Activity Report 2011

Message of the President

Report of the Director

High Altitude Research Station Jungfraujoch

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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
• Assessment of high altitude aerosol and cloud characteristics
  Institute for Atmospheric and Climate Science, ETH Zürich
• The Global Atmosphere Watch Aerosol Program at the Jungfraujoch
  Laboratory of Atmospheric Chemistry, Paul Scherrer Institut, Switzerland
• 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
• Cloud Climatology and Surface Radiative Forcing over Switzerland (CLASS)
  Physikalisch-Meteorologisches Observatorium Davos, World Radiation Center
• Remote sensing of aerosol optical depth
  Physikalisch-Meteotologisches Observatorium Davos, World Radiation Center, Switzerland
• Global Atmosphere Watch Radiation Measurements
  Federal Office of Meteorology and Climatology, MeteoSwiss, Payerne, 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
• 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
• Water isotope measurements with a PICARRO Laser instrument
  Climate and Environmental Division, Physics Institute, University of Bern
• Background air monitoring of mercury at the High Altitude Research Station Jungfraujoch
  Institute for Chemical and Bioengineering, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, ETH Zurich
• Transport and survival of desert soil- and rock surface inhabiting micro-organisms in atmospheric mineral dust
  Institut für Veterinär Bakteriologie, Universität Bern; Freie Universität Berlin
• 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
• ⁷Be and ¹⁰Be in monthly precipitation
  Eawag
• 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
• Defining a criterion for free tropospheric air at Jungfraujoch
  Institut für Umweltgeowissenschaften, Universität Basel
• 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
• Influence of CO₂ during maximal exercise at altitude
  Center for Integrative Human Physiology, Institute of Physiology, University of Zürich
• Influence of altitude on the result of a piston pipette volume with air cushion
  Spaelti-TS AG, Wiesenstrasse 13, CH-5412 Gebenstorf
• Biological ice nucleators at tropospheric cloud height
  Institut für Umweltgeowissenschaften, Universität Basel
• Quantitative characterization of the impact of environmental factors on the performance of passive air samplers for semi-volatile organic compounds
  Institute for Chemical and Bioengineering, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, ETH Zurich
• Glaciological investigations on the Grosser Aletschgletscher
  Versuchsanstalt für Wasserbau, Hydrologie und Glaziologie, VAW, ETH Zürich, Switzerland
• Permasense
  Department of Geography, University of Zurich
• Permos
  Department of Geography, University of Zurich
• Permafrost monitoring at high Alpine sites
  WSL Institut für Schnee und Lawinenforschung, Switzerland
• APEX flight campaign: Retrieval of snow properties from hyperspectral imaging data
  Remote Sensing Research Unit, Institute of Geography, University of Bern
• Observing the sky and describing the objects
  Société Astronomique de Liège (SAL)
• 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 2011
  MeteoSwiss Zürich, Switzerland

High Altitude Research Station Gornergrat

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Activity reports

• Geophysical monitoring of the evolution of permafrost on Stockhorn
  Alpine Cryosphere and Geomorphology, Department of Geosciences, University of Fribourg
• 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

List of collaborations

Pictures of the month 2011 from http://www.hfsjg.ch

Acknowledgements