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Gornergrat Research Station

Address

3100 Kulmhotel Gornergrat
Stellarium Gornergrat
CH-3920 Zermatt
Switzerland

Station manager

Prof. Eliza Harris
E-mail: eliza.harris@unibe.ch

Contact Station

Phone: +41 31 684 40 52
E-mail: claudine.frieden@unibe.ch

https://www.hfsjg.ch

Station Features

Opening year: 1966 Status: Open
  • Type of station: Station
  • Operational period – year-round or Month A to Month B: year-round
  • Name of station owner: International Foundation HFSJG
  • Type of owner: Foundation
  • Name of managing institution: International Foundation High Altitude Research Stations Jungfraujoch + Gornergrat (HFSJG)
  • Managing Institution Country: Switzerland
  • Station owner country: Switzerland
  • Partner institution: No
  • Station latitude: 45,98336670
  • Station longitude: 7,78334330
  • Country (station location): Switzerland
  • Altitude of station: 3135 m a.s.l
  • Nearest town/settlement: Zermatt
  • Number of residents in nearest town: 5800
  • Distance to nearest public transport facility (Airport, Ferry terminal, Train station, Bus station): 0,2 km
  • Type of surface facility is built on: Rock
  • Climate zone: Alpine
  • Landscape features Mountains
  • Snow and ice on land Glaciers
  • Human use Tourism, Leisure activities

Facilities

  • Number of staff peak season/summer: 1
  • Number of staff off season/winter: 1
  • Staff able to assist (fieldwork): No
  • Staff able to assist (workshops): No
  • Area under roof: 100 m²
  • Max. number of visitors at a time : 20
  • Conference room capacity: 0
  • Means of transportation to/from station Walk, Train
  • Field to station Mobile phone
  • Station to outside world Mobile phone, Internet
  • IT Infrastructure Wifi

Science

  • Transnational Access: Yes
  • Remote Access: No
  • INTERACT Virtual Access: No
  • Partner institutions (involved in the operation of the station)
    • Partner institution
  • Climate
    • Snow
    • Rain
    • Hail
  • Landscape and environment
    • Mountains
    • Nunataks
    • Volcano/crater
    • Lava fields
    • Plateaus
    • Moraines
    • Valleys
    • Homothermic Springs
    • Lake
    • Thermokarst lake
    • River
    • Delta/estuarie
    • Fjord
    • Sea
    • Continuous
    • Discontinuous
    • Beach
    • Sporadic
    • Rocky shores
    • Pingos/ice lenses
    • Sea cliffs
    • Other (text)
    • Palsa mires
    • Ice Caps
    • None
    • Glaciers
    • Permanent snow patches
    • None
    • Tree line
    • Polar desert/Semi-desert
    • Gramminoid tundra
    • Shrub tundra
    • Forest tundra
    • Wetlands
    • Peatlands/mires
    • Salt marshes/lagoons
    • Heath
    • Grassland
    • Deciduous forest
    • Evergreen forest
    • Terrestrial carnivores
    • Alpine heath
    • Ungulates
    • Hares
    • Other (text)
    • Rodents
    • Bird colonies
    • Polar bear
    • Whales
    • Seals
    • Fish
    • Settlement
    • Fishing
    • Hunting
    • Forestry
    • Agriculture
    • Tourism
    • Animal husbandry
    • Leisure activities
  • Housing and accomodation
    • Showers
    • Laundry facilities
    • A
    • B
    • C
    • D
    • E
    • F
    • G
    • H
    • I
    • J
    • K
    • L
    • M
    • N
    • O
    • Municipal grid
    • Diesel/oil/gas
    • Wood
    • Solar
    • Wind
    • Water
    • Geothermal
    • Biofuel
    • Other
  • Logistics
    • Electrical and IT technologies
    • Mechanical
    • Metal
    • Wood
    • Plexiglas
    • Other
    • Walk
    • None
    • Tracked vehicle
    • Truck
    • SUV (4x4)
    • Car
    • ATV
    • Zodiac
    • Snowmobile
    • Open boat/Dhinghy
    • Closed boat
    • Bicycles
    • Amphibie vehicle
    • Ski
    • Other
    • Snow shoes
    • KickSledges
    • Other
    • Ski
    • Snowmobile
    • Boat
    • Car
    • Tracked vehicle
    • Truck
    • SUV (4x4)
    • Bus
    • Train
    • Airstrip
    • Scheduled flight
    • Chartered plane/helicopter
    • Helipad
    • Other
    • None
    • Harbour/port
    • Warf/pier
    • Pontoon/float bridge
    • Barges
    • Beach
  • Communication and IT
    • Mobile phone
    • VHF
    • Satellite phone
    • Other
    • Satellite phone
    • Mobile phone
    • Internet
    • Other
    • Wireless transfer of data from field site to station
    • Wifi
    • Computers
    • Printer
    • Data storage
    • Statistical tools
    • GIS tools
    • Other

Station name and owner

Hochalpine Forschungsstation Gornergrat International Foundation HFSJG

Location

Gornergrat, Zermatt, Switzerland

Climate data

Grey colours are WMO Climate Normals including maximum and minimum values. Blue colours are individual years.

Climate data for the stations where extracted via Copernicus Climate Data Store, from the global gridded reanalysis product: ERA5 monthly averaged data on single levels from 1940 to present. Description and source code: Roemer J.K. 2023. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.10214922 Data Source: Hersbach et al. 2023. Copernicus Climate Change Service (C3S) Climate Data Store (CDS), https://doi.org/10.24381/cds.f17050d7

Biodiversity and natural environment

History and facilities

General research and databases

Station Monitoring

Human dimension

Access

year-round by train (Gornergrat Bahn)

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