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1 Index of research groups / institutes International Foundation HFSJG Research group / institute Project Page ABB Switzerland, Ltd., Semiconductors Abteilung für Klima- und Umweltphysik, Belgian Institute for Space Aeronomy (BIRA IASB) Berner Fachhochschule, Hochschule für Technik und Informatik (HTI), Photovoltaik-Labor Bundesamt für Landestopographie / Swiss Federal Office of Topography (swisstopo) Bundesamt für Strahlenschutz, Freiburg i.br. Climate and Environmental Physics, University of Bern Cosmic ray induced failures in biased high power semiconductor devices CarboEurope-IP: Assessment of the European Terrestrial Carbon Balance Atmospheric physics and chemistry Long-term energy yield and reliability of a high alpine PV (photovoltaic) plant at 3453 m Automated GPS Network Switzerland (AGNES) Kr Activity Determination in Tropospheric Air Climate and Environmental Physics, Dipartimento di Fisica Nucleare e Teorica and INFN, Pavia University Temporal variation of stable isotopes in Alpine precipitation 119 Measuring the flux of cosmic rays arriving nearly horizontally 129 Division of Atmospheric Sciences, Department of Physical Sciences, University of Helsinki École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL) Air ion concentrations, dynamics and their relation to new particle formation in Jungfraujoch, Switzerland Study of the atmospheric aerosols, water vapor and temperature by LIDAR Carbon monoxide and molecular hydrogen at Jungfraujoch

2 Research group / institute Project Page Monitoring of halogenated greenhouse gases National Air Pollution Monitoring Network, NABEL Emissions of Non-Regulated Oxidized Volatile Organic Compounds by advance GC-MS Technology (ENOVO) ETH Institute of Atmospheric and Climate Science Exercise Physiology, ETH- University of Zürich INAF - Istituto di Radioastronomia Innsbruck Medical University, Division for Biomedical Physics Institut d Astrophysique et de Géophysique - Université de Liège Institut d automatisation Industrielle, Haute Ecole d Ingénierie et de Gestion Institut für Atmosphäre und Umwelt, Universität Frankfurt, Germany Institut für Umweltphysik, Universität Heidelberg Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Torino (Italy) Labor für Radio- und Umweltchemie der und des Paul Scherrer Instituts Measurements at the High Alpine Station Jungfraujoch to study the long range Transport and in-situ Photochemistry Short-term acclimatization to high altitude in children TIRGO Telescopio Infrarosso del Gornergrat TIRGO web pages Tirgo data archive Solar UV irradiance High resolution, solar infrared Fourier Transform Spectrometry. Application to the study of the Earth atmosphere ftp://ndsc.ncep.noaa.gov/pub/ndsc/jungfrau/ftir Development of a seeing monitor for astronomical applications Volatile organic compounds (VOC) in air, snow and ice crystals and super-cooled droplets at high alpine research station Jungfraujoch during CLACE 4 Long-term observations of 14 CO 2 at Jungfraujoch Neutron background measurements at Jungfraujoch Research Station VITA Varves, Ice cores, and Tree rings Archives with annual resolution

3 Research group / institute Project Page Laboratory of Atmospheric Chemistry, Paul Scherrer Institute Laboratory of Radiochemistry and Environmental Chemistry, Leibniz-Institut für Troposphärenforschung, Leipzig, Deutschland (IfT) Max Planck Institute for Chemistry, Mainz, Particle Chemistry Department MeteoSwiss, Payerne Global Atmosphere Watch Aerosol Program at the Jungfraujoch MeteoSwiss, Zurich The weather in Physikalische Chemie / FBC, Bergische Universität Wuppertal I. Universität zu Köln Radioastronomisches Institut, Universität Bonn SONTEL - Solar Neutron Telescope for the identification and the study of high-energy neutrons produced in energetic eruptions at the Sun Physikalisch- Meteorologisches Observatorium Davos, World Radiation Center Pneumology, Medizinische Klinik Innenstadt, University of Munich Source apportionment of carbonaceous aerosols with 14 C Sampling and physico-chemical characterisation of ice nuclei in mixed phase clouds Mass spectrometric analysis of residuals from small ice particles and from super-cooled cloud droplets during the Cloud and Aerosol Characterization Experiments (CLACE) Global Atmosphere Watch Radiation Measurements tartwave_dbs.html (IWV STARWAVE data) Measurements of nitrous acid (HONO) in the free troposphere 63 Neutron Monitors - Study of solar and galactic cosmic rays KOSMA - Kölner Observatorium für Submm-Astronomie Remote sensing of aerosol optical depth Change of peripheral lung function parameters in healthy subject acutely exposed to 3454 m

4 Research group / institute Project Page Relaisgemeinschaft HB9F Bern Operation of a 70 cm amateur beacon transmitter, operation of a 23 cm voice repeater station, study of high frequency propagation conditions School of Earth, Atmospheric and Environmental Sciences, University of Manchester CLoud Aerosol Characterisation Experiment 4 (CLACE 4) 97 Section of Environmental Radioactivity, Radiation Protection Division of the Swiss Federal Office of Public Health Technische Universität Darmstadt, Institut für Angewandte Geowissenschaften, Umweltmineralogie University of Leicester University of Rome La Sapienza, Department of Physics Versuchsanstalt für Wasserbau, Hydrologie und Glaziologie, ETH Zentrum, Zürich Versuchsanstalt für Wasserbau, Hydrologie und Glaziologie, ETH Zentrum, Zürich Aerosol monitoring Station at the Jungfraujoch (RADAIR) ation/d/document2001.php Identification of the ice forming fraction of the atmospheric aerosol in mixed-phase clouds by environmental scanning electron microscopy Composition Control in the Lower Free Troposphere Study of detector to measure cosmic ray flux at large zenith angle Glacier outburst floods: A study of the processes controlling the drainage of glacier-dammed lakes /gz_outburst_glacierdammed_lake Variations of the Grosser Aletschgletscher International Foundation HFSJG: Index of projects Aerosol monitoring Station at the Jungfraujoch (RADAIR) ntation/d/document2001.php Air ion concentrations, dynamics and their relation to new particle formation in Jungfraujoch, Switzerland Section of Environmental Radioactivity, Radiation Protection Division of the Swiss Federal Office of Public Health Division of Atmospheric Sciences, Department of Physical Sciences, University of Helsinki

5 Atmospheric physics and chemistry Automated GPS Network Switzerland (AGNES) CarboEurope-IP: Assessment of the European Terrestrial Carbon Balance Carbon monoxide and molecular hydrogen at Jungfraujoch Change of peripheral lung function parameters in healthy subject acutely exposed to 3454 m CLoud Aerosol Characterisation Experiment 4 (CLACE 4) Composition Control in the Lower Free Troposphere Belgian Institute for Space Aeronomy (BIRA IASB) Bundesamt für Landestopographie / Swiss Federal Office of Topography (swisstopo) Abteilung für Klima- und Umweltphysik, Pneumology, Medizinische Klinik Innenstadt, University of Munich School of Earth, Atmospheric and Environmental Sciences, University of Manchester University of Leicester 113 Cosmic ray induced failures in biased high power semiconductor devices Development of a seeing monitor for astronomical applications Emissions of Non-Regulated Oxidized Volatile Organic Compounds by advance GC-MS Technology (ENOVO) ABB Switzerland, Ltd., Semiconductors Institut d automatisation Industrielle, Haute Ecole d Ingénierie et de Gestion Glacier outburst floods: A study of the processes controlling the drainage of glacier-dammed lakes s/gz_outburst_glacierdammed_lake Global Atmosphere Watch Aerosol Program at the Jungfraujoch Versuchsanstalt für Wasserbau, Hydrologie und Glaziologie, ETH Zentrum, Zürich Laboratory of Atmospheric Chemistry, Paul Scherrer Institute

6 Global Atmosphere Watch Radiation Measurements startwave_dbs.html (IWV STARWAVE data) High resolution, solar infrared Fourier Transform Spectrometry. Application to the study of the Earth atmosphere ftp://ndsc.ncep.noaa.gov/pub/ndsc/jungfrau/ftir MeteoSwiss, Payerne 17 Institut d Astrophysique et de Géophysique - Université de Liège 5 Identification of the ice forming fraction of the atmospheric aerosol in mixed-phase clouds by environmental scanning electron microscopy KOSMA - Kölner Observatorium für Submm-Astronomie Technische Universität Darmstadt, Institut für Angewandte Geowissenschaften, Umweltmineralogie I. Universität zu Köln Radioastronomisches Institut, Universität Bonn Kr Activity Determination in Tropospheric Air Long-term energy yield and reliability of a high alpine PV (photovoltaic) plant at 3453 m Long-term observations of 14 CO 2 at Jungfraujoch Mass spectrometric analysis of residuals from small ice particles and from super-cooled cloud droplets during the Cloud and Aerosol Characterization Experiments (CLACE) Measurements at the High Alpine Station Jungfraujoch to study the long range Transport and in-situ Photochemistry Bundesamt für Strahlenschutz, Freiburg i.br. Climate and Environmental Physics, University of Bern Berner Fachhochschule, Hochschule für Technik und Informatik (HTI), Photovoltaik-Labor Institut für Umweltphysik, Universität Heidelberg Max Planck Institute for Chemistry, Mainz, Particle Chemistry Department ETH Institute of Atmospheric and Climate Science Measurements of nitrous acid (HONO) in the free troposphere Physikalische Chemie / FBC, Bergische Universität Wuppertal Measuring the flux of cosmic rays arriving nearly horizontally Dipartimento di Fisica Nucleare e Teorica and INFN, Pavia University

7 Monitoring of halogenated greenhouse gases National Air Pollution Monitoring Network, NABEL Neutron background measurements at Jungfraujoch Research Station Neutron Monitors - Study of solar and galactic cosmic rays Operation of a 70 cm amateur beacon transmitter, operation of a 23 cm voice repeater station, study of high frequency propagation conditions. Remote sensing of aerosol optical depth Sampling and physico-chemical characterisation of ice nuclei in mixed phase clouds Short-term acclimatization to high altitude in children Solar UV irradiance SONTEL - Solar Neutron Telescope for the identification and the study of high-energy neutrons produced in energetic eruptions at the Sun Source apportionment of carbonaceous aerosols with 14 C Study of detector to measure cosmic ray flux at large zenith angle Study of the atmospheric aerosols, water vapor and temperature by LIDAR Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Torino (Italy) Relaisgemeinschaft HB9F Bern Physikalisch- Meteorologisches Observatorium Davos, World Radiation Center Leibniz-Institut für Troposphärenforschung, Leipzig, Deutschland (IfT) Exercise Physiology, ETH- University of Zürich Innsbruck Medical University, Division for Biomedical Physics Laboratory of Radiochemistry and Environmental Chemistry, University of Rome La Sapienza, Department of Physics École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL)

8 Temporal variation of stable isotopes in Alpine precipitation The weather in TIRGO Telescopio Infrarosso del Gornergrat TIRGO web pages Tirgo data archive Variations of the Grosser Aletschgletscher VITA Varves, Ice cores, and Tree rings Archives with annual resolution Volatile organic compounds (VOC) in air, snow and ice crystals and super-cooled droplets at high alpine research station Jungfraujoch during CLACE 4 Climate and Environmental Physics, 119 MeteoSwiss, Zurich 159 INAF - Istituto di Radioastronomia Versuchsanstalt für Wasserbau, Hydrologie und Glaziologie, ETH Zentrum, Zürich Labor für Radio- und Umweltchemie der und des Paul Scherrer Instituts Institut für Atmosphäre und Umwelt, Universität Frankfurt, Germany International Foundation HFSJG: 214

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