Activity Report 2010

Message of the President

Report of the Director

High Altitude Research Station Jungfraujoch

Statistics on research days 2010

Long-term experiments and automatic measurements

Activity reports

• High resolution, solar infrared Fourier Transform Spectrometry, Application to the study of the Earth atmosphere
  Institut d'Astrophyisique et de Géophysique, Université de Liège, Belgium
• Atmospheric physics and chemistry; Long-term monitoring of trace gases and aerosols at the Jungfraujoch using the MAXDOAS technique
  Belgian Institute for Space Aeronomy BIRA-IASB, Belgium
• Validation of retrieval of atmospheric trace gases with Phaethon system using differential optical absorption spectroscopy,
  Laboratory of Atmospheric Physics, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece
• Active optical remote sensing, LIDAR
  École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), Switzerland
• Assessment of high altitude cloud characteristics, CLACE 2010 campaign
  Institute for Atmosphere and Climate Science, ETH Zürich, Switzerland
• Global Atmosphere Watch Radiation Measurements
  Federal Office of Meteorology and Climatology, MeteoSwiss, Payerne, Switzerland
• Remote sensing of aerosol optical depth
  Physikalisch-Meteotologisches Observatorium Davos, World Radiation Center, Switzerland
• Longwave infrared radiative forcing trend assimilation over Switzerland LIRAS, Cloud Climatology and Surface Radiative Forcing over Switzerland CLASS
  Physikalisch-Meteotologisches Observatorium Davos, World Radiation Center, Switzerland
• National Air Pollution Monitoring Network, NABEL
  Empa, Swiss Federal Laboratories for Materials Testing and Research, Switzerland
• Halogenated greenhouse gases at Jungfraujoch
  Empa, Swiss Federal Laboratories for Materials Testing and Research, Switzerland
• NO_y at the interface of planetary boundary layer and the free troposphere from measurements at Jungfraujoch; Trace gas measurements at Jungfraujoch
  Institute for Atmospheric and Climate Science, ETH Zürich IACETH, Switzerland
• High precision carbon dioxide and oxygen measurements
  Climate and Environmental Division, Physics Institute, University of Bern, Switzerland
• Flask comparison on Jungfraujoch
  Max Planck Institut für Biogeochemie, Jena, Germany
• Flask comparison on Jungfraujoch
  Centre for Isotope Research (CIO), Groningen, The Netherlands
• Continuous measurement of stable CO₂ isotopes at Jungfraujoch
  Empa, Swiss Federal Laboratories for Materials Testing and Research, Switzerland
• The Global Atmosphere Watch Aerosol Program at the Jungfraujoch
  Laboratory of Atmospheric Chemistry, Paul Scherrer Institut, Switzerland
• Calibration of Sun and aureole spectrometer systems within the Cloud and Aerosol Characterization Experiment CLACE
  Institut für Weltraumwissenschaften, Freie Universität Berlin, Germany
• Field measurements of atmospheric ice nuclei and properties of mixed phase clouds
  Institute for Atmospheric and Climate Science, ETH Zürich, Switzerland
• Single particle analysis of aerosols from Saharan dust events
  Department of Geosciences, University of Fribourg, Switzerland
• Aerosols radioactivity monitoring (RADAIR) and DIGITEL
  Bundesamt für Gesundheit, Sektion Umweltradioaktivität, Switzerland
• Neutron Monitors - Study of solar and galactic cosmic rays
  Physikalisches Institut, Universität Bern, Switzerland
• Cosmogenic radionuclides in precipitation
  Eawag, Switzerland
• Altitude dependence of production rates of cosmogenic nuclides in artificial quartz targets
  Institute of Geology and Institute of Geochemistry and Petrology, ETH Zürich, Switzerland
• Study of a prototype for a new concept of an EAS detector
  Department of Physics, University of Rome La Sapienza, Italy
• Long-term observations of ¹⁴CO₂ at Jungfraujoch
  Institut für Umweltphysik, Universität Heidelberg, Germany
• ⁸⁵Kr activity determination in tropospheric air
  Bundesamt für Strahlenschutz, Freiburg i.Br., Germany / Climate and Environmental Physics, University of Bern, Switzerland
• Quantifying mountain venting of boundary layer air through ²²²Rn measurements
  Institut für Umweltgeowissenschaften, Universität Basel, Switzerland
• Long-term energy yield and reliability of a high alpine PV (photovoltaic) plant at 3454 m
  Berner Fachhochschule BFH, Technik und Informatik TI, Photovoltaik Labor, Switzerland
• Low-pressure test on optical devices
  Helbling Technik Bern AG, Switzerland
• Test-station for outdoor materials
  Mammut Sports Group, Switzerlan
• Long-Term Medical Survey System LTMS-3
  University Hospital Lausanne, Department of Internal Medicine, CSEM Neuchâtel, Switzerland
• Towards understanding the importance of biological ice nucleators in rising air
  Institut für Umweltgeowissenschaften, Universität Basel, Switzerland
• Study of plant temperature
  Institute of Botany, University of Basel, Switzerland
• Accelerated release of persistent organic pollutants POPs from Alpine glaciers. Snow chemistry, reconstruction of palaeo atmosphere and climate from high-altitude ice cores
  Laboratory of Radiochemistry and Environmental Chemistry, Paul Scherrer Institut, Switzerland
• Quantitative characterization of the impact of environmental factors on the performance of passive air samplers for semi-volatile organic compounds
  Institute for Chemical and Bioingeneering, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, ETH Zürich, Switzerland
• Glaciological investigations on the Grosser Aletschgletscher
  Versuchsanstalt für Wasserbau, Hydrologie und Glaziologie, VAW, ETH Zürich, Switzerland
• PERMASENSE & PERMOS: Measuring permafrost in Alpine rock walls
  Department of Geography, University of Zürich, Switzerland
• Permafrost monitoring at high Alpine sites
  WSL Institut für Schnee und Lawinenforschung, Switzerland
• Automated GPS Network Switzerland AGNES
  Bundesamt für Landestopographie swisstopo, Switzerland
• Operation of a meteorological station at high altitude in the Alps
  Surface Meteorological Networks, MeteoSwiss, Payerne, Switzerland
• The weather in 2010: report for the International Foundation HFSJG
  MeteoSwiss Zürich, Switzerland

High Altitude Research Station Gornergrat

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Activity reports

• KOSMA - Kölner Observatorium für Submm-Astronomie
  I. Physikalisches Institut, Universität zu Köln; Radioastronomisches Institut, Universität Bonn, Germany
• Linking micro-physical properties to macro features in ice sheets with geophysical techniques LIMPICS
  Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research, Bremerhaven Institute for Environmental Studies, University of Heidelberg, Germany
• Geophysical monitoring of the evolution of permafrost on Stockhorn
  Alpine Cryosphere and Geomorphology, Department of Geosciences, University of Fribourg, Switzerland
• The Polythermal Structure of Gornergletscher, Valais
  Versuchsanstalt für Wasserbau, Hydrologie und Glaziologie VAW, ETH Zürich, Switzerland
• SONTEL - Solar Neutron Telescope for the identification and the study of high-energy neutrons produced in energetic eruptions at the Sun
  Physikalisches Institut, Universität Bern, Switzerland

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Index of research groups / institutes

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Acknowledgements

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