Innsbruck Box (i-Box)
Innsbruck Box (or i-Box for short) is a test bed for studying boundary layer processes in highly complex terrain. [more]
Using present and past observations to understand future climate and environmental change
Participating in climate research worldwide
Latest News
- November 2017 workshop: Alpine HydrologyCo-hosted by the UIBK Institute of Geography
- Prof. Dr. Michael Strasser wins the prestigious 2017 Taira PrizeAwarded for "outstanding transdisciplinary research accomplishment in ocean drilling"
- March 2018 workshop: Geography in the Digital AgeFrom the UIBK Institute of Geography
- Advection measurement campaign in TorgnonUIBK Biometerology researchers helicopter new equipment to remote grassland site
- October 2017 limnological research meeting at UIBK
Featured Projects
Northeast Greenland Caves
We are using cave deposits to work out when in the geologically recent past Greenland was warmer and wetter than today ... [visit website]
Ortles Project
(PAMOGIS, Pollen analyses of the Mt. Ortles glaciers ice samples) Glacier ice archives important information about: i) climate (air temperature, amount of precipitation);... [more]
ALP-IMP
ALP-IMP researchers will use the unique data potential existing in the “Greater Alpine Region” (GAR) to produce a consistent picture of regional climate variability in th... [more]
DoG - Atmospheric Downscaling for Glacierized mountain environments
Due to given restrictions in computing power, global atmospheric models generally consider mountainous terrains in a very simplified manner. As a consequence, mountain we... [more]
Debris covered glaciers
Three ongoing projects in ACINN and Geography together aim to improve our understanding of the impact of surface rock debris on glacier behaviour. A rock layer on the sur... [more]
Holocene tree-ring isotopes and glaciers
The Holocene Tree-Ring Isotopes and Glaciers Project combines climate information from Alpine glaciers with stable isotope data established on calendar-dated Alpine tree-... [more]