First PINE data from the Southern Hemisphere
KIT researchers have successfully collected their first set of INP concentration data in the Southern Hemisphere using the Portable Ice Nucleation Experiment (PINE) at the Kennaook Cape Grim Baseline Air Pollution Station (KCG) in Tasmania, Australia. Since November 2024, PINE has been measuring the pristine atmosphere at KCG, which is known to have some of the cleanest air in the world.
The data collected at Cape Grim forms part of the Cloud and Precipitation Experiment at Kennaook (CAPE-K), a research initiative that aims to study cloud and precipitation processes over the Southern Ocean, with a particular focus on their interactions with aerosols. The project is scheduled to run from mid-April 2024 to September 2025.