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Pictures of the Month 2014

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2014-01: Die Stiftung HFSJG plant eine vorübergehende Erweiterung ihrer bestehenden Anlagen auf Jungfraujoch in der ehemaligen Swisscom Station auf dem Jungfrau Ostgrat. Erste Messgeräte, um die Eignung des Ostgrats für atmosphärische Messungen zu testen, sollen 2014 installiert werden. Foto: Rolf Bütikofer
2014-02: Visit of the High Alpine Research Station at Jungfraujoch in the course of the workshop 'Spawning the Atmosphere Measurements of Jungfraujoch, Schneefernerhaus and Sonnblick', from January 22-23, 2014 in Bern. The participants braved the bad weather and even took a picture on the Sphinx meteo terrace. Photo by Rolf Bütikofer
2014-03: CLACE (Cloud and Aerosol Characterisation Experiment) 2014 campaign at Jungfraujoch: The picture shows the University of Manchester platform, mast and instrumented 'wing' which is able to rotate and tilt instruments fitted to it directly into the wind. A suite of cloud microphysical instruments are deployed to measure the number, size distribution, phase and shape of the particles in the clouds. The ETH Zürich HOLIMO holographic spectrometer (uses digital holography to in situ image cloud particles) is also deployed on the wing (centre top) as is the SID (small ice detector to detect small ice particles in clouds) of the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (nearside). Photo by Martin Fischer
2014-04: Since 2010, the Belgian Institute for Space Aeronomy (BIRA-IASB) is operating a MAX-DOAS (Differential Optical Absorption Spectroscopy) instrument at Jungfraujoch, which is able to measure aerosols and tropospheric trace gases (mainly nitrogen dioxide and formaldehyde) by using scattered sunlight from multiple viewing angles towards the horizon and the valley. These stratospheric and tropospheric observations are key data sets for the validation of satellite instruments and 3D chemical transport models. The picture shows the researchers Christian Hermans and Frederik Tack on the Sphinx terrace, while replacing some fundamental parts of their instrument. Photo by Urs Otz
2014-05: GROMOS-C, the new GRound based Ozone MOnitoring System for Campaigns, on its way back to the University of Bern. GROMOS-C has been developed at the Institute of Applied Physics of the University of Bern, in the frame of the PhD thesis of Susana Fernandez Vidal. GROMOS-C measures the microwave emission of the atmosphere in the frequency range from 109 - 115 GHz what allows to retrieve the altitude distribution of ozone from approx. 25 - 70 km altitude and also from CO. GROMOS-C has undergone a detailed test campaign on Jungfraujoch before it goes to a new campaign on La Réunion island. Photo by Martin Fischer
2014-06: At the research station at Jungfraujoch the Institute of Veterinary Physiology of the University of Zürich (Dr. Edith Schneider Gasser and Dmitry Kosenkov) was testing in Long Evan rats how to revert the memory deficiency caused by high altitude. The animals housed either in standard laboratory conditions or in an enriched environment giving the possibility to explore and exercise. Memory was tested in a black arena where animals were familiarized with three objects. Afterwards, one of the objects was changed either to another location (spacial change) or by another object (visual change). If the animals could remember, they recognized the change and explored the displaced or exchanged object. With these behavioral tests the research group can assess the importance of exercise and enrichment in the adaptation to altitude. Photo by Joan Fischer
2014-06: At the research station at Jungfraujoch the Institute of Veterinary Physiology of the University of Zürich (Dr. Edith Schneider Gasser and Dmitry Kosenkov) was testing in Long Evan rats how to revert the memory deficiency caused by high altitude. The animals housed either in standard laboratory conditions or in an enriched environment giving the possibility to explore and exercise. Memory was tested in a black arena where animals were familiarized with three objects. Afterwards, one of the objects was changed either to another location (spacial change) or by another object (visual change). If the animals could remember, they recognized the change and explored the displaced or exchanged object. With these behavioral tests the research group can assess the importance of exercise and enrichment in the adaptation to altitude. Photo by Joan Fischer
2014-07: The photovoltaic plant (1,13 kWp) of the Photovoltaic Laboratory of the Institute for Energy and Mobility Research at the Bern University of Applied Sciences, which was installed on the front of the research station at Jungfraujoch in 1993, has been operated for more than 20 years without any interruption and with an availability of the energy production and the measurement data of >99,9%. The plant has virtually not shown any degradation yet, despite the extreme climatic conditions at this height (3454m). This summer, a second plant with the latest technology will be installed close to this plant, in order to demonstrate the technical improvements achieved in the meantime in a field test on a high alpine plant and to compare its production with that of the old plant. Picture © Photovoltaic Laboratory
2014-08: Another picture made within the Stellarium Gornergrat project. It shows the North America Nebula (NGC 7000). The remarkable shape of the nebula resembles that of the continent of North America, complete with a prominent Gulf of Mexiko. Picture © Stellarium Gornergrat
2014-09: At the moment, there is construction work going on at Jungfraujoch, as the research station is getting a new protective roof. In the future, the new, steeper roof should prevent the accumulation of too much snow. Due to the bad weather this summer (lots of snowfall), work at this height is even more difficult and rather slowly progressing. Photo by Urs Otz
2014-09: At the moment, there is construction work going on at Jungfraujoch, as the research station is getting a new protective roof. In the future, the new, steeper roof should prevent the accumulation of too much snow. Due to the bad weather this summer (lots of snowfall), work at this height is even more difficult and rather slowly progressing. Photo by Urs Otz
2014-10: A remarkable picture showing the Sphinx observatory at Jungfraujoch and its shadow. The picture was discovered by Dr. Elmar Brockmann, swisstopo, viewing the data on map.geo.admin.ch. Photo by map.geo.admin.ch
2014-11: Researchers from the Paul Scherrer Institute installed an aethalometer and a condensation particle counter at the Jungfrau East Ridge station (3705 m asl, former Swisscom station), to measure aerosol microphysical properties. Similar observations have been carried out at the Jungfraujoch's Sphinx Laboratory since the 1990s. While the East Ridge site is quite close to the Sphinx, it is virtually free from local emissions. Photo by PSI
2014-12: A picture taken by the telescope at Gornergrat, showing the view towards the East over the Monte Rosa massif. One can clearly see Orion with its belt and sword and the famous Orion Nebula in the sword (Messier 42). Because of the moonlight, the sky is brightened and blue as during daytime. Photo Copyright by Stellarium Gornergrat. Photo by Stellarium Gornergrat

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