Atmospheric Observatory
1 km further East of the beach at Praia Grande lies a large international atmospheric and climate observatory (OBSERVATÓRIO ATMOSFÉRICO DE CABO VERDE: HUMBERTO DUARTE FONSECA), composed of containers and scaffolding meteorology masts. The observatory was built in 2006 and is operated by INMG, the national meteorological service. Scientists from Germany and the United Kingdom operate instruments here.
See for more details: http://www.york.ac.uk/capeverde.
The observatory was recently in the news following the discovery of unexpected low level ozone loss over the oceans in this region. http://www.ncas.ac.uk/communications/images_for_nature_paper_destruction_of_ozone.html
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