Support
The PIANO research project would not have been possible without great support from many institutions and individuals, listed below. We are also very grateful to the landowners and farmers who have supported this project by granting access to their properties. Thank you!
| Institution | Type of support | |
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Austrian Science Fund (FWF) |
Grant P29746-N32 |
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Weiss Science Foundation |
Third Weiss prize |
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University of Innsbruck |
Postdoc stipend |
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Karlsruher Institut für Technologie (KIT) IMK-IFU | Providing two Doppler wind lidars |
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Austro Control | Conducting radiosonde ascents and permission for operating flux station on air-traffic control site |
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ZAMG | Providing automatic weather station and access to routine observations |
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T-Mobile Austria GmbH | Providing free wireless data transfer for more than twenty instruments |
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Innsbruck Kommunalbetriebe AG (IKB) | Installation of temperature sensors on IKB lamp posts and permission for operating flux station on deep-well site |
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Unser Lagerhaus Warenhandelsgesellschaft m.b.H. | Permission for operating Doppler wind lidar on Lagerhaus silo |
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PEMA Immobilien GmbH | Permission for operating Doppler wind lidar and scintillometer on PEMA tower |
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HTL Anichstraße | Permission for operating Doppler wind lidar on HTL rooftop |
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Bergisel Betriebsgesellschaft m.b.H. |
Permission for operating automatic weather station and temperature sensors on the ski jump site |
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Hilton Innsbruck | Permission for operating automatic weather station on rooftop of hotel Hilton Innsbruck |
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Innsbrucker Nordkettenbahnen Betriebs GmbH |
Permission for operating temperature sensors on pylons of cable railways |
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TINETZ-Tiroler Netze GmbH | Permission for operating temperature sensors on power pylons |
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Gemeinde Völs | Permission for operating automatic weather station on deep-well site |
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Gemeinde Patsch | Permission for launching radiosondes on soccer field |
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Land Tirol | Providing geodata (e.g., high-resolution digital terrain and surface models) |