CAINA 2025 Cabauw & Lutjewad
Cloud-Aerosol Interactions in a Nitrogen-dominated Atmosphere
Spring 2025, Cabauw & Lutjewad, The Netherlands
Set-up & scientific goals
CAINA (Cloud-Aerosol Interactions in a Nitrogen-dominated Atmosphere) project is investigating how aerosols and clouds interact under high reactive nitrogen concentrations, by combining field experiments, chamber studies and modelling. This nitrogen-dominated regime is starting to emerge in many regions of the Earth and needs to be better understood. The CAINA project team makes extensive use of the Ruisdael observatory with its advanced in-situ and remote sensing infrastructure. More details about the CAINA project can be found here.
Participating institutes and responsible scientists
The CAINA team consists of atmospheric scientists from 4 Dutch Universities (University of Groningen, Wageningen University, TU Delft, and Utrecht University) in collaboration with project partners from Germany (MPIC-Mainz, Leibniz Institute for Tropospheric research, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology) and from Cyprus (The Cyprus Institute). These parties closely collaborate on the project, combining expertise in atmospheric and aerosol physics, atmospheric chemistry, cloud remote sensing, and atmospheric modelling.
Contact & additional info
For further inquiries, please contact:
Ulrike Dusek – campaign PI
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