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International Foundation HFSJG Activity Report 2005 The extensive research conducted at Jungfraujoch during 2005 resulted in 125 scientific publications, conference contributions, and data reports, many of them by young scientists. Three Ph.D. theses were based on work conducted at Jungfraujoch. Due to the unique location and the unspoiled environment as well as the quality of the scientific work, Jungfraujoch has maintained its role as a center for environmental research. The site plays a significant role in a number of nationally and internationally coordinated research programs. Jungfraujoch is a key station in the following major networks: NDSC Network for the Detection of Stratospheric Change Primary Site GAW Global Atmosphere Watch Global GAW Station SOGE System for Observation of Halogenated Greenhouse Gases in Europe EARLINET European Aerosol Research Lidar Network CHARM Swiss Atmospheric Radiation Monitoring Program ANETZ Automatic Measuring Network of MeteoSwiss RADAIR Swiss Automatic Network for Air Radioactivity Monitoring NADAM Netz für automatische Dosis-Alarmierung und -Meldung NABEL Nationales Beobachtungsnetz für Luftfremdstoffe (National Air Pollution Monitoring Network) ASRB Alpine Surface Radiation Budget Network AGNES Automated GPS Network for Switzerland CarboEuro-IP Assessment of the European Terrestrial Carbon Balance TOUGH VITA Targeting Optimal Use of GPS Humidity Varves, Ice cores, and Tree rings – Archives with annual resolution Jungfraujoch, however, is not only a center for atmospheric and environmental research. The high alpine surroundings are of equal importance, as demonstrated e.g. by the research project conducted by the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, Laboratory of Hydraulics, Hydrology and Glaciology, Zürich (permafrost temperature monitoring in alpine rock walls). These long-term temperature measurements are of utmost importance for the evaluation of the consequences of the general warming to the high alpine environment in general, and in particular for the region of the UNESCO World Heritage Jungfrau-Aletsch-Bietschhorn (JAB). As in previous years, the extraction of climate information from archives within the JAB was again the goal of ice drilling campaigns in the Fiescherhorn/Jungfraujoch area conducted by a joint team of the University of Bern, Laboratory for Radio- and Environmental Chemistry, and the Paul Scherrer Institute within the NCCR Climate project VITA (NCCR Climate: National Centre of Competence in Research on Climate; VITA: Varves, Ice cores, and Tree rings - Archives with annual resolution). Material sciences are a further topic where the high altitude site Jungfraujoch is becoming increasingly important. As in the years before, several experiments were again conducted addressing the problem of soft errors on electronic devices due to cosmic rays. We were particularly pleased to host again an extensive medical experiment. During the months of July and August a medical team from ETHZ and University Zurich vi
International Foundation HFSJG Activity Report 2005 headed by Dr. Susi Kriemler studied the effects of high altitude and mountaineering on children in the age group 9-12 by monitoring nine father and son/daughter teams. As part of the Einstein year celebrations, a spark chamber was built by the Laboratory of High Energy Physics, Physikalisches Institut, University of Bern (Prof. Klaus Pretzl and his team), in collaboration with CERN. The spark chamber, installed with support by the Jungfraubahn in the tourist area of the Sphinx, is monitored via Internet to the Historisches Museum in Bern, as part of the Einstein exhibition. Figure 4: Tourists watching the spark chamber at the Sphinx. Within a further action of public outreach students from the Kantonsschule Zürcher Unterland in Bülach spent part or their “Research in Switzerland” project week at Jungfraujoch with the director HFSJG and tutor Mr. Kuno Strassmann from the University of Bern (see Picture of the Month, May 2005). As stated in previous reports, the role of the Research Station Jungfraujoch within the new UNESCO World Heritage Jungfrau-Aletsch-Bietschhorn, JAB, has yet to be defined in detail. In 2005, the Foundation was invited to contribute to the management plan of JAB. The Research Station, the scientific activity, and the unique environment of the UNESCO World Heritage Jungfrau-Aletsch-Bietschhorn attracted a number of visitors throughout the year. Several organizations initiated meetings of national and international scientific committees in the Jungfrau region and combined these meetings with an excursion to Jungfraujoch, e.g. - Climate Group Meeting, University of Fribourg (Prof. M. Beniston, April 4, 2005) - Workshop on Solar Variability and Planetary Climates, (International Space Science Institute, ISSI, Bern, June 11, 2005) - European Physical Society Meeting EPS-13 (July 10, 2005) - Bundesamt für Umwelt, Wald und Landschaft (BUWAL), Abteilung Internationales (August 10, 2005) - Paul Scherrer Institute, Board of Directors (September 2, 2005) vii
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