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.
Graduate Seminar
Time and location of the graduate seminar, a list of speakers, abstracts etc.
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
- Graduate Seminar: Julia Shates
Title: "Multi-measurement perspectives on precipitating cloud microphysics"
Wednesday, December 10, 2025, 5 p.m.!!!; location: Computer room 60818 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 - Graduate Seminar: Ivana Stiperski (ACINN)
Title: "Turbulence anisotropy, pressure and turbulence organization"
Wednesday, December 3, 2025, 12:00 noon; location: 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 - CANCELLED: Graduate Seminar: Christoph Mitterer (Abteilung Krisen- und Gefahrenmanagement, Land Tirol)
Title: "From Gut Feelings to Gigabytes: Avalanche Forecasting in the Digital Age"
Wednesday, November 26, 2025, 12:00 noon; location: 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 - Graduate Seminar: Nikolina Ban (ACINN)
Title: "High-Resolution Climate Modeling - Mountain Climate at the Kilometer-Scale Resolution"
Wednesday, November 19, 2025, 12:00 noon; location: 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 - MSc Defensio: Matilda Achaab
Title: "Assessing Carbon Dioxide and Nitrogen Oxides Emissions Based on Eddy Covariance Observations in Innsbruck"
Date/Time/Location: 20th November 2025, 10:30 a.m., computer room 60818; 8th floor of Bruno Sander Haus
If you want to join online please contact atmosphaere@uibk.ac.at