ACTRIS National Facility AIDA

IMK-AAF operates the AIDA (Aerosol Interaction and Dynamics in the Atmosphere) facility since 1997 for laboratory-based research on atmospheric trace gas, aerosol and cloud processes of relevance for air pollution, weather and climate. It consists of the newly developed “dynamic” cloud simulation chamber AIDAd and the “classic” atmospheric simulation chamber AIDAc.

AIDAc is currently being replaced by the new atmospheric simulation chamber AIDAc2 (AIDA "cold&clean"), which is receiving funding from the Federal Ministry of Research, Technology and Space (BMFTR). This is part of the „Research for Sustainability" (FONA) strategy and the ACTRIS-D project. Following its operationalisation in 2027, the AIDA facility will become part of the KIAOS (Karlsruhe Integrated Atmospheric Observatory System) infrastructure at the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT). It will be available for research tasks within the Helmholtz programme topic “The Atmosphere in Global Change (ATMOchange)”. Additionally, it will serve as an Exploratory Platform and user facility within the ACTRIS National Facility Network.