Research
ACINN is devoted to basic research in the areas of weather forecasting, mountain meteorology, earth atmosphere interactions and ice-climate relations. Our research activity is largely supported by third-party funding.
Studies
We offer a full degree programme in Atmospheric Sciences, from Bachelor to Master and PhD. Our teaching covers all the core subjects of the dynamics, physics, chemistry of the atmosphere-cryosphere-climate system and includes prerequisites from mathematics, statistics, physics and earth sciences.
People
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Graduate Seminar
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Publications
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Theses
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Open Research Data
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Collaboration
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About Us
The Department of Atmospheric and Cryospheric Sciences (ACINN) is one of the few university departments worldwide where research and education in atmospheric science and glaciology are co-located. It is located in the heart of the Alps. Therefore, ACINN's research and teaching focus on mountain weather and forecasting, mountain climate, earth-atmosphere interaction – with an emphasis on snow- or ice-covered surfaces, exchange of gases, aerosols and other atmospheric properties over complex topography – and ice-climate relations. ACINN is embedded in the university's research areas Mountain Regions and Scientific Computing. It plays a key role in the research centre Climate - Cryosphere and Atmosphere.
Contact
Department of Atmospheric and Cryospheric Sciences
University of Innsbruck
Innrain 52f
6020 Innsbruck
Austria
News and Events
- PhD Defensio: Patrick Schmitt
Title: Data Assimilation in Global Glacier Modelling;
June 26, 2026, 2:p.m.; location: Seminar room 60819 on the 8th floor of Bruno-Sander-Haus, Innrain, 52f, and on-line.
If you want to join on-line e-mail us at atmosphaere@uibk.ac.at - Master Defensio: Daniel Gratzl
Title: Model intercomparison of a cold air pool in the Inn Valley;
Date/Time: June 23, 2026, 09:00 a.m.
Location: Seminar room 60818 (8th floor of Bruno-Sander-Haus). If you want to join on-line e-mail us at atmosphaere@uibk.ac.at - Job announcement: Postdoc and PhD Positions in Atmospheric Modelling (Mountain Boundary Layer), University of Innsbruck, Austria
The Atmospheric Dynamics group at the Department of Atmospheric and Cryospheric Sciences (ACINN),
University of Innsbruck, Austria, invites applications for a Postdoc and a PhD position. Both positions are part of the FWF-funded project MIXMOBL (Multiscale interactions and exchange in the mountain boundary
layer), led by Alexander Gohm. - Graduate Seminar: Anna Napoli
Title: Mountains in a Changing Climate: Hotspots, Complexity and Future Challenges, Wednesday, June 03, 2026, 12:00; location: Seminar room 60819 on the 8th floor of Bruno-Sander-Haus, Innrain, 52f, and on-line.
If you want to join on-line e-mail us at atmosphaere@uibk.ac.at - Master Defensio: Johanna Silbernagl
Title: Characterising surface-atmosphere exchange at urban and forest sites in the Inn Valley, Austria; Date/Time: 03 June 2026, 2 p.m.
Location: Computer room 60818 (8th floor of Bruno-Sander-Haus).