News and Events

Title: Recon­structing Snow­fall on Kili­man­jaro with Convo­lu­tional Neural Networks: A Station-Scale Statis­tical Down­scaling Study;
Date/Time: Octo­bter 20, 2026, 2:00 p.m.
Loca­tion: Seminar room 60433, Bruno-Sander-Haus, 4th floor. If you want to join on-line e-mail us at atmo­sphaere@uibk.ac.at

During this event, all ACINN faculty members will briefly present their research areas and current activ­i­ties. This session is partic­u­larly recom­mended for incoming students, as it provides an excel­lent oppor­tu­nity to get to know the different research groups and topics at ACINN. Loca­tion: Seminar room 60819 (8th floor of Bruno-Sander-Haus). If you want to join on-line e-mail us at atmo­sphaere@uibk.ac.at

Title: Assessing Long-Term Trends in Urban NO2 Emis­sions across Europe Using In-Situ and Remote Sensing Data; 
Date/Time: October 7, 2026, 09:30 a.m.
Loca­tion: Seminar room 60408 (4th floor of Bruno-Sander-Haus). If you want to join on-line e-mail us at atmo­sphaere@uibk.ac.at

Title:  Inter­ac­tions of North Amer­ican Atmo­spheric Deserts with Lifting Mech­a­nisms for Severe Convec­tion Initi­a­tion: A May 2024 case study ; Date/Time: 08 October 2026, 10:00 a.m.
Loca­tion: Small Seminar Room 60818 (8th floor of Bruno-Sander-Haus). If you want to join on-line e-mail us at atmo­sphaere@uibk.ac.at

Title: Inter­pre­ta­tion of NO2 columns measure­ments at the IAO using the 1-D model SOMCRUS; 
Date/Time: October 9, 2026, 09:00 a.m.
Loca­tion: Seminar Room 60408, Bruno-Sander-Haus, 4th floor. If you want to join on-line e-mail us at atmo­sphaere@uibk.ac.at

We invite appli­ca­tions for a fully funded PhD posi­tion in a collab­o­ra­tive research project between the Digital Science Center (DiSC) and the Depart­ment of Atmo­spheric and Cryospheric Sciences (ACINN). For further infor­ma­tion, please see the full job descrip­tion attached.

Title: Lidar remote sensing of water vapor in the moun­tain boundary layer above Inns­bruck;
Date/Time: September 22, 2026, 10:00 a.m.
Loca­tion: Seminar room 60408, Bruno-Sander-Haus, 4th floor. If you want to join on-line e-mail us at atmo­sphaere@uibk.ac.at

Thomas Karl, member of the APC research group, is co-author of a new publi­ca­tion in Science Advances.
Title: Tree selec­tion in urban greening shapes air quality for global cities

Title: Atmo­spheric Deserts in North America - A case study; 
Date/Time: September 1, 2026, 10:00 a.m.
Loca­tion: Seminar room 1, Ágnes-Heller-Haus, Innrain 52a, 1st floor. If you want to join on-line e-mail us at atmo­sphaere@uibk.ac.at

Title: VOC Emis­sions from the Forest Floor in a Scots Pine and Juniper Stand; 
Date/Time: August 18, 2026, 10:00 a.m.
Loca­tion: Seminar room 1, Ágnes-Heller-Haus, Innrain 52a, 1st floor. If you want to join on-line e-mail us at atmo­sphaere@uibk.ac.at

Title: Anal­ysis of Droughts in Ensemble of High-Reso­lu­tion Climate Simu­la­tions; 
Date/Time: August 10, 2026, 10:00 a.m.
Loca­tion: Seminar room 60408 Bruno-Sander-Haus, Innrain 52f, 4th floor. If you want to join on-line e-mail us at atmo­sphaere@uibk.ac.at

The Master Defen­sio, sched­uled for August 5, 2026, is post­poned until further notice. (Title: Assessing Long-Term Trends in Urban NO2 Emis­sions across Europe Using In-Situ and Remote Sensing Data)

Title: Atmo­spheric Deserts over Europe: Detec­tion, Char­ac­ter­is­tics, and Impli­ca­tions;
July 21, 2026, 10:00 a.m.; loca­tion: Seminar room 14, Innrain 52a, Ágnes-Heller-Haus, 1st floor, and on-line.
If you want to join on-line e-mail us at atmo­sphaere@uibk.ac.at

Title: The Influ­ence of Hori­zontal Shear on Turbu­lence Produc­tion During Valley Winds: A TEAMx Case Study in the Inn Valley; 
Date/Time: July 15, 2026, 09:00 a.m.
Loca­tion: Seminar room 1, Ágnes-Heller-Haus, Innrain 52a, 1st floor. If you want to join on-line e-mail us at atmo­sphaere@uibk.ac.at

The Bach­e­lor's Theses Presen­ta­tions take place on Monday, 29 June 2026, starting at 09:00 (sem­inar room 60819 and online), 8th floor, Bruno-Sander-Haus, Innrain 52f
You can find the programme and the online access link here: http­s://u­ni­verse.uibk.ac.at/s/KHLo4BB5Xeb­dq2D

Title: Firn Hydro­log­ical Processes in Green­land's Perco­la­tion Zone: How Much Melts, Refreezes, and Runs Off. Wednes­day, June 24, 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

Title: Data Assim­i­la­tion in Global Glacier Modelling;
June 26, 2026, 2:00 p.m.; loca­tion: Hörsaal 2, Innrain 52d (Geiwi-Turm), EG., and on-line.
If you want to join on-line e-mail us at atmo­sphaere@uibk.ac.at

Title: Model inter­com­par­ison of a cold air pool in the Inn Valley; 
Date/Time: June 23, 2026, 09:00 a.m.
Loca­tion: Computer room 60818 (8th floor of Bruno-Sander-Haus). If you want to join on-line e-mail us at atmo­sphaere@uibk.ac.at

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.

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

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). 

We are pleased to announce the approval of three FWF stand-alone projects:
Multiscale interactions and exchange in the mountain boundary layer (MIXMOBL): PI Alexander Gohm
Quantifizierung von UFP-Quellen mittels Eddy Kovarianz: PI Thomas Karl
Einfluss auf Stürme der mittleren Breiten: PI Georg Mayr

Congratulations!

Title: Scale interactions of winds in a small Alpine valley: A modeling case study of Nafingalm; Date/Time: 20 May 2026, 9:30 a.m.
Location: Seminar Room 60819 (8th floor of Bruno-Sander-Haus). If you want to join on-line e-mail us at atmosphaere@uibk.ac.at

Title: Atmospheric Rivers in Antarctica, Wednesday, May 13, 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

Title: Turbulence Anisotropy in Anabatic Flows: Large-Eddy Simulations over Idealized Mountain Ridges,
Wednesday, April 29, 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