 Cape Grim Baseline Air Pollution Station | |
Field of research | atmospheric science |
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| Location | Cape Grim/Kennaook, Tasmania, Australia 40°40′59″S 144°41′24″E / 40.68306°S 144.69000°E |
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  Location in Tasmania where air samples are collected | |
The Cape Grim Air Archive (CGAA) also "Kennaook/Cape Grim"[1] is a facility of the Australian Bureau of Meteorology's Cape Grim Baseline Air Pollution Station, Tasmania, that aims to collect air samples starting from 1978. The archive is a facility of CSIRO agency. The place was chosen for sampling because air masses there are unaffected by landmasses, with wind coming from the Southern Ocean.
- ^ "Before it was Cape Grim, it was known as Kennaook". www.csiro.au.