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
- MSc Defensio: Matilda Achaab
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 Bruno Sander Haus
If you want to join online please contact atmosphaere@uibk.ac.at
- Graduate Seminar: Manuela Lehner and Mathias Rotach (ACINN)
Title: TEAMx Observational Campaign
Date/Time/Location: 12th November 2025, 12:00 a.m., seminar room 60819; 8th floor Bruno Sander Haus
If you want to join online please contact atmosphaere@uibk.ac.at
- Graduate Seminar: Shaoting Ren (Institute of Science and Technology Austria)
Title: "Inferring Glacier Meteorology Based on Remote Sensing and Physical Modeling — highlighting recent advances in integrating satellite observations with physical models to enhance our understanding of mountain glacier meteorology"
Wednesday, November 05, 2025; 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: Sebastian Dobesberger
"Performance Evaluation of the ECMWF Lightning Parameter with ALDIS lightning measurements"
Date/Time/Location: 30 October 2025, 4:00 p.m., on-line only; If you want to join online please contact atmosphaere@uibk.ac.at
- MSc Defensio: Loren Schaeffler
"Differences of lightning over land and sea in the Mediterranean region"
Date/Time/Location: 30 October 2025, 1:30 p.m., seminar room 60819; 8th floor of Bruno Sander Haus
If you want to join online please contact atmosphaere@uibk.ac.at