On January 28, the Chinese Academy of Meteorological Sciences (CAMS) of the China Meteorological Administration (CMA) reported that the Lenghu Unmanned Atmospheric Background Observation Experiment (CRUX-2.0) has made key progress, initially realizing unmanned and automated monitoring, sampling, calibration, data transmission of the atmospheric background observation experimental device. It will provide crucial technical support for atmospheric background monitoring in Antarctica's inland areas.
DING Minghu, Director and Researcher of the Institute of Global Change and Polar Meteorology at CAMS, noted that China's Kunlun Station in Antarctica is located at Dome A, the highest elevation point in Antarctica's inland regions, and sits in the middle of the Antarctic atmospheric troposphere.
It is an ideal site for global atmospheric background monitoring, and its atmospheric composition data serves as an important benchmark for assessing global environmental and climatic changes. However, the extremely harsh environment in Antarctica's inland areas makes year-round human stationing unfeasible.
