It’s official. After receiving the approval of the ACTRIS General Assembly in November 2023, the Physikalisch-Meteorologisches Observatorium Davos, World Radiation Center, Switzerland (PMOD-WRC) is now officially a new unit of the ACTRIS Center of Aerosol Remote Sensing (CARS). The main task of the CARS-PMOD-WRC unit is to link the ACTRIS/CARS…
The climate and environmental impacts of agriculture are complicated. A new study performed in Finland and led by Dr. Lubna Dada from the Paul Scherrer Institute has shown that vapours such as ammonia and amines emitted from farmland can go on to form new particles in the atmosphere much more…
A delegation of four scientists from CzechGlobe visited ACTRIS Switzerland for a training and exchange workshop this week. Empa and PSI provided the delegation insights into their various activities ranging from the long term observations of trace gases and aerosols to current developments in laser based measurements of trace gases…
The ACTRIS Science Conference 2024 will be held in Rennes, France from 13 to 16 May, 2024. The conference welcomes contributions that span the entire spectrum of ACTRIS scientific activities. The abstract submission process is open from now until 7 December, 2023. For further details check out the conference website.
If you were lucky enough to be hiking in the Swiss Alps last weekend you would have noticed the remarkably hazy air and reduced visibility. Fascinatingly, this was the result of a wildfire smoke plume that had traveled all the way from Canada before subsiding and settling over Switzerland. You…
In July and August 2023, two online ice nucleating particle (INP) instruments were running in parallel at the Jungfraujoch Research Station. This intercomparison exercise was an important step towards Jungfraujoch becoming a National Facility of the ACTRIS Topical Center for Cloud In Situ (CIS) Measurements. CIS aims to establish a…
Members of ACTRIS Switzerland, the Laboratory of Atmospheric Chemistry at PSI, and the HFSJG recently welcomed a delegation of 12 researchers from Peking University to Jungfraujoch. The visitors enjoyed a tour of the Jungfraujoch National Facility as well as an afternoon workshop on high altitude atmospheric measurements. Although the weather…
PSI’s Atmospheric Chemistry Simulation Chambers and the Jungfraujoch research station are part of the ATMO-ACCESS project, which is a project that facilitates access to and use of the most advanced atmospheric research infrastructures in Europe. We are excited to announce that the 5th call for Trans-National Access within ATMO-ACCESS is…
The European Commission has taken a long-anticipated decision to establish the Aerosol, Clouds, and Trace Gases Research Infrastructure (ACTRIS) as a European Research Infrastructure Consortium, or ERIC.
The Jungfraujoch High Altitude Research Station was awarded the prestigious EuChemS Historical Landmark Award in recognition of the pioneering work performed there! Read all about it here.
