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The '''Amundsen-Nobile Climate Change Tower''' (CCT) is a 34-meter research tower installed in Ny-Ålesund, [[Place:Svalbard|Svalbard]], {{wipe|Norway}}, for the study of various physical parameters in the boundary layer of the lower [[Earth:Troposphere|troposphere]].<ref name="CCT">{{cite web|url=http://www.isac.cnr.it/~radiclim/CCTower/?Home|title=Climate Change Tower Integrated Project}}</ref>

In particular it continuously measured [[Physics:Meteorology|meteorological]] parameters ([[Physics:Temperature|temperature]], [[Physics:Relative humidity|relative humidity]], intensity and direction of the [[Earth:Wind|wind]]) at four different levels of height, and the four components of [[Astronomy:Sunlight|solar radiation]] and [[Physics:Infrared|infrared]] at the top of the tower itself.<ref name="CCT"/>

They also measure the height of the layer of snow and its temperature at two depths.

The tower was funded by the Department of Earth and Environment (DTA) of the National Research Council of Italy (CNR) and installed by Kings Bay in science village of Ny-Ålesund on Svalbard island. The inauguration took place on 30 April 2009.<ref name="kingsbay">{{cite web|url=http://kingsbay.no/research/research_stations|title=Research stations in Ny-Ålesund|website=kingsbay.no|publisher=|access-date=2016-01-18|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181216163457/https://kingsbay.no/research/research_stations/|archive-date=2018-12-16|url-status=dead}}</ref>

The CCT is an important point of reference for the study of the energy balance at the surface, and the processes of interaction and exchange between the various components of the climate system.<ref name="CCT"/>

The structure is dedicated to the Arctic expeditions of Norwegian Roald Amundsen and Italian [[Biography:Umberto Nobile|Umberto Nobile]] explorers.

== See also ==
* [[Place:Dirigibile Italia Arctic Station|Dirigibile Italia Arctic Station]]
* National Research Council (Italy)
* Ny-Ålesund

== References ==
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== External links ==
*{{cite web|url=http://www.isac.cnr.it/~radiclim/CCTower/?Home|title=Climate Change Tower Integrated Project}}
*{{cite web|url=http://kingsbay.no|title=Kings Bay}}



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