Observatory

Location

The Testa Grigia observatory is located at an elevation of 3,480 meters above sea level in the western Alps. In terms of high-altitude research observatories in Europe, Testa Grigia ranks as the highest after Jungfraujoch in Switzerland. Due to its unique location, Testa Grigia can serve as an ideal site to tackle urgent research questions.

Building

Instruments

Meteorology
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Temperature RSE
Pressure RSE
Wind speed RSE
Wind direction RSE

Radiation
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Erythemally-weighted UV radiation UV broadband radiometer, Kipp&Zonen SUV-E ARPA Valle d’Aosta
https://www.arpa.vda.it/temi/atmosfera

Gases
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CO2 RSE
CH4 RSE
O3 RSE

Aerosol
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Light absorption Aethalometer AE33, Magee CNR
Black carbon Aethalometer AE33, Magee CNR
Light Scattering Nephelometer Aurora NE-3000, Acoem CNR
Particle size distribution Optical Particle Counter EDM264, GRIMM CNR
Aerosol chemical composition PM10 High volume automated sampler, MCV CNR

Criosphere
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Snow albedo Visible-Near IR Spectrometer CNR

Cosmic rays dosimetry
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Neutron dose H*(10) Rem counter Thermo Wendi-2 INFN Torino
https://samadha.to.infn.it/datalink/datalink.html
Neutron dose H*(10) Rem counter Digitech Nech INFN Torino
Gamma ray dose H*(10) Gamma ray dosimeter Atomtex-BDKG INFN Torino
Absorbed dose in silicon Liulin spectrometer INFN Torino
Atmospheric electric field Boltek-100 INFN Torino

Solar activity
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Cosmic ray Neutrons Modular Neutron Monitor INAF IAPS Roma
https://samadha.to.infn.it/datalink/datalink.html