National Facility

Training on how to perform  experiments in humid turbulent flows by experienced scientists as well as hands-on training on high-end and state-of-the-art instrumentation for characterizing turbulent flows, as well as thermodynamic and aerosol particle and droplet microphysical properties.

LACIS-T is a unique infrastructure for investigating turbulence and its influences on cloud-microphysical processes. The investigations take place under well-controlled and reproducible flow, turbulence and thermodynamic (temperature, humidity) conditions. 
LACIS-T is equipped with high-end instrumentation for characterizing the prevailing thermodynamic, flow, turbulence and microphysical conditions. This includes measurements of temperature, mean water vapor concentration, flow velocity, turbulence intensity and dissipation rate as well as cloud particle size distributions.
 

ACD-C with its twin chamber setup is a unique research infrastructure to study VOC degradation mechanism, SOA formation processes, the chemical composition of the gas/ particle phase, and toxicological effects of formed SOA. The twin chamber is equipped with a broad online and offline instrumentation, including two SMPS, PTR-TOFMS, PTR-QMS, two CAPS, two sub-ppb level NO2 analysers, an AMS, a CI-APi-TOFMS to comprehensively characterize a wide variety of chamber processes. 
The Leipzig Biomass Burning Facility (LBBF) as additional part of ACD-C allows studies on primary emissions as well as the processing of the emitted smoke. A broad online and offline instrumentation at ACD-C enables highly sophisticated research on tropospheric multiphase processes to provide the heighest level of understanding on a molecular level.
 

a) Hands-on training sessions on state of the art analytical instrumentation connected to ACD-C. 
b) Training on how to perform chamber experiments by experienced scientists.

Conduction of wind Lidar measurements, data processing

TIME CONSTRAINTS: Depending on the availability of instrumentation

Identification of height-range above valley floor influenced by boundary layer air/free troposphere.

TIME CONSTRAINTS: Upon request depending on requirements (e.g. time period)

Identification of possible source regions for air masses arriving at observatory based on atmospheric transport modelling based on meteorological forecast or analysis data from ECMWF

TIME CONSTRAINTS: Upon request depending on requirements (e.g. time period)

Data analysis and preparation of SBO data on specific issues, as well as graphical processing and reporting

TIME CONSTRAINTS: Depending on free resources and available lead time

The Sonnblick Observatory has a cable car that covers 1,500 meters in altitude between the valley and the mountain. The cable car can be used for measuring profiles.

TIME CONSTRAINTS: No operation during thunderstorms

Internship for students to become familiar with observatory operations and conduct their own small studies. Duration at least 2 weeks at the observatory.

TIME CONSTRAINTS: Winter, Summer