and EUFAR missions. A four channel Vaisala AVAPS
The airborne water vapor differential absorption lidar (DIAL) LEANDRE 2 system was developped at the Institut Pierre-Simon Laplace in the early nineties and is operational since 1995. It was designed to