News Archive
- 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)
- 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.
Registration is required. Details and registration for the 23 April 2026 lecture are available here: https://www.uibk.ac.at/events/2026/04/23/secrets-of-the-greatest-snow-on-earth - 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