Cape Grim Air Archive

Cape Grim Air Archive (Kennaook/Cape Grim)
	Cape Grim Baseline Air Pollution Station
Field of research	atmospheric science
Location	Cape Grim/Kennaook, Tasmania, Australia; 40°40′59″S 144°41′24″E
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	Location in Tasmania where air samples are collected

The Cape Grim Air Archive (CGAA) also "Kennaook/Cape Grim" 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.

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