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As part of their final year internship, 5 schoolchildren from the Paris region visited Pegasus, which is currently being prepared for the next BACCOPA campaign in Congo. The visit was an excellent opportunity to discover the platform and its instruments. The students also gained a better understanding of the various preparations involved in a measurement […]
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June 2025 is a prolific month for PEGASUS! Three new publications based on data from the ACROSS campaign have appeared on the ACROSS special issue. Andersen et al. : « Short-lived organic nitrates in a suburban temperate forest: an indication of efficient assimilation of reactive nitrogen by the biosphere? » Pereira et al. : « Molecular characterization of […]
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The PEGASUS and AEROFOG teams had the pleasure to welcome Madame Cécile Vigneau, Ambassador of France in Namibia, at the Gobabeb Namib Research Center. Madame the Ambassador was introduced to the scientific objectives of the AEROFOG projetc and the technical challenges of measuring aerosol particles and reactive gases in such a remote environment.
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As part of the Grade 7 field trip, students from the Windhoek International School visited the AEROFOG teams, PEGASUS and its instrumentation. A good way of learning how science contributes to the understanding and the conservation of our environment. And to remember that science is not just a subject, but a profession…. To know more […]
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The campaigns of the AEROFOG field projects are ongoing: May on the coast, at the Henties Bay campus of the University of Namibia, and September in the Namib desert at the Gobabeb Namib Research Center. PEGASUS is operated jointly with fog collectors and meteorological measurements to understand the role of aerosols in the formation and […]
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On monday 4 March, PEGASUS has left again to Namibia. A lot of preparatory work and exciting data ahead in the framework of the Aerosols and fog in southern Africa: processes and impact on biogeochemistry (AEROFOG) project. PEGASUS will be operated on the coast, at the Henties Bay campus of the University of Namibia in […]
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Namibia is characterised by some of the most extreme climate regimes ranging from the cold Benguela Current to the hyper-arid coastal deserts of the Namib region. Fog and low-clouds are typical features, affecting the coast and inland up to about 60-100 km, where they have a higher contribution to the total water volume than rainfall, […]
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A l’été 2022, PEGASUS a participé à la campagne de mesure du projet ACROSS (Atmospheric Chemistry of the Suburban Forest) pour étudier les interactions entre les composés chimiques relâchés par les activités urbaines de Paris et les forêts environnantes. PEGASUS était basé sur le super-site dans la forêt de Rambouillet, contribué par le LISA et […]
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PEGASUS et ses personnels se préparent à participer à la campagne d’observation du projet TONGA. Il s’agit d’une croisière de 37-jour dans le Pacifique sud-ouest tropical qui aura lieu à bord du R/V L’Atalante en décembre 2019. Le projet TONGA étudie le rôle des micronutriments d’origine hydrothermale sur la productivité océanique et l’export de carbone.
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Un voyage de presque deux mois en bateau mais ça valait la peine! La publication d’overview du projet AEROCLO-sA est maintenant acceptée par BAMS. PEGASUS est à l’honneur! Formenti, P., B. D’Anna, C. Flamant, M. Mallet, S.J. Piketh, K. Schepanski, F. Waquet, F. Auriol, G. Brogniez, F. Burnet, J. P. Chaboureau, A. Chauvigné, P. Chazette, […]