Dr. Markus Furger

Scientist
Paul Scherrer Institute
Forschungsstrasse 111
5232 Villigen PSI
Suisse
Forschungsstrasse 111
5232 Villigen PSI
Suisse
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Research Activities / Specialties
- Elemental analysis of aerosols with semi-continuous online x-ray fluorescence spectrometry (online-XRF) (2015- )
- Elemental analysis of aerosols with synchrotron radiation induced x-ray fluorescence spectrometry (SR-XRF) (2006-2018)
- Aerosol measurements in Megacities:
MEGAPOLI 2010 (Paris, France)
CalNex-LA 2010 (Los Angeles, USA)
APICE 2011 (Marseille, France)
ClearfLo 2012 (London, UK)
XRF-China 2017 (Beijing, PRC)
XRF-Asia 2019 (New Delhi, India)
SDC_CleanAirChina 2019- (Xi'an and other cities, PRC) - Trace element measurements in coal-related heavily polluted areas: Krakow, Poland (test campaigns in 2018, 2019)
- Aerosol measurements in Alpine valleys and other complex terrain:
Aerowood 2004 (Mesolcina Valley, CH)
APART 2008 (Zurich, Reiden, CH) - Meteorological and atmospheric-chemical field experiments in the Alps (ALPEX 1982, Pollumet 1986, VOTALP 1995/96, Ecomont 1995/96, LOOP/PIPAPO 1997, MAP 1999, CARBOMONT 2001)
Projects
- Atmosphere Special Issue
- DEZA India (2020-)
- DEZA China (2018-)
- BAFU Zurich (2019)
- PM10 and PM2.5 pilot study in Krakow, Poland (2018, 2019)
- PM10 and PM2.5 elemental measurements in New Delhi, India (2018, 2019)
- China-XRF 2016-2020
- XRF-PMF: Using trace elements in aerosol samples for source identification 2011-2013 (extended to 2014)
- RDI-SR-XRF 2008-2010
Publications
Books and book chapters
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Furger M
The Swiss Society for Meteorology – the first 100 years
In: Willemse S, Furger M, eds. From weather observations to atmospheric and climate sciences in Switzerland. Celebrating 100 years of the Swiss Society for Meteorology: a book of the Swiss Society for Meteorology. Zürich: vdf Hochschulverlag an der ETH Zürich; 2016:19-29.
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Willemse S, Furger M, eds.
From weather observations to atmospheric and climate sciences in Switzerland. Celebrating 100 years of the Swiss Society for Meteorology: a book of the Swiss Society for Meteorology
Zürich: vdf Hochschulverlag an der ETH Zürich; 2016. https://doi.org/10.3929/ethz-a-010649833
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Graber WK, Furger M
Field techniques for atmospheric systems
In: Sydow A, ed. Environmental systems. Oxford, UK: EOLSS Publishers; 2010:182-200.
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Graber WK, Furger M
Measurement tools for atmospheric systems
In: Sydow A, ed. Environmental systems. Oxford, UK: EOLSS Publisher; 2010:101-122.
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Baltensperger U, Furger M
Aerosol chemistry in remote locations
In: Colbeck I, ed. Environmental chemistry of aerosols. Oxford: Blackwell; 2008:217-252. https://doi.org/10.1002/9781444305388.ch8
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Graber W, Siegwolf RTW, Furger M
CO2 and water vapour exchange between the composite test area and the atmosphere over Monte Bondone
In: Cernusca A, Tappeiner U, Bayfield N, eds. Land-use changes in European mountain ecosystems: ECOMONT - concepts and results. Berlin: Blackwell-Wissenschafts-Verlag; 1999:268-271.
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Graber WK, Siegwolf RTW, Furger M
Gas exchange between experimental sites and the atmosphere
In: Cernusca A, Tappeiner U, Bayfield N, eds. Land-use changes in European mountain ecosystems: ECOMONT - concepts and results. Berlin: Blackwell-Wissenschafts-Verlag; 1999:145-150.
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Articles
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Canonaco F, Tobler A, Chen G, Sosedova Y, Slowik JG, Bozzetti C, et al.
A new method for long-term source apportionment with time-dependent factor profiles and uncertainty assessment using SoFi Pro: application to 1 year of organic aerosol data
Atmospheric Measurement Techniques. 2021; 14(2): 923-943. https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-14-923-2021
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Rai P, Slowik JG, Furger M, El Haddad I, Visser S, Tong Y, et al.
Highly time-resolved measurements of element concentrations in PM10 and PM2.5: comparison of Delhi, Beijing, London, and Krakow
Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics. 2021; 21(2): 717-730. https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-21-717-2021
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Furger M, Rai P, Slowik JG, Cao J, Visser S, Baltensperger U, et al.
Automated alternating sampling of PM10 and PM2.5 with an online XRF spectrometer
Atmospheric Environment: X. 2020; 5: 100065 (6 pp.). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.aeaoa.2020.100065
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Puthussery JV, Singh A, Rai P, Bhattu D, Kumar V, Vats P, et al.
Real-time measurements of PM2.5 oxidative potential using a dithiothreitol assay in Delhi, India
Environmental Science and Technology Letters. 2020; 7(7): 504-510. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.estlett.0c00342
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Rai P, Furger M, El Haddad I, Kumar V, Wang L, Singh A, et al.
Real-time measurement and source apportionment of elements in Delhi's atmosphere
Science of the Total Environment. 2020; 742: 140332 (16 pp.). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2020.140332
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Rai P, Furger M, Slowik JG, Canonaco F, Fröhlich R, Hüglin C, et al.
Source apportionment of highly time-resolved elements during a firework episode from a rural freeway site in Switzerland
Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics. 2020; 20(3): 1657-1674. https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-20-1657-2020
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Furger M, Minguillón MC, Yadav V, Slowik JG, Hüglin C, Fröhlich R, et al.
Elemental composition of ambient aerosols measured with high temporal resolution using an online XRF spectrometer
Atmospheric Measurement Techniques. 2017; 10(6): 2061-2076. https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-10-2061-2017
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Furger M
The Swiss Society for Meteorology – the first 100 years
In: Willemse S, Furger M, eds. From weather observations to atmospheric and climate sciences in Switzerland. Celebrating 100 years of the Swiss Society for Meteorology: a book of the Swiss Society for Meteorology. Zürich: vdf Hochschulverlag an der ETH Zürich; 2016:19-29.
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Willemse S, Furger M, eds.
From weather observations to atmospheric and climate sciences in Switzerland. Celebrating 100 years of the Swiss Society for Meteorology: a book of the Swiss Society for Meteorology
Zürich: vdf Hochschulverlag an der ETH Zürich; 2016. https://doi.org/10.3929/ethz-a-010649833
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Bannan TJ, Murray Booth A, Bacak A, Muller JBA, Leather KE, Le Breton M, et al.
The first UK measurements of nitryl chloride using a chemical ionization mass spectrometer in central London in the summer of 2012, and an investigation of the role of Cl atom oxidation
Journal of Geophysical Research D: Atmospheres. 2015; 120(11): 5638-5657. https://doi.org/10.1002/2014JD022629
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Berninger F, Susiluoto S, Gianelle D, Bahn M, Wohlfahrt G, Sutton M, et al.
Management and site effects on carbon balances of european mountain meadows and rangelands
Boreal Environment Research. 2015; 20(6): 748-760.
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Bohnenstengel SI, Belcher SE, Aiken A, Allan JD, Allen G, Bacak A, et al.
Meteorology, air quality, and health in London. The ClearfLo project
Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society. 2015; 96(5): 779-804. https://doi.org/10.1175/BAMS-D-12-00245.1
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Visser S, Slowik JG, Furger M, Zotter P, Bukowiecki N, Canonaco F, et al.
Advanced source apportionment of size-resolved trace elements at multiple sites in London during winter
Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics. 2015; 15(19): 11291-11309. https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-15-11291-2015
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Visser S, Slowik JG, Furger M, Zotter P, Bukowiecki N, Dressler R, et al.
Kerb and urban increment of highly time-resolved trace elements in PMsub>10, PM2.5 and PM1.0 winter aerosol in London during ClearfLo 2012
Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics. 2015; 15(5): 2367-2386. https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-15-2367-2015
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Michoud V, Colomb A, Borbon A, Miet K, Beekmann M, Camredon M, et al.
Study of the unknown HONO daytime source at a European suburban site during the MEGAPOLI summer and winter field campaigns
Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics. 2014; 14(6): 2805-2822. https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-14-2805-2014
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Michoud V, Kukui A, Camredon M, Colomb A, Borbon A, Miet K, et al.
Radical budget analysis in a suburban European site during the MEGAPOLI summer field campaign
Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics. 2012; 12(24): 11951-11974. https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-12-11951-2012
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Amato F, Viana M, Richard A, Furger M, Prévôt ASH, Nava S, et al.
Size and time-resolved roadside enrichment of atmospheric particulate pollutants
Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics. 2011; 11(6): 2917-2931. https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-11-2917-2011
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Amato F, Pandolfi M, Moreno T, Furger M, Pey J, Alastuey A, et al.
Sources and variability of inhalable road dust particles in three European cities
Atmospheric Environment. 2011; 45(37): 6777-6787. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.atmosenv.2011.06.003
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Collaud Coen M, Weingartner E, Furger M, Nyeki S, Prévôt ASH, Steinbacher M, et al.
Aerosol climatology and planetary boundary influence at the Jungfraujoch analyzed by synoptic weather types
Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics. 2011; 11(12): 5931-5944. https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-11-5931-2011
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Moreno T, Querol X, Alastuey A, Reche C, Cusack M, Amato F, et al.
Variations in time and space of trace metal aerosol concentrations in urban areas and their surroundings
Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics. 2011; 11(17): 9415-9430. https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-11-9415-2011
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Richard A, Gianini MFD, Mohr C, Furger M, Bukowiecki N, Minguillón MC, et al.
Source apportionment of size and time resolved trace elements and organic aerosols from an urban courtyard site in Switzerland
Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics. 2011; 11(17): 8945-8963. https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-11-8945-2011
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Trickl T, Bärtsch-Ritter N, Eisele H, Furger M, Mücke R, Sprenger M, et al.
High-ozone layers in the middle and upper troposphere above Central Europe: Potential import from the stratosphere along the subtropical jet stream
Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics. 2011; 11(17): 9343-9366. https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-11-9343-2011
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Bukowiecki N, Lienemann P, Hill M, Furger M, Richard A, Amato F, et al.
PM10 emission factors for non-exhaust particles generated by road traffic in an urban street canyon and along a freeway in Switzerland
Atmospheric Environment. 2010; 44(19): 2330-2340. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.atmosenv.2010.03.039
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Gehrig R, Zeyer K, Bukowiecki N, Lienemann P, Poulikakos LD, Furger M, et al.
Mobile load simulators - a tool to distinguish between the emissions due to abrasion and resuspension of PM10 from road surfaces
Atmospheric Environment. 2010; 44(38): 4937-4943. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.atmosenv.2010.08.020
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Graber WK, Furger M
Field techniques for atmospheric systems
In: Sydow A, ed. Environmental systems. Oxford, UK: EOLSS Publishers; 2010:182-200.
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Graber WK, Furger M
Measurement tools for atmospheric systems
In: Sydow A, ed. Environmental systems. Oxford, UK: EOLSS Publisher; 2010:101-122.
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Richard A, Bukowiecki N, Lienemann P, Furger M, Fierz M, Minguillón MC, et al.
Quantitative sampling and analysis of trace elements in atmospheric aerosols: impactor characterization and synchrotron-XRF mass calibration
Atmospheric Measurement Techniques. 2010; 3(5): 1473-1485. https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-3-1473-2010
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Bukowiecki N, Richard A, Furger M, Weingartner E, Aguirre M, Huthwelker T, et al.
Deposition uniformity and particle size distribution of ambient aerosol collected with a rotating drum impactor
Aerosol Science and Technology. 2009; 43(9): 891-901. https://doi.org/10.1080/02786820903002431
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Baltensperger U, Furger M
Aerosol chemistry in remote locations
In: Colbeck I, ed. Environmental chemistry of aerosols. Oxford: Blackwell; 2008:217-252. https://doi.org/10.1002/9781444305388.ch8
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Bukowiecki N, Lienemann P, Zwicky CN, Furger M, Richard A, Falkenberg G, et al.
X-ray fluorescence spectrometry for high throughput analysis of atmospheric aerosol samples: the benefits of synchrotron X-rays
Spectrochimica Acta B: Atomic Spectroscopy. 2008; 63(9): 929-938. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.sab.2008.05.006
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Furger M
AEROCHEM II. Modelling the impact of aircraft emissions on ozone and other chemical compounds in the atmosphere
Meteorologische Zeitschrift. 2002; 11(3): 139-140. https://doi.org/10.1127/0941-2948/2002/0011-0139
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Baumann K, Maurer H, Rau G, Piringer M, Pechinger U, Prévôt A, et al.
The influence of south Foehn on the ozone distribution in the Alpine Rhine valley - results from the MAP field phase
Atmospheric Environment. 2001; 35(36): 6379-6390. https://doi.org/10.1016/S1352-2310(01)00364-8
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Furger M, Drobinski P, Prévôt ASH, Weber RO, Graber WK, Neininger B
Comparison of horizontal and vertical scintillometer crosswinds during strong foehn with lidar and aircraft measurements
Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology. 2001; 18(12): 1975-1988. https://doi.org/10.1175/1520-0426(2001)018<1975:COHAVS>2.0.CO;2
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Weber RO, Furger M
Climatology of near-surface wind patterns over Switzerland
International Journal of Climatology. 2001; 21(7): 809-827. https://doi.org/10.1002/joc.667
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Furger M, Dommen J, Graber WK, Poggio L, Prévôt ASH, Emeis S, et al.
The VOTALP Mesolcina Valley campaign 1996 - concept, background and some highlights
Atmospheric Environment. 2000; 34(9): 1395-1412. https://doi.org/10.1016/S1352-2310(99)00377-5
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Graber WK, Schuhmacher P, Furger M
An atmospheric water vapor cycle model for evaluating large-scale effects of Alpine land use changes on the atmospheric water cycle
In: Brebbia CA, Zanetti P, Ibarra-Berastegi G, eds. Development & application of computer techniques to environmental studies VII. Vol. 7. Environmental studies. sine loco: WIT Press; 2000:271-278.
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Lugauer M, Baltensperger U, Furger M, Gäggeler HW, Jost DT, Nyeki S, et al.
Influences of vertical transport and scavenging on aerosol particle surface area and radon decay product concentrations at the Jungfraujoch (3454 m above sea level)
Journal of Geophysical Research D: Atmospheres. 2000; 105(D15): 19869-19879.
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Nyeki S, Kalberer M, Colbeck I, De Wekker S, Furger M, Gäggeler HW, et al.
Convective boundary layer evolution to 4 km asl over high-alpine terrain: airborne lidar observations in the Alps
Geophysical Research Letters. 2000; 27(5): 689-692. https://doi.org/10.1029/1999GL010928
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Poggio LP, Furger M, Prévôt ASH, Graber WK, Andreas EL
Scintillometer wind measurements over complex terrain
Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology. 2000; 17(1): 17-26. https://doi.org/10.1175/1520-0426(2000)017<0017:SWMOCT>2.0.CO;2
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Prévôt ASH, Dommen J, Bäumle M, Furger M
Diurnal variations of volatile organic compounds and local circulation systems in an Alpine valley
Atmospheric Environment. 2000; 34(9): 1413-1423. https://doi.org/10.1016/S1352-2310(99)00440-9
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Schmid W, Schiesser H-H, Furger M, Jenni M
The origin of severe winds in a tornadic bow-echo storm over northern Switzerland
Monthly Weather Review. 2000; 128(1): 192-207. https://doi.org/10.1175/1520-0493(2000)128<0192:TOOSWI>2.0.CO;2
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Graber W, Siegwolf RTW, Furger M
CO2 and water vapour exchange between the composite test area and the atmosphere over Monte Bondone
In: Cernusca A, Tappeiner U, Bayfield N, eds. Land-use changes in European mountain ecosystems: ECOMONT - concepts and results. Berlin: Blackwell-Wissenschafts-Verlag; 1999:268-271.
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Graber WK, Siegwolf RTW, Furger M
Gas exchange between experimental sites and the atmosphere
In: Cernusca A, Tappeiner U, Bayfield N, eds. Land-use changes in European mountain ecosystems: ECOMONT - concepts and results. Berlin: Blackwell-Wissenschafts-Verlag; 1999:145-150.
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Graber WK, Neininger B, Furger M
CO2 and water vapour exchange between an alpine ecosystem and the atmosphere
Environmental Modelling and Software. 1998; 13(3-4): 353-360. https://doi.org/10.1016/S1364-8152(98)00040-1
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Lugauer M, Baltensperger U, Furger M, Gäggeler HW, Jost DT, Schwikowski M, et al.
Aerosol transport to the high Alpine sites Jungfraujoch (3454 m asl) and Colle Gnifetti (4452 m asl)
Tellus, Series B: Chemical and Physical Meteorology. 1998; 50(1): 76-92. https://doi.org/10.3402/tellusb.v50i1.16026
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Furger M, Whiteman CD, Wilczak JM
Uncertainty of boundary layer heat budgets computed from wind profiler - RASS networks
Monthly Weather Review. 1995; 123(3): 790-799. https://doi.org/10.1175/1520-0493(1995)123<0790:UOBLHB>2.0.CO;2
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Furger M
The radiosoundings of Payerne: aspects of the synoptic-dynamic climatology of the wind field near mountain ranges
Theoretical and Applied Climatology. 1992; 45(1): 3-17. https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00865989
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Curriculum Vitae
Education
1978-83 | Physics student at the Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule (ETH), Zurich, Switzerland |
1983 | Diploma in physics, specialization in atmospheric physics and optics, ETH, Zürich, Switzerland |
1984-90 | Research assistant at the University of Bern, Institute of Geography, Group for Applied Climatology |
1990 | Ph.D. in geography (climatology), University of Bern, Switzerland |
1992-93 | Post-Doc at Pacific Northwest Laboratory, Richland, Washington, USA |
1990-present | Atmospheric Scientist at the Paul Scherrer Institute |
Honors
- 1990: Meteotest Award (1st prize) for Ph.D. Dissertation
- 2003: PSI Preis für Wissenschaftskommunikation (PSI Award for Science Communication)
Memberships
- Member of the American Meteorological Society (AMS) (1992 - )
- Member of the American Geophysical Union (AGU) (1993 - )
- Member of the Swiss Society of Meteorology (SGM) (1995 - ; President 2008-2011)
- Member of the European Geosciences Union (EGU), former European Geophysical Society (EGS) (1993 - )
- Member of the Swiss National Committee of the IUGG (2007-2013)
- Swiss National Correspondent of the IAMAS (2007-2013)