The threefold aim of the event was to:
The outcomes of the symposium will form part of the future national GAW and GCOS programmes. Through the Swiss GAW and GCOS Offices, MeteoSwiss has published a white paper that outlines the most important outcomes of the symposium.
The white paper is now available here:
1st Swiss National GAW/GCOS Symposium 2021: White Paper
Recording day one 13 September 2021 (YouTube Video)
Recording day two 14 September 2021 (YouTube Video)
The virtual poster session was dedicated to the Swiss national GAW and GCOS activities.
| Poster Session Monday | ||
POC21 Harnessing the Power Of Crowdsourcing to tackle 21st century mountain observation challenges | A. Massacand M. Huss J. Noetzli R. Leiterer | MountaiNow GLAMOS PERMOS ExoLabs |
Absolute validation of a balloon-borne spectrometer for water vapor measurements in the upper atmosphere | S. Brunamonti M. Graf L. Emmenegger B. Tuzson | Empa |
Archiving and Digitization of the Sunspot observations | R. Ramelli M. Cagnotti E. Boesch C. Huber | USI ETHZ |
90 years of geodetic glacier mass balance over the entire Swiss Alps | E. Mannerfelt A. Dehecq E. Hodel R. Hugonnet M. Huss A. Bauder D. Farinotti | ETHZ WSL Univ. Grenoble Alpes |
Extending the Calibration Traceability of Longwave Radiation Time-Series (ExTrac) PDF | S. Nyeki J. Gröbner L. Vuilleumier C. Lanconelli A. Driemel M. Maturilli H. Schmithüsen N. Ohkawara | PMOD/WRC MeteoSwiss Joint Research Centre AWI Japan Meteorological Agency |
Employment of novel tools for the continuous characterization of the carbonaceous fraction in ambient aerosol | A. Keller P. Specht P. Stegmeier E. Weingartner | FHNW |
Recent Development & Current Status of the Peltier Cooled Frost Point Hygrometer (PCFH) | F. Wienhold T. Jorge N. Germann U. Weers Y. Poltera B. Luo T. Peter | ETHZ |
World Calibration Center Empa Switzerland | C. Zellweger M. Steinbacher L. Emmenegger B. Buchmann | Empa |
WMO/GAW Quality Assurance/Science Activity Centre Switzerland | M. Steinbacher C. Zellweger L. Emmenegger B. Buchmann | WMO GAW Empa |
The multidecadal FTIR monitoring program of ULiège at the Jungfraujoch station | E. Mahieu I. Pardo Cantos M. Prignon C. Servais | University of Liège |
| | Swiss GCOS Office | MeteoSwiss |
| Poster Session Tuesday | ||
Long Swiss Meteorological Series | S. Brönnimann Y. Brugnara | University of Bern |
Fractional snow cover time series (1981 – 2021) – a novel data set from space to support climate studies in Switzerland | S. Wunderle H. Weber | University of Bern |
Permafrost monitoring by reprocessing and repeating historical geophysical measurements | C. Hauck H. Fossaert R. Gugerli C. Hilbich C. Mollaret C. Pellet | University of Fribourg |
Physical Retrieval of Rain Rate from Ground-Based Microwave Radiometry | W. Wang K. Hocke C. Mätzler | University of Bern |
AlpineWELLS – ECV Monitoring in Swiss Glacier Lakes | D. Odermatt M. Tom P. Rünzi M. Plüss N. Mölg | Eawag University of Zurich Enveo IT |
25+ Years of Aerosol Observations on the Jungfraujoch: Status and Recent Highlights | B. Brem M. Collaud Coen N. Nowak P. Schneider M. Gysel-Beer | PSI MeteoSwiss |
The contribution of Sahara dust to ice nucleating particle concentrations at the High Altitude Station Jungfraujoch (3580 m a.s.l.), Switzerland | C. Brunner J. Chen B. Brem M. Collaud Coen F. Conen M. Hervo S. Henne M. Steinbacher M. Gysel-Beer Z. Kanji | ETHZ PSI MeteoSwiss University of Basel Empa |
Investigating the future evolution of the ozone layer above Switzerland INFO3RS | L. Egli J. Gröbner H. Schill E. Rozanov | PMOD/WRC |
World Calibration Center for Ultraviolet Radiation (WCC UV) | G. Hülsen J. Gröbner | PMOD/WRC |
Development and application of a novel polar imaging nephelometer and complementing the aerosol measurement program at Payerne towards a new supersite of the ACTRIS research infrastructure PDF | M. Gysel-Beer A. Moallemi R. Modini L. Amarandi B. Brem P. Giaccari | PSI Micos Engeneering GmbH |
WORCC – World Optical Depth Research and Calibration Center | S. Kazadzis N. Kouremeti J. Gröbner | PMOD/WRC |
The Swiss National GAW/GCOS Symposium welcomed scientists and experts from the Swiss GAW and GCOS communities, the wider Swiss climate and earth science communities, as well as representatives who are active in the field of climate services or simply interested in observations and understanding of the earth system across the water, energy and carbon cycles.
The Swiss National GAW/GCOS Symposium was held in a virtual format. There was a live broadcast of all presentations and discussions and the audience participated through an interactive online meeting platform.
The Symposium was supported by the Swiss Academy of Sciences (SCNAT) through the Swiss Commission for Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics (ACP).