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PictureOfMonth2019

A group of physicians of the Department of Anesthesiology, Perioperative Medicine and Intensive Care Medicine of the University Hospital Salzburg, Paracelsus Medical University, in Salzburg, Austria spent two weeks at the research station at Jungfraujoch in order to investigate the effect of aerobic capacity on the incidence and severity of acute mountain sickness after passive ascent to 3450 m.The photo shows the physicians with a part of the subjects on the Sphinx terrace. Photo: Ruedi Käser
Left side: Researchers of the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry of the University of Bern are collecting air samples at Jungfraujoch for 14C measurements of atmospheric CH4. The picture shows Christophe Espic with a 100 l aluminium bag, into which the atmospheric air is pumped.Right side: The picture shows Dr. Yang Yue of the Institute of Environmental Engineering of the ETH Zurich with a HighBioTrap sampler which collects PM2.5 (a particulate matter). Studying the biological fraction in airborne particulate matter at different altitudes can provide useful and valuable information about the diversity of bioaerosols. Pictures: Ruedi Käser
The European Physical Society (EPS) honored the Research Station Jungfraujoch with the award as historic physics site. The plaque, which marks the research station as a ‘EPS Historic Site’, was mounted in the Sphinx-observatory, right beside the entrance to the laboratories.Photo: Stéphane Affolter, HFSJG
The European Southern Observatory (ESO) is Europe’s foremost organisation for astronomical research. Within the frame of a meeting of the ESO Committee of Council in Bern, the State Secretariat for Education, Research and Innovation SERI organised for the participants a visit of the research station on the Gornergrat and a tour through the Stellarium Gornergrat. Photo: © SBFI
On April 26, 2019 the Chemical Landmark plaque was unveiled at Jungfraujoch. Annually, the Platform Chemistry of the Swiss Academy of Sciences selects and awards a historic site which played a significant role in the history of chemistry in Switzerland. The High Altitude Research Station Jungfraujoch was awarded as Chemical Landmark 2019.On the photo you see the entrance door to the research laboratories at the Sphinx-observatory and beside it the following three plaques: 1. The Founder plaque of the Sphinx-observatory which was built in 1937 (on the top), 2. the European Physical Society Historic Site 2019 plaque (on the left) and 3. the Chemical Landmark 2019 plaque (on the right). Next time you are at Jungfraujoch, go have a look! Photo: HFSJG
With the help of a laser scanner, a 3D digitalisation of the Sphinx-observatory at Jungfraujoch was made. Photo: © ateliermarti architekten ag
Jungfraujoch: magnificent view above the sea of fog Photo: © RTS – Benoit Grandclément
In the frame of the World Conference of Science Journalists in Lausanne, a group of 35 journalists travelled at the beginning of July to Jungfraujoch, in order to visit the research station and to interview experts. The picture shows the group on the Sphinx-terrace. Photo: HFSJG
The International Bachelor Summer School for Climate Change Research of the University of Bern continued in 2019. As in the previous year, a group of participants visited the Research Station at Jungfraujoch. Photo: Stéphane Affolter
In the frame of the Board Meeting of the International Foundation HFSJG in Zermatt, the board members and guests visited the Stellarium at the Gornergrat. The project manager of the Stellarium Gornergrat, Dr. Timm Riesen, introduced the group to the project and showed them the instruments in the cupola (on top: group photo in the cupola, below: T. Riesen showing pictures taken by the telescope). Photos: HFSJG
In the frame of the Board Meeting of the International Foundation HFSJG in Zermatt, the board members and guests visited the Stellarium at the Gornergrat. The project manager of the Stellarium Gornergrat, Dr. Timm Riesen, introduced the group to the project and showed them the instruments in the cupola (on top: group photo in the cupola, below: T. Riesen showing pictures taken by the telescope). Photos: HFSJG
In October, Prof. Philip Samartzis of the RMIT University in Melbourne, Australia was at the research station Jungfraujoch in order to map the sound ecology of the Swiss Alps. He deployed a variety of field recorders and microphones in and around the station to document acoustic, bio-acoustic and solid vibration activity to measure the impact of anthropogenic and geophysical forces. The collection of sound events will be used to produce a number of sound compositions. Photos: © Philip Samartzis
In October, Prof. Philip Samartzis of the RMIT University in Melbourne, Australia was at the research station Jungfraujoch in order to map the sound ecology of the Swiss Alps. He deployed a variety of field recorders and microphones in and around the station to document acoustic, bio-acoustic and solid vibration activity to measure the impact of anthropogenic and geophysical forces. The collection of sound events will be used to produce a number of sound compositions. Photos: © Philip Samartzis
Dr. Stéphane Affolter, technician HFSJG, at work at the Jungfrau East Ridge station (3700 m asl), repairing a Picarro instrument of the University of Bern, which measures concentrations of greenhouse gases (CO2, CH4). Photo: HFSJG

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