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Gruvebadet Atmosphere Laboratory
Gruvebadet is an atmosphere laboratory and observatory located midway between Ny-Ålesund, the Zeppelin observatory and the Climate Change Tower. The building currently hosts instruments for among others aerosols sampling.
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 Atmosphere 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: Mauro Mazzola, CNR (mauro.mazzola@cnr.it)
Procedures for booking Gruvebadet Atmosphere Laboratory
- Lab facilities at Gruvebadet Atmosphere Laboratory must be booked through the Research in Svalbard portal (RiS portal)
- You must coordinate your instrumentation with your host institution before it can be approved by Kings Bay in the RiS portal
- Your booking will be confirmed through the Research in Svalbard portal once confirmation of coordination is received
- 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.
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