Davos is also home to the World Radiation Center WRC, which was founded as the Physical Meteorological Observatory Davos PMOD in 1907 and has a mandate from the World Meteorological Organization to maintain the world standard reference for solar radiation measurements.Particularly appropriately, given its alpine setting, Davos is also home to the WSL Institute for Snow and Avalanche Research, which employs 140 researchers and technical staff from around the world to study snow and its interaction with the atmosphere.Another major scientific organization based in Davos is the recently opened Lab42.