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Jungfraujoch, High Altitude Research Station Jungfraujoch (ISSJ)

Last updated: 2003-06-23 17:00
 
Location/coordinates: Jungfraujoch, Switzerland, 3580 m asl (46.5° N, 8° E)
Owner/operator: International Foundation High Altitude Research Stations Jungfraujoch and Gornergrat
Links/websites: Main website (www.ifjungo.ch/)

Research Activities

Atmospheric Chemistry: - long term monitoring of atmospheric composition
- boundary layer pollutants
Atmospheric Physics: - UV irradiance monitoring
- atmospheric dynamics; meteorology
Other Fields/Disciplines/Categories: - solar physics and astrophysics - cosmic ray studies

- all fields of high altitude and high alpine research

Projects

Previous/Current Projects: The Jungfraujoch Research Station participates in the following international scientific programmes (not complete):



CHARM: Swiss Atmospheric Radiation Monitoring Programme



BSRN: Base Surface Radiation Network



GAW/WMO: Global Atmosphere Watch/World Meteorological Organisation



NDSC/WMO: Network for the Detection of Stratospheric Change/World Meteorological Organisation



NABEL/EMEP: Swiss Air Pollution Monitoring Network (Nationale Beobachtungsnetz für Luftfremdstoffe)/European Monitoring and Evaluation Programme



WCRP: World Climate Research Programme



Various national, European and international satellite validation projects integrate data from the Jungfraujoch.



Examples are:



COSE (1998 - 2000): Compilation of Atmospheric Observations in Support of Satellite Measurements over Europe

Project web-site: http://nadir.nilu.no/cose/

Contact person: Martine De Mazière (martine@oma.be)



QUILT (2001-2003): Quantification and Interpretation of Long-Term UV-Vis Observations of the Stratosphere

Project web-site: http://nadir.nilu.no/quilt/

Contact person: Bill Arlander (bill.arlander@nilu.no)



SOGE (2001-2003): System for Observation of halogenated Greenhouse gases in Europe

Project web-site: http://www.nilu.no/niluweb/services/soge

Contact person: Graham Nickless (grah.nickless@bristol.ac.uk)



UFTIR (2003- mid 2005): Time Series of Upper Free Troposphere observations from a European ground-based FTIR network

Project web-site: http://www.nilu.no/uftir

Contact person: Martine De Mazière (martine@oma.be))



EARLINET (2000-2002): A European Aerosol Research Lidar Network to Establish an Aerosol Climatology

Project web-site: http://lidarb.dkrz.de/earlinet/

Contact person: Jens Boesenberg, MPI Hamburg



FREETEX & TROTREP: Free Troposphere Experiment

http://atmos.chem.le.ac.uk/trotrep/Latest.htm



ESAC I and II, Experimental Studies of Atmospheric Changes, funded via the Belgian 'Global Change' Programme

Project web-site: http://www.oma.be/ESACII/Home.html

Contact person: Martine De Mazière (martine@oma.be)



Various ENVISAT AO projects, e.g., AO ID 126 (PI M. De Mazière), AO ID 130 (PI R. Zander), AO ID 158 (PI J.C. Lambert);

see http://projects.esa-ao.org/bin/nav/ projects/
Project Directory: Search ENVINET/AMAP Project Directory
for detailed descriptions of selected projects at Jungfraujoch, High Altitude Research Station Jungfraujoch (ISSJ)

Infrastructure

General infrastructure: Telephone, telefax, internet, installations for GPS, housing for scientists only, kitchen for the scientists, public restaurants, access by train all-year round, some local logistic support provided by a house-keeper, live cam, tourists area.
Research infrastructure: Terraces for experiments and observations, astronomical dome and 76 cm telescope, indoor laboratories for scientific equipment, mechanical workshop, liquid nitrogen, daily meteorological observations, library.

Administration

Funding Sources: Swiss National Science Foundation, member countries and institutions:



Austria: Akademie der Wissenschaften

Belgium: Nationaal Fonds voor Wetenschappelijk Onderzoek and

Fonds National de la Recherche Scientifique

Germany: Max-Planck-Gesellschaft zur Förderung der Wissenschaften

Great Britain: Royal Society

Italy: Consiglio Nazionale delle Richerche

Switzerland: Jungfraubahn AG, Gornergrat-Monte Rosa-Bahnen AG, Burgergemeinde Zermatt



(See http://www.ifjungo.ch)



Research is funded through national sources, EU projects, space agencies for contributions to satellite validation programmes.
How to apply for access to station: See http://www.ifjungo.ch/230regu.html
Contact name: Prof. E. Flueckiger
Contact address: International Foundation High Altitude Research Stations Jungfraujoch and Gornergrat Sidlerstrasse 5 CH-3012 Bern Switzerland
Contact phone: +41 31 631 4056
Contact fax: +41 31 631 4405
Contact e-mail: louise.wilson@phim.unibe.ch
Other information / notes: Contact names:



Director: Prof. E. Flueckiger, erwin.flueckiger@phim.unibe.ch

Secretary: Mrs. L. Wilson, louise.wilson@phim.unibe.ch



Basic Data Sets: We are interested in the data from the long time monitoring performed at each station. Such data sets are often available for scientists who want to work at the station or collaborate with the station in transect studies etc.

Keywords

Defined Keywords: Climate change
Additional Keywords: Global Monitoring Global Change Atmosphere UV radiation

Basic Datasets

Astronomy Instrument/method: 76 cm telescope
Contact: Period: Frequency:

Cosmic ray measurements Instrument/method: 18IGY neutron monitor; 3NM64 neutron monitor (Operated by: Cosmic Ray Group, Physikalisches Institut, University of Bern (www.phim.unibe.ch/cr/index2.html; http://kspc4.unibe.ch/nm/index1.html) )
Contact: E. Flückiger, , flueckiger@phim.unibe.ch
 Period: 1957 -> Frequency: continuously

Measurements focusing on tropospheric and stratospheric aerosols, (H2O, T) Instrument/method: LIDAR (Operated by: Air Pollution Laboratory (LPA), Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, University of Lausanne, CH; http://dgrwww.epfl.ch/PAS/lidar/ )
Contact: bertrand Calpini, , bertrand.calpini@epfl.ch
 Period: 2000 -> Frequency: regular basis

Measurements of LW, SW and UV (BB + spectral) irradiance -> O3 columns, strato- aerosols, columns of water vapour Instrument/method: absolute cavity radiometer; pyrheliometer: SW direct irradiance; UV biometer: UV direct irradiancesun photometers + precision filter radiometers at 16 wavelengths between 368 and 1024 nm (cf. WMO recommendations) (Operated by: Swiss Meteo, Aerological Station, Payerne, CH; http://www.sma.unibe.ch/ )
Contact: A. Heimo , , ahe@sma.ch
 Period: 1997 -> Frequency: continuously

Measurements of vertical profiles of O3, H2O, (ClO) from the mid-stratosphere to the mesosphere (ISSJ and Bern) Instrument/method: Microwave radiometry (Operated by: Institute of Applied Physics, University of Bern, CH; http://www.iap.unibe.ch )
Contact: N. Kaempfer, , kaempfer@mw.iap.unibe.ch
 Period: (a) 1994 ->(b) 2002 ->Data available in NADIR (www.nilu.no/projects/nadir/Default.htm) and NDSC (www.ndsc.ncep.noaa.gov/) databases Frequency: (a) O3 on a regular basis, H2O and ClO mainly during winter(b) H2O regular basis

Meteorological data (p,T, wind speed and direction, humidity, cloud cover, ...) Instrument/method: Meteo instrumentation (Operated by: Swiss Meteo, Aerological Station, Payerne, CH; http://www.sma.unibe.ch/ )
Contact: Period: 1950 -> (or earlier) Frequency: hourly (at present)

Surface measurements of gaseous and particulate species -> aerosol measurements programme: - particle number concentration Instrument/method: condensation nucleus counter (Operated by: Air pollution/Environmental Technology (EMPA), CH (www.empa.ch/nabel - B. Buchmann et al., brigitte.buchmann@empa.ch)



Swiss Agency for the Environment, Forests and Landscape (SAEFL), CH

(www.buwall.ch/luft/ - paul.filliger@buwal.admin.ch)



Laboratory of Atmospheric Chemistry, Paul Scherrer Institute, CH (www.psi.ch/gaw/ - U. Baltensperger et al., urs.baltensperger@psi.ch) )
Contact: Period: 1995 -> Frequency:

Surface measurements of gaseous and particulate species -> aerosol measurements programme: - surface area concentration Instrument/method: epiphaniometer (Operated by: Air pollution/Environmental Technology (EMPA), CH (www.empa.ch/nabel - B. Buchmann et al., brigitte.buchmann@empa.ch)



Swiss Agency for the Environment, Forests and Landscape (SAEFL), CH

(www.buwall.ch/luft/ - paul.filliger@buwal.admin.ch)



Laboratory of Atmospheric Chemistry, Paul Scherrer Institute, CH (www.psi.ch/gaw/ - U. Baltensperger et al., urs.baltensperger@psi.ch) )
Contact: Period: 1988 -> Frequency:

Surface measurements of gaseous and particulate species -> aerosol measurements programme: - total + backward hemispheric scattering coefficient at 450, 550 and 750 nm Instrument/method: integrating nephelometer (Operated by: Air pollution/Environmental Technology (EMPA), CH (www.empa.ch/nabel - B. Buchmann et al., brigitte.buchmann@empa.ch)



Swiss Agency for the Environment, Forests and Landscape (SAEFL), CH

(www.buwall.ch/luft/ - paul.filliger@buwal.admin.ch)



Laboratory of Atmospheric Chemistry, Paul Scherrer Institute, CH (www.psi.ch/gaw/ - U. Baltensperger et al., urs.baltensperger@psi.ch) )
Contact: Period: 1995 -> Frequency:

Surface measurements of gaseous and particulate species -> dust in the air: TSP, Pb and Cd Instrument/method: In-situ observations (Operated by: Air pollution/Environmental Technology (EMPA), CH (www.empa.ch/nabel - B. Buchmann et al., brigitte.buchmann@empa.ch)



Swiss Agency for the Environment, Forests and Landscape (SAEFL), CH

(www.buwall.ch/luft/ - paul.filliger@buwal.admin.ch)



Laboratory of Atmospheric Chemistry, Paul Scherrer Institute, CH (www.psi.ch/gaw/ - U. Baltensperger et al., urs.baltensperger@psi.ch) )
Contact: Period: TSP: 1973 -> Frequency: Dust, TSP: 2 days

Pb and Cd: yearly

Surface measurements of gaseous and particulate species -> gases: CO, NO, NO2, NOx, O3, SO2 Instrument/method: In-situ observations (Operated by: Air pollution/Environmental Technology (EMPA), CH (www.empa.ch/nabel - B. Buchmann et al., brigitte.buchmann@empa.ch)



Swiss Agency for the Environment, Forests and Landscape (SAEFL), CH

(www.buwall.ch/luft/ - paul.filliger@buwal.admin.ch)



Laboratory of Atmospheric Chemistry, Paul Scherrer Institute, CH (www.psi.ch/gaw/ - U. Baltensperger et al., urs.baltensperger@psi.ch) )
Contact: Period: SO2: 1973 ->

O3: 1988 ->

NO, NO2: 1991 ->

CO: 1996 -> 		Frequency: Gases: 1/2 houly

SO2: daily

Surface measurements of gaseous and particulate species-> aerosol measurements programme: - black C concentration & absorption coefficient Instrument/method: aethalometer (Operated by: Air pollution/Environmental Technology (EMPA), CH (www.empa.ch/nabel - B. Buchmann et al., brigitte.buchmann@empa.ch)Swiss Agency for the Environment, Forests and Landscape (SAEFL), CH(www.buwall.ch/luft/ - paul.filliger@buwal.admin.ch)Laboratory of Atmospheric Chemistry, Paul Scherrer Institute, CH (www.psi.ch/gaw/ - U. Baltensperger et al., urs.baltensperger@psi.ch) )
Contact: Period: 1995 -> Frequency:

Surface measurements of gaseous and particulate species-> aerosol measurements programme: - number size distribution Instrument/method: optical particle counter (Operated by: Air pollution/Environmental Technology (EMPA), CH (www.empa.ch/nabel - B. Buchmann et al., brigitte.buchmann@empa.ch); Swiss Agency for the Environment, Forests and Landscape (SAEFL), CH (www.buwall.ch/luft/ - paul.filliger@buwal.admin.ch); Laboratory of Atmospheric Chemistry, Paul Scherrer Institute, CH (www.psi.ch/gaw/ - U. Baltensperger et al., urs.baltensperger@psi.ch) )
Contact: B. Buchmann; P.filliger; U. Baltensperger, , brigitte.buchmann@empa.ch; paul.filliger@buwal.adm
 Period: 1996 -> Frequency:

Time series of total abundances of many atmospheric minor constituents. Among the longest time-series in the world -> families: NOy, Cly, Fy Instrument/method: FTIR spectrometry (Operated by: Institut d'Astrophysiqueet de Géophysique, Université de Liège(ULg), BE

http://www.astro.ulg.ac.be

in collaboration with BIRA-IASB and ORB, Brussels, BE

(Emmanuel.Mahieu@ulg.ac.be) )
Contact: Period: (a) 1950 - 1985

(b) 1985 ->



Data available in NADIR (www.nilu.no/projects/nadir/Default.htm) and NDSC (www.ndsc.ncep.noaa.gov/) databases 		Frequency: (a) discrete observations

(b) quasi-continuously, under clear sky

Time series of total abundances of many atmospheric minor constituents. Among the longest time-series in the world -> tracers of dynamics: HF, CH4, ... Instrument/method: FTIR spectrometry (Operated by: Institut d'Astrophysiqueet de Géophysique, Université de Liège(ULg), BE

http://www.astro.ulg.ac.be

in collaboration with BIRA-IASB and ORB, Brussels, BE

(Emmanuel.Mahieu@ulg.ac.be) )
Contact: Period: (a) 1950 - 1985

(b) 1985 ->



Data available in NADIR (www.nilu.no/projects/nadir/Default.htm) and NDSC (www.ndsc.ncep.noaa.gov/) databases 		Frequency: (a) discrete observations

(b) quasi-continuously, under clear sky

Time series of total abundances of many atmospheric minor constituents. Among the longest time-series in the world-> Greenhouse gases: SF6, CO2, N2O, CH4, O3, H2O Instrument/method: FTIR spectrometry (Operated by: Institut d'Astrophysique et de Géophysique, Université de Liège(ULg), BE; http://www.astro.ulg.ac.be; in collaboration with BIRA-IASB and ORB, Brussels, BE (http://www.oma.be/) )
Contact: E. Mahieu, , Emmanuel.Mahieu@ulg.ac.be
 Period: (a) 1950 - 1985(b) 1985 ->Data available in NADIR (www.nilu.no/projects/nadir/Default.htm) and NDSC (www.ndsc.ncep.noaa.gov/) databases Frequency: (a) discrete observations(b) quasi-continuously, under clear sky

Time series of total abundances of many atmospheric minor constituents. Among the longest time-series in the world-> reservoirs: HNO3, ClONO2, HCl, ... Instrument/method: FTIR spectrometry (Operated by: Institut d'Astrophysique et de Géophysique, Université de Liège(ULg), BE; http://www.astro.ulg.ac.be; in collaboration with BIRA-IASB and ORB, Brussels, BE (http://www.oma.be) )
Contact: E. Mahieu, , Emmanuel.Mahieu@ulg.ac.be
 Period: (a) 1950 - 1985(b) 1985 ->Data available in NADIR (www.nilu.no/projects/nadir/Default.htm) and NDSC (www.ndsc.ncep.noaa.gov/) databases Frequency: (a) discrete observations(b) quasi-continuously, under clear sky

Time series of total abundances of many atmospheric minor constituents. Among the longest time-series in the world-> sources: N2O, CFC, CO, HCFC, HCN, OCS Instrument/method: FTIR spectrometry (Operated by: Institut d'Astrophysique et de Géophysique, Université de Liège(ULg), BE http://www.astro.ulg.ac.be; in collaboration with BIRA-IASB and ORB, Brussels, BE (Emmanuel.Mahieu@ulg.ac.be) )
Contact: Emmanuel Mahieu, , Emmanuel.Mahieu@ulg.ac.be
 Period: (a) 1950 - 1985(b) 1985 ->Data available in NADIR (www.nilu.no/projects/nadir/Default.htm) and NDSC (www.ndsc.ncep.noaa.gov/) databases Frequency: (a) discrete observations(b) quasi-continuously, under clear sky

Time series of total abundances of many atmospheric minority species ->O3, NO2 Instrument/method: UV-Vis DOAS spectrometry (Operated by: Belgian Institute for Space Aeronomy (BIRA-IASB), BE; http://www.oma.be/BIRA-IASB/) )
Contact: M. Van Roozendael, , michelv@oma.be
 Period: O3 and NO2: 1990 ->Data available in NADIR (www.nilu.no/projects/nadir/Default.htm) and NDSC (www.ndsc.ncep.noaa.gov/) databases Frequency: twice daily, at twilight

UVA and UVB BB and spectral irradiance (280-500 nm) -> erythemally weighted UV, aerosol and O3 column Instrument/method: Erythema dosimeter and double monochromator spectroradiometer (Operated by: Inst. Medical Physics, University of Innsbruck, AT; http://www.uibk.ac.at/c/c/c502/ )
Contact: M. Blumthaler, , Mario.Blumthaler@uibk.ac.at
 Period: 1980 -> Frequency: 8 weeks/year

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