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Department of Meteorology and Geophysics

University of Viennasince 1851 since 1365

Austrian Contributions to COPS

update 5th COPS workshop

Reinhold Steinacker, Manfred Dorninger and Stefan Schneider

Steinacker COPS-workshop Hohenheim 26-28 Mar 2007

Support two key research components

• Initiation of Convection (IC)• Precipitation Processes and Life Cycle (PPL)


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Two Research Projectsfunded by the Austrian Science Foundation FWF (3 years each)

• CONSTANCE (PI Steinacker)• VERITA (PI Dorninger)

• EUFAR (PI Dorninger)

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Site S:

-1 surface energy balance measurement system (SCINTEC)-1 disdrometer (OTT)-1 vertical pointing micro rain radar (METEK)-1 tethersonde system with 4 sensors (Vaisalaä)


Site S:

-~15 temperature stations (Hobo) - 3 automatic met. stations (Hobo)-4 3-d SONIC anemometers (GILL)-1 mobile station on a car (Vaisalaä)


Site S

-~15 temperature stations (Hobo) - 3 automatic met. stations (Hobo)-4 3-d SONIC anemometers (GILL)-1 mobile station on a car (Vaisalaä)


Site S:

-50 automatic met. stations (Hobo)-3 automatic met. stations (MAWS)-50 automatic met. stations (Hobo)-10 high quality precipitation measurement systems (OTT; Ahrens, Univ.Frankfurt)


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Site S?:

-1 radisonde system (MeteoLabor)-60 sondes (Meteolabor)

Further equipment:-1 mobile vertical pointing radar (METEK)


Thank you