News and Events

    •   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). 

    •   Three FWF stand-alone projects approved

      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!

    •   Master Defen­sio: Timm Fre­un­dor­fer

      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

    •   Grad­u­ate Sem­i­nar: Michelle Maclen­nan

      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

    •   Grad­u­ate Sem­i­nar: Andreas Rauchöcker

      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

    •   Public lec­ture Jim Steen­burgh: Secrets of the great­est snow on earth

      Title: "Secrets of the Greatest Snow on Earth: Mountain Weather, Climate Change, and Finding Deep Powder around the World." This public lecture will take place on 23 April 2026, 19:00 in the Kleiner Hörsaal (1. Untergeschoss) of the Ágnes-Heller-Haus.

    •   Grad­u­ate Sem­i­nar: Nico­lai Krieger (ETH Zürich)

      Title: Using PMAP to address challenges and gain insights in decametre-scale LES
      Wednesday, April 15, 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

    •   A new high­light paper in The Cryosphere by Stein­er, J., Aber­mann, J., Prinz, R.

      Title: The terrestrial ice margin morphology in Kalaallit Nunaat (Greenland), The Cryosphere, Vol. 20, Issue 3, 2026;
      https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-20-1797-2026

    •   Master Defen­sio: Michael Leiter

      Title: Computation of the Glaciers Overshoot Day using Reanalysis Data and the Open Global Glacier Model; 
      Date/Time: March 31, 2026, 10:00 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

    •   Grad­u­ate Sem­i­nar: Max­i­m­il­ian Meindl

      Title: How much climate data do we need? Machine learning approaches for evaluating high-resolution climate models
      Wednesday, March 25, 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

    •   Job announce­ment: PhD Posi­tion – Light­ning Cli­ma­tolo­gies & Machine Learn­ing (Univer­sity of Inns­bruck)

      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). The project focuses on developing new methods to reconstruct long-term lightning climatologies from evolving measurement networks using meteorological data and machine learning. The project develops new methods to reconstruct reliable long-term lightning climatologies from evolving lightning detection networks. Using meteorological data and a newly developed machine-learning algorithm, the PhD researcher will identify and correct measurement artifacts caused by technological upgrades in Lightning Location Systems. We are looking for candidates with a Master’s degree in meteorology, statistics, data science, environmental science, lightning physics, or related fields, and strong programming skills in R or Python (with willingness to work in R) 

    •   Master Defen­sio: Giuseppe Scalise

      Speaker: Giuseppe Scalise
      Title: When mountains shape the wind on the ocean: Identification, Classification, and Climatology of Mesoscale Orographic Low Level Jets over Northern European Seas; Date/Time: 19 March 2026, 08:30 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

    •   Bach­e­lor's The­ses Defenses

      The Bachelor's Theses Presentations take place on Monday, 9 February 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://fileshare.uibk.ac.at/f/aacfca967fc042ae917f/

    •   Grad­u­ate Sem­i­nar: David Schultz (Univer­sity of Manch­ester)

      Title: Europe’s Elevated Mixed Layer: New Insights into the Spanish Plume

      Date/Time/Location: 28 January 2026 / 12:00 / online only

      If you want to join online please contact atmosphaere@uibk.ac.at

    •   Grad­u­ate Sem­i­nar: Naomi Och­wat

      Title: From Antarctic sea ice unleashing glaciers to Alaskan icefalls releasing ogives: Investigations of glacier processes using remote sensing, field data, and numerical modeling
      Wednesday, January 21, 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

    •   Grad­u­ate Sem­i­nar: Fiona Fix-Hewitt

      Title: Heat, Dust, and Thunderstorms: Co-Occurrence of Atmospheric Deserts and Extreme Weather over Europe
      Wednesday, January 14, 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

    •   Grad­u­ate Sem­i­nar: Marco Giomet­to, Columbia Univer­sity

      Title: A Numerical Database of Hurricane Boundary Layer Winds and Scaling Analysis

      Date/Time/Location: 07 January 2026, 12:00 a.m., seminar room 60819; 8th floor of Bruno Sander Haus, Innrain 52f

      If you want to join online please contact atmosphaere@uibk.ac.at

    •   TEAMx doc­u­men­tary

      "Forschung XL in den Alpen: Wettervorhersagen und Klimamodelle verbessern"
      https://youtu.be/HKSkasUvd90
      At the moment, there is only a German version, but an English version will follow at the beginning of the year 2026.

    •   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

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