Chamber Simulations of Cloud Chemistry: The AIDA Chamber

Since its initial operation in 1997, the AIDA aerosol and cloud chamber of Forschungszentrum Karlsruhe (Aerosol Interactions and Dynamics in the Atmosphere) has been established as a unique experimental facility to study multi-phase processes over a wide range of atmospheric conditions. Research activities include heterogeneous chemistry on aerosols, hygroscopic and optical properties of complex aerosol particles, homogeneous freezing of supercooled solution droplets, heterogeneous freezing and cirrus cloud formation, as well as formation and characterisation of polar stratospheric cloud constituents.