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Tag: Meteorology

Interview & Opinion

19 June 2020

Understanding the Earth’s system of waves and currents

Interview: Alois Pumhösel

Wittgenstein Award winner Adrian Constantin is fascinated by the multifarious patterns of movement in the atmosphere and oceans of the Earth. Using the tools of his field of expertise, mathematician Constantin, who conducts research and teaches at the University of Vienna, wants to get to the bottom of these phenomena, which depend on innumerable factors. Continue reading “Understanding the Earth’s system of waves and currents”

Projects

2 December 2019

How deep the snow?

Meteorologist Kay Helfricht investigated the accuracy of precipitation measurements during snowfall in a project funded by the Weiss Science Foundation and coordinated by the Austrian Science Fund FWF. He was able to show a way to correct systematic errors at automatic measuring stations. Continue reading “How deep the snow?”

Projects

10 December 2018

Statistics for snow forecasting

In a project funded by the Austrian Science Fund FWF, a research group from Innsbruck has explored how the local accuracy of weather forecasts for snowfall can be improved by means of past weather observations. Continue reading “Statistics for snow forecasting”

Portrait

12 January 2017

Climate archive in the ice

Von Margit Schwarz-Stiglbauer

The meteorologist Elisabeth Schlosser about her field research in ice that is 800,000 years old, about finding that you must not say what you think in Austria, and about why she thinks there is a two-class science system. Continue reading “Climate archive in the ice”

Projects

2 March 2015

New method makes space weather easier to predict

Scientists can now gain a better understanding of space weather – the dreaded solar winds and flares – thanks to the development of high spatial resolution observation and computing methods. For the first time, it will thus be possible to study the interrelated events that occur on the sun and trigger solar activity. To this […] Continue reading “New method makes space weather easier to predict”

Interview & Opinion

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Patrons for Research

Interview: FWF Editorial staff

The Gottfried and Vera Weiss Foundation commenced its work with FWF in 2014. In an interview Rudolf Bauer, a member of the Board of Directors of the Science Foundation, talks about the origin and purpose of an unusual initiative, and about the Austrian foundation culture. Continue reading “Patrons for Research”

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