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The results of the study by Dr. Dušan Materić brought exciting results which were carried out as part of the "Transnational Access Program" of the EU project INTERACT (supported by the EU Horizon 2020 project INTERACT, grant agreement No. 730938). The aim of the NIRA (Nanoplastics In Remote Air: types, concentrations and size distribution) measurement campaign is to detect…

The events of September 26th, 2021 show how sensitive the measuring devices are at the Sonnblick Observatory. An increased dust mass concentration was detected in the early hours of the night and morning. After verification of the data (trajectories, negative exponent of the single scattering albedo), this event is Saharan dust. This can be seen very clearly in the graphic (dust mass…

The Brewer spectrophotometer is a sophisticated optical instrument. It allows near-simultaneous observations of total ozone column (TOC) and sulfur dioxide (SO2) between the instrument and the sun. It can also make high-resolution spectral measurements of ultraviolet (UV) radiation in the direct solar beam or across the entire sky. More than 25 years ago, the University of Natural Resources and…

In the framework of the "Transnational Access Program" of the EU project INTERACT (supported by the EU Horizon 2020 project INTERACT, grant agreement no. 730938 ) the measurement campaign NIRA is currently taking place at Sonnblick Observatory. NIRA (Nanoplastics In Remote Air: types, concentrations and size distribution) is a measurement campaign of the Institute for Marine and…

I am Julia Wenske, currently studying in the 2nd master's semester Earth Sciences at the Friedrich Alexander University Erlangen-Nuremberg and I had the unique opportunity to complete an internship for 2 weeks at the Sonnblick Observatory at 3106 meters above sea level. In the period from 26 July to 9 August 2021, I was allowed to look behind the scenes and look over the shoulders of the…

The Sonnblick Observatory (SBO) is active in EU projects that support access to our research station for scientists, so-called TNA programs (Trans National Access Program). Through these TNA programs, more measurement campaigns are now taking place at the SBO. Due to strict COVID requirements, the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT) was able to use the Sonnblick Observatory (SBO) for a new…

Since Monday, July 12th, 21, the measurement campaign BELIGI (Broadband Electromagnetic Invetigation of Glacier Ice) of the TU Braunschweig has been taking place at the Sonnblick Observatory, as part of the EU-funded INTERACT-III project. The aim of the team is to test different measuring methods for their applicability on glaciers and thus to get an insight into the internal structures of the…

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…

Dear Ladies and Gentleman, We are aware, that many of you like to stay in the mountains and also a ski tour on the Hohen Sonnblick is a worthwhile destination here. Unfortunately, there has been an increasing number of illegal property infringements in recent times, in which skiers were climbing on the roof of the Observatory or the measuring terraces. We cannot tolerate this because, on the…

Goodbye after 40 years of employment at Sonnblick Observatory 26.04.2021 - the last working day for Ludwig Rasser at the Sonnblick Observatory. In his 40 years at Mt. Hoher Sonnblick, our Lug experienced all the upheavals and changes from a weather station to a modern research station. ZAMG and especially the Sonnblick team wish you all the best for your new phase of life. Thank you for many…