Gruvebadet Atmosphere Laboratory

Gruvebadet Atmosphere Laboratory is located about one kilometer south of Ny-Ålesund, situated at the feet of Zeppelin Mountain. The influence of Ny-Ålesund is minimal due to the wind regime. The Gruvebadet Atmosphere Laboratory is dedicated to the study of the atmospheric composition with a particular focus on aerosols. The location of the laboratory is interesting also for remote sensing since the luminous pollution from Ny-Ålesund is reduced. The surrounding areas are used for research, particularly for snow studies. Gruvebadet, the Zeppelin Observatory at 472 masl, the CNR Climate Change Tower and AWIPEV Atmsophere Observatory are the main atmosphere research facilities in Ny-Ålesund.

Owner: Kings Bay AS

Contact person infrastructure: Kings Bay Research Advisor (+47 7902 7252 / research@kingsbay.no)

Contact point Gruvebadet Lab Meeting: Maura Mazzola, CNR (mauro.mazzola@cnr.it)

Procedures for booking

1. Lab facilities at Gruvebadet Atmosphere Laboratory must be booked through the Research in Svalbard portal
2. All bookings must be coordinated with Gruvebadet Lab Meeting contact point before they can be approved. Download the Registration Form and send to the email address in the form.
3. Your booking will be confirmed through the Research in Svalbard portal.
4. Operational or logistical support needs are booked through Kings Bay

Main focus area

Atmospheric research. Today Gruvebadet has activities from CNR, NCPOR, NIPR, KOPRI, FMI and UiT. A detailed list of observations (and corresponding instruments) currently ongoing in Gruvebadet can be found through the Ny-Ålesund GIS in Svalbardkartet.

A quick-guide to use the search function: In the toolbar in the top left corner – Choose Find Data, and press the Magnifying glass with question mark. Set the data source to Science objects – Current. Now you can design your search, by using the AND and OR search, and add as many conditions and subclause as you like. You can search in all of the defined attributes. The search Observatory=Gruvebadet provides a list of current instruments in Gruvebadet. More about the Ny-Ålesund GIS is found under Infrastructure-Tools.

Facilities

Gruvebadet consists of five rooms for instruments, where three rooms have inlets from the roof. The rooms are furnished with desks for instruments.