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Due to the low rainfall in the 2021/2022 winter season, there was significantly less snow on the Sonnblick. In the summer of the previous year there was still enough snow for the winter season to start with a sufficient old snow cover. From January the snow depth increased only slowly. As a result, the Sonnblick was the winter season with the least amount of snow since records began. March,…

Time to look back at the snow depth development of the past winter. On May 28, 2021, the previous maximum of 585cm total snow depth could be measured at the measuring point. This measuring point is about 300m away from the observatory and is measuring since 2012. The previous maximum heights were 566cm on May 28th, 2015 and 560cm on May 30th, 2019. From the graphic you can clearly see that the…

The densely crowded, upside down hibernate and drawing from the summer fat reserves is over. The first bats are already slowly leaving their caves and searching for insects. Since April 6th, 2019, the 'Waldbox' (forest box) incl. Batcorder (ultrasound detector) is ready to record the sounds of the bats. Karin Widerin from the Coordination Center for Bat Protection and Research in Austria…

The annual reports of the ZAMG should give a small insight into the comprehensive activities of the ZAMG. In addition to scientific results you will learn about the everyday life of meteorologists, climatologists and climatologists. Read interviews with cooperation partners and see which role the ZAMG plays in worldwide networks. The annual report (german/english) is available here: Annual…

Once a year our brochure "Sonnblick Observatorium. WISSENSCHAFTLICHE AKTIVITÄTEN/ Sonnblick Observatory. SCIENTIFIC ACTIVITIES" is published. Freshly printed, this year wrapped in green, it offers an overview of the diverse projects and (scientific) activities 2019 at the Sonnblick Observatory.   The complex questions and research methods are…

ASBO stands for "Active Sonnblick Observatory/Aktives Sonnblick Observatorium" and is a development project of the ZAMG, which is funded by the Federal Ministry of Education, Science and Research and runs from January to December 2019. ASBO 2019 is a follow-up project of ASBO 2018, supports the monitoring data processing at the Sonnblick Observatory and promotes the subject-specific…

The WMO recently named six Austrian weather observing stations as "Centennial Observing Stations", all being operated by the Zentralanstalt für Meteorologie und Geodynamik (ZAMG). Currently there exist about 120 sites worldwide with the label "Centennial Observing Stations". Such sites have very long, high-quality data series. Austria's data go back to 1762 being the…