The ALOFT Project: Low Frequency and VHF Interferometers Supported by the US Naval Research Laboratory and the Technical Cooperation with the Spanish Ministry of Environment and Environment

This work made use of data from UIB-BGO, iSTORM, FEGS, EFCM, low-frequency and VHF sensors, and the Global Lightning Detection Network. The ALOFT campaign and the UIB-BGO instrument were supported by the European Research Council under the European Union’s Seventh Framework Programme (FP7/2007–2013, Grant Agreement No. 320839) and the Research Council of Norway (Contract Nos. 223252/F50 (CoE) and 325582). Some of the simulations were done using resources provided by the National Infrastructure for High Performance Computing and Data Storage in Norway. The Office of Naval Research 6.1 funds support work on ALOFT at the US Naval Research Laboratory. The US Naval Research Laboratory has a fellowship with D. Shy. S. Podgorny, D. Corredor, and M. Stewart have been acknowledged by the team. The Dynamic and Physical Meteorology Program supported the work of S.C. and Y.P. The US National Science Foundation supported the use of the VHF data. A. Freeman, R. Bernath, A. Lamoureux and R. Brown of the University of Central Florida assisted with the deployment and maintenance of the VHF interferometer at the Townes Institute Science and Technology Experimentation Facility. The involvement of J.A.R., J.L., M.U., O.v.d.V. and J.M were supported by the government of Spain. MCIN/AEI/10.13039/501100011033) and the European Regional Development Fund ‘ERDF—A way of making Europe’ by the European Union. M.F. was sponsored by the Royal Society, UK (Grant No. NMG/R1/180252) and the Natural Environment Research Council, UK (Grant Nos. NE/L012669/1 and NE/H024921/1). Significant financial and logistical support for ALOFT was provided by the NASA Earth Science Division. There were approved ER-2 overflights in support of ALOFT by governments of Mexico, Haiti, Costa Rica, El Salvadoran, Turks & Caicos, Jamaica and the Cayman Islands. The National Omission and Atmospheric Administration allowed the support of thegeostationary Operational Environmental Satellites. ER-2 Project Team at NASA and MacDill Air Force Base were acting as hosts.