Institute of Meteorology, University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences, Vienna (BOKU-Met)

The BOKU Met measurement platform on the roof of the Franz-Schwackhöfer-Haus.

The Institute of Meteorology (BOKU-Met) has been active in the research topics agrometeorology, applied meteorology and bioclimatology, atmospheric radiation, climate and climate impact, and environmental meteorology for more than three decades. The institute, which belongs to the University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences, is located in the Gregor-Mendel-Haus in the 18th district of Vienna.

BOKU-Met operates a weather station and additionally performs routine measurements of aerosols, radiation, and reactive trace gases on the roof of the Franz-Schwackhöfer-Haus, located in the 19th district of Vienna.

Contribution to international networks: AERONET, ARAD, BREDOM

Role in ACTRIS:

  • Urban station
  • National facility:
    • Aerosol remote sensing (planned for the future)
    • Cloud remote sensing (planned for the future)

Retrievals:

  • Meteorology parameter
  • Aerosols
  • Radiation
  • Reactive trace gases

Contact:

Ing. Mag. Dr. Stefan Schreier 
stefan.schreier(at)boku.ac.at 
www.wau.boku.ac.at/met/

 

 

 

 

 

 

 




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Pandora – measuring reactive trace gases (e.g.: NO2 and O3)

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PFR – Sun Photometer measuring aerosol optical depth (AOD)



LuftBlick Earth Observation Technologies

 

LuftBlick (founded in 2012) is an internationally operating science and engineering company located at Kreith, near Innsbruck, Austria.

Our core business is atmospheric remote sensing in the ultraviolet, visible and near-infrared, with data management and instrument hosting. Our expertise includes design of ground-based and satellite-instrumentation, development of instrument control software, laboratory and field calibration, retrieval algorithms for atmospheric trace gases (e.g. O3, NO2), instrument network hosting, operational network data and image processing, satellite validation support, data search and collocation, data harmonization, quality control, analysis and conversion.

LuftBlick’s key personnel has many years of experience in atmospheric research and has been serving as consultants or collaborators for institutions like ESA, NASA, the Skin Cancer Foundation, or Lockheed Martin Advanced Technology Center.

Role in ACTRIS:

  • Common operator of a central facility unit
  • Trace gas remote sensing (CREGARS), unit: UVVIS-AT

Retrievals:

  • Meteorology parameter
  • Reactive trace gases (NO2, O3, HCHO, SO2)

Contact:

Dr. Alexander Cede 
alexander.cede(at)luftblick.at 
http://pandonia.net
http://pandonia-global-network.org

Lab calibration of a Pandora



Vienna University of Technology (TU Wien)

 

TU Wien has concentrated its research in five research focal areas (and one additional field) – one of them being Energy and Environment, where emphasis is set on interdisciplinary research and cross-linking of activities of research groups. Generally, research activities linked to ACTRIS contribute to the research field ‘Environmental Monitoring and Climate Adaption’.

ACTRIS connects projects carried out within the research units or groups Environmental Analytics, Physical Chemistry of the Atmosphere,  Water Quality Management, Geophysics, This can be visualized via recent activities at the Sonnblick Observatory. Research at this high mountain site allows the characterization of background conditions above Europe, to identify long range transport of natural or anthropogenic pollution events and to investigate basic and applied research questions related to atmospheric processes and deposition. 

Present research projects comprise aerosol characterization, ice nucleation, wet deposition and permafrost monitoring. 

Role in ACTRIS:

  • Coordinator within ACTRIS Austria
  • Contributions to aerosol and cloud measurements at Sonnblick

Retrievals:

    • Aerosol parameter
    • Cloud and precipitation measurements

Contact:

Univ.-Prof. Dr. Anne Kasper-Giebl
Institute of Chemical Technologies and Analytics
anneliese.kasper-giebl@tuwien.ac.at