TEAMx projects
Ongoing Projects
Aerosol transport to the free troposphere in mountainous regions: combining meteorology, air-chemistry and aerosol physics
PI: Johannes Mikkola (University of Helsinki, (INAR))
Dates: 2024/01/01 - 2026/12/31
Funding agency: 1. Väisälä foundation (Finnish Academy of Science and Letters)
A new diagnostic for fluid flow instability and turbulence generation
PI: Paul Williams (University of Reading), Miguel Teixeira (till June 2024, University of Reading)
Dates: 2024/03/01 - 2027/02/28
Funding agency: Leverhulme Trust (UK)
Climate change and air pollution in an urbanized area: health and socio-economic impact of mitigation scenarios (ClimAir)
PI: Chantal Staquet (University Grenoble Alpes)
Dates: 2022/10/01 - 2026/09/30
Funding agency: Agence Nationale de la Recherche
Cobra 3D measurements for anabatic jets in the Adige Valley Monte Baldo slope-wind experiment
PI: Christophe Brun (Université Grenoble Alpes)
Constraining urban methane sources based on direct eddy covariance measurements (CH4IAO)
PI: Thomas Karl (University of Innsbruck)
Dates: 2020/10/01 - 2025/03/31
Funding agency: FWF
DEmonstrating Parameter estimation with ENsemble-based Data Assimilation for Boundary-Layer modElling over mountains (DEPENDABLE)
PI: Stefano Serafin (University of Vienna)
Dates: 2024/03/01 - 2028/02/29
Funding agency: FWF
Developing a novel framework for understanding and scaling near-surface turbulence in complex terrain (Unicorn)
PI: Ivana Stiperski (University of Innsbruck)
Dates: 2021/06/01 - 2026/05/31
Funding agency: EU - Horizon 2020
Disentangling mechanisms controlling atmospheric transport and mixing processes over mountain areas at different space- and timescales (DECIPHER)
PI: Dino Zardi (University of Trento)
Dates: 2023/09/28 - 2025/08/28
Funding agency: Italian Ministry of University and Research (MUR)
Empowering plant carbonyl sulfide uptake as a proxy for gross primary productivity
PI: Georg Wohlfahrt (University of Innsbruck)
Dates: 2022/07/01 - 2026/06/30
Funding agency: FWF
Exposing spatio-temporal Structures of Turbulence in the Atmospheric Boundary Layer with In-Situ measurements by a fleet of Unmanned Aerial Systems (ESTABLIS-UAS)
PI: Norman Wildmann (DLR)
Dates: 2022/04/01 - 2027/03/31
Funding agency: EU Horizon Europe
Flow Dynamics, Scale Interactions and Mountain Waves for TEAMx-UK (TEAMx-FLOW)
PIs: Andrew Orr (British Antarctic Survey)
Dates: 2024/11/01 - 2028/04/30
Funding agency: National Environmental Research Council (NERC)
Flux of particles able to initiate first ice in clouds
PI: Franz Conen (University of Basel)
Dates: 2023/09/01 - 2027/08/31
Funding agency: Swiss National Science Foundation (SNSF)
Glacier-Space: Assessing the resilience and vulnerability of mountain ice masses (GlacierSpace)
PIs: Lindsey Nicholson (University of Innsbruck), Tobias Sauter (Humboldt Universiät Berlin)
Dates: 2024/07/01 - 2027/06/30
Funding agency: FWF and DFG
Horizontal shear production over complex terrain – uncrewed aircraft measurements of turbulence for model parameterization (HOTSPOT)</strong>
PIs: Andreas Platis (University of Tübingen), Manuela Lehner (University of Innsbruck)
Dates: 2025/06/02 - 2028/06/01
Funding agency: FWF and DFG
i-Box+
PI: Mathias Rotach (University of Innsbruck)
Dates: 2011/08/01 - 2025/01/31
Funding agency: University of Innsbruck
Innovative cloudbasierte Software für lokale atmosphärische Grenzschicht-Analysen (alpineVISION)
PI: Manfred Dorninger (University of Vienna)
Dates: 2024/04/01 - 2025/09/30
Funding agency: FFG
Investigating submeso-scale structures of the near surface boundary layer using distributed temperature sensing (ISM)
PI: Karl Lapo (University of Innsbruck)
Dates: 2022/10/17 - 2025/10/16
Funding agency: FWF
Investigating the surface energy balance over mountain areas (INTERFACE)
PI: Lorenzo Giovannini (University of Trento), Mathias Rotach (University of Innsbruck), Stefano Tondini (EURAC Research)
Dates: 2022/05/01 - 2025/04/30
Funding agency: FWF
LInking VAlley flow and VERTical EXchange in complEX terrain (LIVAVERT(EX)2)
PI: Philipp Gasch (Karlsruhe Instutite of Technology)
Dates: 2025/07/01 - 2028/06/30
Funding agency: DFG - Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft
Horizontal shear production over complex terrain – uncrewed aircraft measurements of turbulence for model parameterization (HOTSPOT)
PIs: Andreas Platis (University of Tübingen), Manuela Lehner (University of Innsbruck)
Dates: 2025/06/02 - 2028/06/01
Funding agency: FWF and DFG
Longterm carbon and water balance of a coniferous forest
PI: Georg Wohlfahrt (University of Innsbruck)
Dates: 2024/01/01 - 2027/12/31
Funding agency: FWF
Machine-learning based Advancement and assessment of GNSS Interferometry Reflectometry for Complex terrain in Switzerland (MAGIC-CH)
PI: Matthias Aichinger-Rosenberger (ETH Zürich)
Dates: 2024/08/01 - 2027/07/31
Funding agency: GCOS-GAW Switzerland (MeteoSwiss)
Mountain weather in high-resolution climate data: How will the new generation of ÖKS benefit from new emerging datasets? (HighResMountains)
PI: Nikolina Ban (University of Innsbruck)
Dates: 2022/11/01 - 2025/10/31
Funding agency: Klima- und Energiefonds
Near-surface turbulent exchange in the stable mountain boundary layer (TExSMBL)
PI: Manuela Lehner (University of Innsbruck)
Dates: 2020/07/04 - 2025/01/03
Funding agency: FWF
Orographic Flow Representation in the Alps at Multiple scales (OFRAM)
PI: Ian Renfrew (University of East Anglia)
Dates: 2024/11/01 - 2028/04/28
Funding agency: National Environmental Research Council (NERC)
Profiling of the turbulent boundary layer using a 3D pitot probe in katabatic winds on a steep slope along the Inn valley. Implications for numerical modelling and the definition of laws of the wall (CoCaInn)
PI: Christophe Brun (Université Grenoble Alpes) s
Dates: 2024/01/01 - 2026/12/31
Funding agency: CNRS/INSU French agency
Scale-aware modeling of the ABL and its impact on deep convection (SCALABLe)
PI: Jürg Schmidli (Goethe University Frankfurt)
Dates: 2023/07/26 - 2027/07/25
Funding agency: Deutscher Wetterdienst
Spatially averaged sensible heat fluxes in mountainous terrain for model evaluation (SASHIMI)
PI: Helen Ward (University of Innsbruck)
Dates: 2025/05/19 - 2025/11/18
Funding agency: Universität Innsbruck
Surface-atmosphere interactions in complex landscapes using high-resolution modelling (SCHiRM)
PI: Helen Ward (University of Innsbruck)
Dates: 2022/02/01 - 2027/03/31
Funding agency: FWF
TEAMx - Orographic convection
PI: Andrew Ross (University of Leeds)
The future of mountain forests: responses to a drier climate
PI: Mayr Stefan (University of Innsbruck)
Dates: 2023/01/01 - 2027/06/30
Funding agency: FWF
Turbulence Evaluation in Complex Terrain using TEAMx Observations (TECTTO)
PI: Helen Dacre (University of Reading)
Dates: 2024/10/01 - 2028/03/31
Funding agency: National Environmental Research Council (NERC)
Turbulence Packs for TEAMx
PI: Manuela Lehner (University of Innsbruck)
Funding agency: University of Innsbruck
Unravelling climate impacts of atmospheric internal gravity waves (GW-clim)
PI: Petr Šácha (Charles University)
Dates: 2023/01/01 - 2027/12/31
Funding agency: Czech Science Foundation
Unravelling Subgrid-Scale Orography Effects on Composition in the Free Atmosphere (SCOPE)
PI: Anahí Villalba Pradas (Charles University)
Dates: 2025/10/01 - 2028/12/31
Funding agency: Czech Science Foundation
Variations in ceilometer observations along the Inn Valley (CELINE)
PI: Helen Ward (University of Innsbruck)
Dates: 2025/03/01 - 2025/08/31
Funding agency: Universität Innsbruck