Current and recent research projects at the Research Station Jungfraujoch

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Country	Activity Report	Activity Report	Activity Report	Activity Report	Project approved	Institution	Principal Investigator	Project
Belgium	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	Belgian Institute for Space Aeronomy (BIRA-BISA)	De Mazière, Martine	Atmospheric physics and chemistry
Belgium					2010	Belgian Institute for Space Aeronomy (BIRA-BISA)	Van Roozendael, Michel	Long-term monitoring of trace gases and aerosols at the Jungfraujoch using the MAXDOAS technique
Belgium	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	Université de Liège	Servais, Christian + Luc Delbouille	Atmospheric and solar physics, Spectroscopy by Fourier Transform Interferometry
France	2006		2008			iRoC Technologies, Grenoble	Lhomme-Perrot, Anne-Lise	Soft Error Measurements on CCD sensors
France			2008	2009		Laboratoire de Météorologie Physique, Université Blaise Pascal, France	Sellegri, Karine	Study of new particle formation and ion concentrations
Germany	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	Bundesamt für Strahlenschutz, Freiburg i.Br., Germany	Sartorius, Hartmut	⁸⁵Kr activity determination in tropospheric air
Germany	2006					Institut für Atmosphäre und Umwelt, Universität Frankfurt	Fries, Elke	Volatile organic compounds (VOC) in air, snow and ice crystals at high alpine research station Jungfraujoch during CLACE 5
Germany					2010	Freie Universität Berlin	von Bismarck, Jonas	CLACE 2010
Germany	2006					Institut für Atmosphäre und Umwelt, Universität Frankfurt	Bingemer, Heinz	Ice-nuclei concentration and dewpoint measurements during CLACE 5
Germany		2007				Institut für Atmosphäre und Umwelt, Universität Frankfurt	Bundke, Ulrich + Bingemer, Heinz + Jaenicke, Ruprecht	FINCH (Fast Ice Nucleus CHamber counter) Measurements of ice nucleus concentration as function of temperature and supersaturation during CLACE 6
Germany			2008			Institut für Umweltphysik, Ruprecht-Karls-Universität, Heidelberg	Pfeilsticker, Klaus	Spectroscopic measurements of direct moon light
Germany	2006	2007	2008			Institut für Umweltphysik, Universität Heidelberg	Levin, Ingeborg	Long-term observations of ¹⁴CO₂ and ²²²Radon at Jungfraujoch
Germany				2009		Institut für Umweltphysik, Universität Heidelberg	Levin, Ingeborg	Long-term observations of ¹⁴CO₂ at Jungfraujoch
Germany					2010	Institut für Umweltphysik, Universität Heidelberg	Levin, Ingeborg	Atmospheric¹⁴CO₂ observations
Germany	2006					Medizinische Klinik Innenstadt, University of Munich	Fischer, Rainald	Change of impulse oscillometric parameters in healthy people after exposure to high altitude
Germany		2007				Institut und Poliklinik für Arbeits-, Sozial- und Umweltmedizin, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität, München; Viasys Healthcare GmbH, Würzburg; Pneumologie, Medizinische Klinik Innenstadt, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität, München	Fischer, Rainald	Acute exposure to hypobaric hypoxia: influence on combined lung diffusion capacity for NO and CO
Germany				2009		Institute for Atmospheric and Environmental Sciences, Goethe-University, Frankfurt	Bingemer, Heinz	The concentration of atmospheric ice nuclei (IN) at Jungfraujoch during events of Saharan dust transport.
Germany		2007	2008			Institute or atmospheric and environmental sciences, Goethe University Frankfurt	Engel, Andreas	Collection of large volume air sample
Germany	2006	2007				Leibniz-Institut für Troposphärenforschung, IfT, Leipzig	Mertes, Stephan	Sampling and physio-chemical characterization of ice nuclei in mixed phase clouds
Germany	2006	2007				Max Planck Institute for Chemistry, Biogeochemistry Department, Mainz	Poeschl, Ulrich	Investigation of the cloud condensation nucleus (CCN) activity of aerosol particles
Germany	2006					Particle chemistry Department, Institute for Atmospheric Physics. University of Mainz and Max Planck Institute for Chemistry Mainz	Curtius, Joachim	Mass spectrometric studies of ice nuclei and background aerosol within CLACE 5
Germany		2007				Particle chemistry Department, Institute for Atmospheric Physics. University of Mainz and Max Planck Institute for Chemistry Mainz	Curtius, Joachim	Mass spectrometric studies of ice nuclei and background aerosol within CLACE 6
Germany	2006					Particle chemistry Department, Institute for Atmospheric Physics. University of Mainz and Max Planck Institute for Chemistry Mainz	Curtius, Joachim	Cloud and Aerosol Characterization Experiment CLACE 5
Germany		2007				Particle chemistry Department, Institute for Atmospheric Physics. University of Mainz and Max Planck Institute for Chemistry Mainz	Curtius, Joachim	Cloud and Aerosol Characterization Experiment CLACE 6
Germany	2006					University Mainz, Environmental Geochemistry, Mainz	Kersten, Michael	Tomographic characterization of ice particles
Germany	2006					Institut für Physik der Atmosphäre, Johannes Gutenberg Universität, Mainz	Raupach, Sebastian	Digital in-situ holography of atmospheric ice particles
Germany					2010	Max-Planck Institut für Biogeochemie	Brand, Willi A.	Flask sample takings for intercomparison between Uni Bern (M. Leuenberger), Univ Groningen (H. Meijer) and MPI-BGC Jena regarding CO₂ and O₂ and other species.
Germany	2006					Institut für Physik der Atmosphäre, Johannes Gutenberg Universität, Mainz	Vössing, Hermann-Josef	Characterization of cloud particles with FSSP and CIP Instruments during CLACE 5
Germany				2009		Pelikan Technologies GmbH, KG, Germany	Podsadlowski, Viola	High altitude study with glucose biosensors
Germany	2006					Technische Universität Darmstadt, Institut für Angewandte Geowissenschaften, Umweltmineralogie	Weinbruch, Stephan	Single particle analysis of ice nuclei and interstitial particles of mixed-phase clouds from the CLACE 5 campaign
Germany		2007				Technische Universität Darmstadt, Institut für Angewandte Geowissenschaften, Umweltmineralogie	Weinbruch, Stephan	In-situ environmental scanning electron microscopic investigation of the ice nucleating abilities of aerosol particles from mixed-phase clouds from the CLACE 6 campaign
Germany	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	Universität zu Köln	Miller, Martin	KOSMA auf Gornergrat
Greece					2010	Aristotle University of Thessaloniki	Bais, Alkiviadis	Validation of retrieval of atmospheric trace gases with Phaethon system using differential optical absorption spectroscopy
Italy	2006					University of Rome "La Sapienza"	Iori, Maurizio	Study of detector to measure cosmic ray flux at large zenith angles
Italy		2007				University of Rome "La Sapienza"	Iori, Maurizio	An orientable time of flight detector for cosmic rays
Italy			2008	2009	2010	University of Rome "La Sapienza"	Iori, Maurizio	Measurement of cosmic rays at large zenith angle
Japan				2009		Institute of Physics, University of Tsukuba, Japan	Seta, Masumichi	Experimental operations of the Antarctic 30-cm submillimeter-wave telescope
Norway	2006					Norwegian Institute for Air Research, Kjeller	Breivik, Knut	European passive air sampling campaign for selected Persistent Organic Pollutants POPs
Switzerland	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	Berner Fachhochschule Burgdorf	Häberlin, Heinrich	Long-term monitoring of PV plant at Jungfraujoch
Switzerland	2006					Bundesamt für Gesundheit	Völkle, Hansruedi	Monitoring of air radioactivity at the Jungfraujoch Research Station: Test of a new High Volume Aerosol Sampler
Switzerland		2007				Bundesamt für Gesundheit	Beuret, Pierre	Aerosol monitoring station at the Jungfraujoch
Switzerland			2008			Bundesamt für Gesundheit	Beuret, Pierre	Aerosols radioactive monitoring RADAIR
Switzerland				2009		Bundesamt für Gesundheit	Beuret, Pierre	Aerosols radioactivity monitoring (RADAIR) and DIGITEL at Jungfraujoch
Switzerland					2010	Bundesamt für Gesundheit	Müller, Matthias	Radioaktivitätsüberwachung der Atmosphäre
Switzerland				2009		Cardiovascular Prevention and Rehabilitation, Swiss Cardiovascular Centre Bern, University Hospital (Inselspital)	Schmid, Jean-Paul	Safety and tolerance of high altitude exposure (3454 m) in non-acclimatized patients with chronic heart failure
Switzerland		2007	2008	2009		CHUV, Lausanne	Scherrer, Urs	Fetal programming of hypoxic pulmonary hypertension
Switzerland					2010	CHUV, Lausanne	Scherrer, Urs / Sartori, Claudio	Long-term medical survey system (LMTS-3)
Switzerland	2006	2007	2008	2009		Dept. of Geography, Universität Zürich	Gruber, Stephan	PERMASENSE & PERMOS: Measuring permafrost in Alpine rock walls
Switzerland					2010	Dept. of Geography, Universität Zürich	Gruber, Stephan	Cryosphere (especially permafrost) monitoring, mostly in the framework of the projects PERMOS and PERMASENSE
Switzerland			2008	2009		Empa	Emmenegger, Lukas	Continuous measurement of stable CO₂ isotopes at Jungfraujoch, Switzerland
Switzerland					2010	Empa	Emmenegger, Lukas	Direct and continuous measurement of NO₂ in ambient air using quantum cascade laser absorption spectroscopy
Switzerland					2010	Empa	Hüglin, Christoph	National air pollution monitoring network (NABEL): additional equipment. (Cavity Ring-Down Spectroscopy)
Switzerland	2006		2008	2009		EMPA	Vollmer, Martin + Stefan Reimann	Halogenated greenhouse gases at Jungfraujoch
Switzerland		2007				EMPA	Vollmer, Martin	Hydrogen observations at Jungfraujoch, Switzerland
Switzerland	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	Empa	Buchmann, Brigitte + Christoph Hüglin	Air pollution and climate: mutidecadal time scale research, emission estimation, NABEL, GAW, greenhouse gases
Switzerland				2009		Empa	Buchmann, Brigitte	National Air Pollution Monitoring Network, NABEL
Switzerland	2006	2007	2008			EPFL	Simeonov, Valentin	Study of atmospheric aerosols, water, ozone and temperature by LIDAR.
Switzerland				2009	2010	EPFL	Simeonov, Valentin	Study of atmospheric aerosols, water, ozone and temperature by LIDAR. Monitoring of atmospheric background methane concentrations by an open-path spectrometer
Switzerland					2010	ETH Zürich	Bogdal, Christian	Quantitative characterisation of the impact of environmental factors on the performance of passive air samplers for semi-volatile organic compounds.
Switzerland	2006	2007	2008			ETH Zürich, Glaziologie	Bauder, Andreas	Variations of the Grosser Aletschgletscher
Switzerland				2009	2010	ETH Zürich, Glaziologie	Bauder, Andreas	Glaciological investigations on the Grosser Aletschgletscher and at Jungfraujoch
Switzerland	2006					ETH Zürich, Institute for Atmospheric and Climate Science	Cziczo, Daniel	Single particle studies of ice nuclei during CLACE 5
Switzerland		2007				ETH Zürich, Institute for Atmospheric and Climate Science	Lohmann, Ulrike + Cziczo, Daniel	Studies of the chemical composition of aerosol in mixed phase clouds
Switzerland	2006					ETH Zürich, Institute for Atmospheric and climate science	Stähelin, Johannes	Measurements of PAN and formaldehyde at the interface between the planetary boundary and the free troposphere
Switzerland			2008	2009	2010	ETH Zürich, Institute for Atmospheric and climate science	Stähelin, Johannes	NOy at the interface of planetary boundary layer and the free troposphere from measurements at Jungfraujoch (trace gas measurements at Jungfraujoch)
Switzerland			2008	2009		ETH Zürich, Institute for Atmospheric and climate science	Stetzer, Olaf	Measurements of ambient ice nuclei (IN) with the new instrument PINC
Switzerland					2010	ETH Zürich, Institute for Atmospheric and climate science	Stetzer, Olaf	Characterization of ice nuclei, and cloud droplet properties
Switzerland					2010	ETH Zürich, Institute for Atmospheric and climate science	Wienhold, Frank G.	Lidar observations of cirrus clouds and boundary layer processes (in conjunction with CLACE / GAW plus)
Switzerland				2009		gta - D-ARCH, ETH Zürich	Kockelkorn, Anne	Jungfraujoch - greifbarer Ausblick
Switzerland					2010	Helbling Technik Bern AG	Laser, Pascal	Low-pressure measurements of glasses
Switzerland	2006					Institut of Isotope Geology and Mineral Resources, ETH Zürich	Wieler, Rainer	Cosmogenic nuclide production rate calibration using artificial quartz and water targets
Switzerland		2007				Institut of Isotope Geology and Mineral Resources, ETH Zürich	Wieler, Rainer	Cosmogenic ³He and ²¹Ne measured in artiﬁcial quartz targets after one year of exposure in the Swiss Alps
Switzerland					2010	Institute of Botany, Universität Basel	Körner, Christian	Flora and microclimate Jungfraujoch
Switzerland			2008			Institute of Exercise and Health Sciences, University of Basel	Kriemler, Susi	Prevalence and pathophysiology of high altitude illness in children
Switzerland				2009		Institute of Exercise and Health Sciences, University of Basel	Kriemler, Susi	Prevalence of acute mountain sickness at 3450m among children, adolescents and adults
Switzerland					2010	Institute of Geology, ETH Zürich	Kober, Florian	Altitude dependence of production rates of cosmogenic nuclides in artificial quartz targets
Switzerland	2006	2007	2008	2009		Klima- und Umweltphysik, Uni Bern	Leuenberger, Markus	High precision carbon dioxide and oxygen measurements
Switzerland					2010	Klima- und Umweltphysik, Uni Bern	Leuenberger, Markus	Combined oxygen and carbon dioxide measurements and associated tracer
Switzerland	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	Klima- und Umweltphysik, Uni Bern	Purtschert, Roland	⁸⁵Kr activity determination in tropospheric air
Switzerland			2008			Labor Spiez, Fachbereich Biologie	Avondet, Marc	Evaluation of Bioaerosol Detectors for NBC-Reconnaissance
Switzerland				2009		Laboratory of Environmental Fluid Mechanics and Hydrology, EPFL	Huwald, Hendrik	Snow thermodynamics and pressure driven air movement in the snow pack
Switzerland			2008			LBMPS, Université de Genève	Broughton, William	Life in Darwin's dust
Switzerland					2010	Mammut AG, Seon	Paschek, Lars	Test station of outdoor textiles
Switzerland	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	MeteoSchweiz, Zürich	Bader, Stephan	The weather in 2009 / 2008 / 2007 / 2006
Switzerland					2010	MétéoSuisse Payerne	Collaud Coen Martine	CLACE 2010: Determination of ambient cloud microphysical properties at Jungfraujoch
Switzerland			2008	2009	2010	MétéoSuisse Payerne	Felix, Christian	Operational SMN - maintenance of meteorological ground stations
Switzerland					2010	MétéoSuisse Payerne	Roulet, Yves-Alain	Project SMN - renewal of meteorological ground stations
Switzerland	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	MétéoSuisse Payerne	Vuilleumier, Laurent	Global Atmosphere Watch (GAW) radiation measurements
Switzerland	2006					Labor für Radio- und Umwelt Chemie der Universität Bern + Paul Scherrer Institut	Schwikowski, Margit	VITA Varves, Ice cores, and Tree rings - Archives with annual resolution
Switzerland		2007				Labor für Radio- und Umwelt Chemie der Universität Bern + Paul Scherrer Institut	Schwikowski, Margit	Mercury behaviour in the seasonal snow cover, VIVALDI (Variability in Ice, Vegetation, and Lake Deposits - Integrated)
Switzerland			2008			Labor für Radio- und Umwelt Chemie der Universität Bern + Paul Scherrer Institut	Schwikowski, Margit	A thermal drill for ice coring on high-elevation glaciers, NCCR Climate VIVALDI, Variability in Ice, Vegetation, and Lake Deposits - Integrated
Switzerland					2010	Paul Scherrer Institut	Schwikowski, Margit	Snow chemistry, reconstruction of palaeo atmosphere and climate from high-alpine ice cores, ice core drilling
Switzerland	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	Paul Scherrer Institut	Weingartner, Ernest + Baltensperger, Urs	Aerosol measurement (GAW Program)
Switzerland	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	Physikalisches Institut, Universität Bern	Bütikofer, Rolf + Flückiger, Erwin	Neutron Monitors - Study of solar and galactic cosmic rays
Switzerland	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	Physikalisches Institut, Universität Bern	Bütikofer, Rolf + Flückiger, Erwin	SONTEL - Solar Neutron Telescope for the identification and the study of high-energy neutrons produced in energetic eruptions at the Sun (Gornergrat)
Switzerland	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	PMOD	Nyeki, Stephan + Wehrli, Christoph	Remote sensing of aerosol optical depth
Switzerland		2007	2008	2009		PMOD, Davos	Gröbner, Julian	Longwave infrared radiative forcing trend assimilation over Switzerland (LIRAS)
Switzerland					2010	PMOD, Davos	Gröbner, Julian	Cloud climatology and surface radiative forcing over Switzerland (CLASS), follow-up project to Longwave Infrared Radiative Forcing Trend assimilation over Switzerland (LIRAS)
Switzerland			2008			Radioactive Tracers, EAWAG	Beer, Jürg	Production, transport and deposition of cosmogenic radionuclides ⁷Be, ¹⁰Be, ³⁶Cl
Switzerland				2009	2010	Radioactive Tracers, EAWAG	Beer, Jürg	⁷Be and ¹⁰Be in monthly precipitation
Switzerland			2008	2009		Remote Sensing Laboratories, Dept of Geography, University of Zürich	Meier, Erich	Geometric Validation of TerraSAR-X High-Resolution Products
Switzerland	2006	2007	2008	2009		Swisstopo, Bundesamt für Landestopographie	Brockmann, Elmar	Automated GPS Network Switzerland AGNES
Switzerland					2010	Swisstopo, Bundesamt für Landestopographie	Brockmann, Elmar	AGNES permanent station Jungfraujoch
Switzerland			2008	2009		Universität Basel	Conen, Franz	Measurement of ²²²Rn for atmospheric tracer applications
Switzerland					2010	Universität Basel	Conen, Franz	Measurements of radon in the free atmosphere to contribute to the estimation of greenhouse gases and other atmospheric trace constitutent from the region. Measurements of bacterial cell density numbers are planned.
Switzerland			2008			Universität Fribourg	Meier, Mario	Single particle analysis of aerosols from a Saharan dust event, sampled during CLACE 2008
Switzerland				2009		Universität Fribourg	Meier, Mario	Single particle analysis of aerosols from a Saharan dust event
Switzerland					2010	Universität Fribourg	Meier, Mario	Sampling and analyzing of aerosol particles from different Saharan dust events
Switzerland		2007	2008	2009	2010	WSL / SLF Davos	Phillips, Marcia	Permafrost in the Jungfrau East Ridge
Switzerland			2008			Zürich	Waldvogel, Christian	«As if the Stars were countless», A simulation of the view of Space from Space according to Astronaut Jim S. Voss
Switzerland				2009		Zürich	Waldvogel, Christian	Space from Space Nr.3: Suspended Eternity
The Netherlands	2006					Centrum voor Isotopen Onderzoek Groningen University	Meijer, Harro A.J.	Testing snowmaking and firn coring equipment
The Netherlands				2009		EKO Instruments Europe B.V., The Netherlands	Los, Alexander	Langley calibration of EKO spectroradiometers at the high-altitude research station Jungfraujoch
The Netherlands				2009		Electronic Instrumentation Lab, Delft University of Technology, The Netherlands	Theuwissen, Albert	Ageing effects on solid state image asensors due to terrestrial cosmic radiation
The Netherlands		2007				Koninklijk Nederlands Meteorologisch Instituut	Levelt, P.F.	GLOBE Aerosol Monitoring project
The Netherlands					2010	Centrum voor Isotopen Onderzoek Groningen University	Meijer, Harro A.J.	Flask sample takings for intercomparison between Uni Bern (M. Leuenberger), Univ Groningen (H. Meijer) and MPI-BGC Jena regarding CO₂ and O₂ and other species.
UK	2006					Respiratory Muscle Laboratory, Dept of Asthma, Allergy and Respiratory Science, King's College London	Steier, Jörg + Jolley, Caroline	Changes in neural respiratory drive and breathlessness during ascent to high altitude
UK				2009		National Physical Laboratory, University of Reading, UK	Coleman, Marc	Continuum Absorption in the Visible and Infrared and its Atmospheric Relevance (CAVIAR)
UK	2006	2007				Project SPAESRANE	Chugg, A.M.	Solutions for the Preservation of Aerospace Electronic Systems Reliability in the Atmospheric Neutron Environment
USA / Germany				2009		Los Angeles, CA, USA / Köln, Germany	James, Christopher & Maier, Florian	An Atlas of the Sun