Sonnblick Observatory

  • The Sonnblick Observatory at Mt. Hoher Sonnblick.
  • A view of the measuring terraces at the roof.

The Sonnblick Observatory (SBO) is an observatory and research platform focus on atmosphere, cryosphere and biosphere sciences. It is located in the Austrian Alps at the border of the provinces Salzburg and Carinthia, close to the villages Rauris and Heiligenblut. The Sonnblick Observatory, owned by the association Sonnblick Verein, is operated by the Zentralanstalt für Meteorologie und Geodynamik (ZAMG).

Monitoring and research is supported by various institutions like the Technical University Vienna (TU Wien), the Austrian Environmental Agency (Umweltbundesamt) or the University of Natural Resources and Lifes Sciences (BOKU) as well as Austrian ministries.

Contribution to international networks:
NDACC, GAW, GCW; BSRN, ARAD, LTER, GCOS, GTN-P, GTS, EPOSA, VAO

Role in ACTRIS:

  • Mountain station
  • Central facility:
    • Centre for cloud in situ measurements:
    • Central facility unit: Centre for Calibrating Integrating Cloud Probes (CCICP)
  • National facility:
    • Aerosol in situ measurements
    • Cloud in situ measurements

Retrievals:

  • Meteorology parameter
  • Greenhouse gases
  • Reactive gases
  • Aerosols
  • Precipitation chemistry
  • Glaciology
  • Permafrost
  • Electrical field strength
  • Radiation
  • Nuclear radiation and radon
  • Biosphere
  • Seismic

Contact:

Dr. Elke Ludewig
elke.ludewig(at)zamg.ac.at 
www.sonnblick.net