ACTRIS Switzerland is supported by the partner institution’s own funds together with major contributions from numerous projects and synergistic activities funded through various national and international schemes.
Implementation and operation of ACTRIS-Switzerland
- The ACTRIS Switzerland implementation grant covering the period 2021 to 2024 is funded by the Swiss State Secretariat for Education, Research and Innovation (SERI).
- Transnational access to PSI’s Atmospheric Simulation Chamber and to the Jungfraujoch research station during the 2021-2025 period is supported by the ATMO-ACCESS project, which receives funding from the EU’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme.
- The initial preparation and implementation of the ACTRIS research infrastructure was supported over two decades through several projects (CREATE, EUSAAR, ACTRIS, ACTRIS-2, ACTRIS-PPP, ACTRIS-IMP, EUROCHAMP, EUROCHAMP-2, EUROCHAMP-2020, EARLINET, EARLINET-ASOS, AERONET, E-PROFILE, and CLOUDnet), which received funding from the EU’s Framework Programmes for Research and Technological Development (FP5, FP6, FP7, and Horizon 2020).
- The initial implementation of the aerosol in situ measurements at the Payerne observatory received support during the 2018-2021 period through a GAW-CH Plus research project funded by the Federal Office of Meteorology and Climatology (MeteoSwiss).
- The initial implementation of continuous measurements of ice nucleating particles at Jungfraujoch received support during the 2018-2021 period through a GAW-CH Plus research project funded by the Federal Office of Meteorology and Climatology (MeteoSwiss).
Funding of related projects and networks
- The Jungfrau and Payerne Observatories are also part of the WMO’s Global Atmosphere Watch Programme (GAW). The Swiss contribution to GAW is coordinated and financed by the Federal Office of Meteorology and Climatology (MeteoSwiss).
- The Jungfraujoch, Payerne and Beromünster observatories are part of the National Air Pollution Monitoring Network (NABEL) funded by the Federal Office for the Environment (FOEN).
- The Central Facility unit at Empa receives support through the project Metrology for climate relevant volatile organic compounds (MetClimVOC; 2020-2023) of the European Metrology Programme for Innovation and Research (EMPIR), which is co-funded by EU’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme and the EMPIR Participating States.
- The Central Facility unit at PMOD/WRC receives support through the Quality Assurance Framework for Earth Observation (QA4EO) funded by the European Space Agency.
- The Central Facility unit at PMOD/WRC receives support through the project Metrology for aerosol optical properties (MAPP; 2020-2023) of the European Metrology Programme for Innovation and Research (EMPIR), which is co-funded by EU’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme and the EMPIR Participating States.
- The Central Facility unit at PMOD/WRC received support through the project Aerosol Optical Depth data Web Interface for data communication to scientists and the public (GAWaodIDC) funded by the Federal Office of Meteorology and Climatology (MeteoSwiss) in the framework of Swiss contributions to the Global Climate Observing System (GCOS).
- The Payerne Observatory received support from the Swiss National Science Foundation Ambizione Project AEROHYGROPRO (Study of aerosol hygroscopic effect on optical and microphysical properties by means of remote sensing techniques) led by F. Navas-Guzmán (SNF project PZ00P2 168114)
Basic infrastructure (at National Facilities and Central Facility Units)
- The Jungfraujoch Observatory is operated by the High Altitude Research Stations Jungfraujoch and Gornergrat (HFSJG), which receives funding from the Swiss National Science Foundation (SNSF).
- The Payerne Observatory is operated by the Federal Office of Meteorology and Climatology (MeteoSwiss).
- The Beromünster Observatory is operated within the National Air Pollution Monitoring Network (NABEL) funded by the Federal Office for the Environment (FOEN).