PREDNASAJUCI / LECTURER :

Werner Potzi

NAZOV / TITLE :

The Observatory Kanzelhoehe

ABSTRAKT / ABSTRACT :

The Observatory Kanzelhoehe was founded by the Germans during the 2nd World
War for observing the Sun in order to be prepared for radio disturbances
triggered by solar eruptions. Nowadays at the observatory not only the Sun
itself is observed, but also the weather and solar radiation.
The Sun is observed in three wavelengths at high resolution and high 
cadence:
H-Alpha, CaIIK, and Whitelight. All the data is processed locally and send
to various data storages. We are in charge of the weather station of the
Austrian national weather service agency and we also test new weather 
sensors
for them. The radiation measurements cover global radiation, direct solar
radiation, UV-A, UV-B and photosynthetic active radiation. The observatory
is also one of worldwide AERONET stations for measuring atmospheric 
aerosols.