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At the occasion of the virtual Swiss Geoscience meeting in Geneva in November 2021, the ACP Award for Atmospheric Research was presented to Kristýna Kantnerová for her PhD thesis “Analysis of clumped isotopes of nitrous oxide: method development and first applications”. Her work shows an impressive thematic depth, ranging from several essential instrumental and methodological developments in the field of greenhouse gas isotope analysis to the interpretation of fingerprints of major source / sink processes.
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At the occasion of the virtual Swiss Geoscience meeting in Zurich in November 2019, the ACP Award for Atmospheric Research was presented to Aryeh Feinberg for his PhD thesis “The atmospheric sulfur and selenium cycles: a global model of transport and deposition”. The award committee was particular impressed by the broad spectrum of the work, covering model development, evaluation and application to investigate the evolution of Selenium cycle with climate change.
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At the occasion of the Swiss Geoscience meeting in Fribourg in November 2019, the ACP Award for Atmospheric Research was presented to Daniele Nerini for his PhD thesis “Ensemble precipitation nowcasting: limits to prediction, localization and seamless blending”.
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At the occasion of the Swiss Geoscience meeting in Bern in December 2018, the ACP Award for Atmospheric Research was presented to Heresh Amini for his PhD thesis “Air quality in Tehran, Iran: Evaluating acute health effects and modeling the long-term spatial variability”.
Image : Christoph RitzIm Herbst 1868 waren Teile der Schweiz von schweren Hochwassern betroffen. Die Bewältigung der Schäden, die Verwaltung der Spenden und die Frage, wie sich solche Ereignisse in Zukunft verhindern lassen, waren für den jungen Bundesstaat eine Herausforderung. Und sie stellten Weichen für den künftigen Umgang mit Naturkatastrophen.
Image : Oeschger-Zentrum für KlimaforschungDie Akademien der Wissenschaften Schweiz und die Schweizerische Kommission für Atmosphärenchemie und –physik (ACP) nehmen Stellung zur vorgeschlagenen Änderung der ChemRVV. Diese Stellungnahme zur Vernehmlassung ChemRVV bezieht sich auf ozonabbauende Stoffe (Anhang 1.4), in der Luft stabile Stoffe (Anhang 1.5) und Kältemittel (Anhang 2.4)
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