ARSCliSys projects

Satellite measurements using Global Navigation Satellite System Radio Occultation (GNSS-RO) play a key role in the areas of weather, climate and space weather. All satellites operated by the European Organization for the Exploitation of Meteorological Satellites (EUMETSAT) in low-earth orbits carry GNSS-RO instruments and will continue to do so in the future. In this way, multiple GNSS signals are used and global weather and climate observations using GNSS-RO are already planned into the 2040s. The overall objective of the Radio Occultation Meteorology Satellite Application Facility (ROM SAF) Fourth Continuous Development and Operations Phase (CDOP-4) of EUMETSAT, to which the Wegener Center of the University of Graz also contributes, is the effective use of these global measurements.

Funded by DMI, FFG & University of Graz.

Team (Wegener Center): Gottfried Kirchengast, Marc Schwärz, Erich Wappis, Florian Ladstädter, Josef Innerkofler

The first goal of the StratoClim project is to increase the data quality of satellite-based radio occultation (RO) data in the middle and upper stratosphere by effectively correcting residual influences such as those from the above lying ionosphere. Based on these processed high-quality climate data, tropospheric and stratospheric winds and their circulation patterns are derived. Thanks to their global coverage, their high vertical resolution and long-term stability, the RO climate data enable new insights into the interaction between global warming and changes in circulation in the atmosphere.  

Team: Julia Danzer, Irena Nimac, Magdalena Pieler, Annika Reiter, Johannes Unegg

The aim of the project is to develop a federal cloud infrastructure integrated into the European Open Science Cloud for the interdisciplinary use of geoscientific data in research and teaching. The project will link existing storage and data processing capacities at the Earth Observation Data Center, Geosphere Austria, and the Vienna Scientific Cluster with computer systems of the participating universities and expand them according to a concept for the joint use of satellite data, ground observations and computer simulations. A single sign-on procedure and new open source software solutions will make it much easier to access and use the data. This will enable scientists and students to work with large amounts of data in an interdisciplinary manner. This is the basis for excellent research and education in such important cross-cutting topics as climate change and the energy transition.

Team (Wegener Center): Gottfried Kirchengast, Armin Leuprecht, Heimo Truhetz, Martin Jury

Mastering the challenges of the climate goals of the Paris Agreement fairly and effectively at all public, institutional and personal levels: CarbManage supports actors at all levels (public, institutional, personal) in the preparation of reliable greenhouse gas budgets including the corresponding reduction target path.

Full team; core team: Gottfried Kirchengast, Julia Danzer, Stefanie Hölbling

The project implements the university's climate protection goals and the plan to reduce the university's greenhouse gas emissions by around two thirds by 2030 compared to a 2020 reference budget. The overarching ambitious implementation milestones are: Net-zero emissions by 2030 and climate neutrality by 2040.

Core team: Gottfried Kirchengast, Julia Danzer, Stefanie Hölbling; full team

This project supports a scientific case study of the APM-CAS on Carbon Management (CM) for a selected Chinese region (Wuhan city). This case study is intended as a starting point to support Chinese regions and cities in their contribution to achieving the Paris climate goals through CM. In this context, UNIGRAZ-WEGC provides the "Carbon Management Toolbox V9" as well as support by "Core Experts" of its CM team.

Team (Wegener Center): Gottfried Kirchengast, Julia Danzer, Stefanie Hölbling

GCCI.Earth provides reliable monitoring information from the recent past together with current projections and Paris-compliant future projections over the critical period of climate change from 1960 to 1990 and 2020 to 2050, focusing on greenhouse gas emissions, global warming and the impacts of climate change in the form of weather and climate extremes.

Full team; core team: Gottfried Kirchengast, Moritz Pichler