Team-Event 2022 on the Jungfraujoch

The ISE traveled to the Jungfraujoch for its team event. The destination was not only the tourist “Top of Europe”, but also the research station with ISE’s contribution to aerosol research.

The Jungfraujoch is worth the trip alone: the view of the Bernese and Valais Alps is tremendous, the view of the largest glacier in the Alps, the Aletsch Glacier with the Konkordiaplatz, is imposing.

OK – the view would have been tremendous and imposing if we hadn’t been standing in the fog after getting off the Jungfrau Railway….

But first we visited the research station on the Jungfraujoch. The operations control couple showed us the station with the projects, the recreation rooms, the infrastructure for operation. One of the important activities in the research station is the measurement of aerosols in the atmosphere, to which the ISE itself contributes with FATCAT. FATCAT is a system for monitoring aerosols containing carbon. was developed with support from Global Athmosphere Watch Global Athmosphere Watch (See report: GAW-CH Science projects 2018-2021) for this monitoring station.

The fog then lifted in the course of the morning: for the members of the ISE team from other projects, who were able to see here how “our” equipment contributes to research at the “Top of Europe” level and what else is being worked on at the Jungfraujoch.

But the fog cleared outside as well, allowing even those ISE members who had never been able to experience the fantastic view to see the alpine world.

Of course, “team building” was not neglected during this excursion – young and old, veterans and fresh employees, professors and master’s students got closer and exchanged many stories with “factual relevance” or even completely off the subject…

Dr. Alejandro Keller will be happy to provide further information on the FATCAT project. He also organized the excursion together with Silvia Rüegger – many thanks to both of them!