Technical aspects

station which is located on the Ekström Ice shelf, about 8 km from the Atka Bay. During the summer months, the bay and the nearby coastline are mainly free of sea ice and there is always open water present [...] the following criteria is given: Wind direction within a 330°-30° sector, wind velocity <2.0 m/s or >18 m/s, or CN concentrations >2500 cm -3 during summer, >800 cm -3 during spring/autumn and >400 cm

Filchner

the Filchner Ice Shelf (-80.43681, -044.43199) 105 m above sea level. The installation took place in the framework of the international Filchner Ice Shelf Project FISP .The huge Filchner Ice Shelf is bordered [...] calm region. Quite seldom the wind exceeds the threshold velocity from the wind turbine (about 10 m/s ). Thus, the battery voltages became very low during polar night. Fortunately, the battery provided

Teaching&Outreach

studies, diploma, master's, and bachelor's theses within our group. If you are interested, please contact Ms. Ke Li. Summer schools and other research possibilities We are involved in the organization and pa [...] such as Daisyworld, Energy Balance Models, Random Systems, Brownian Motion, and Orbital Theory of Ice Ages. These offer teachers and interested people the possibility to apply and understand scientific [...] available to all. Energy Balance Models Daisyworld Brownian Motion Random Systems Orbital Theory of Ice Ages Growth model Explore more Research Focus Tools Projects Publications Team Heinrich Award

Org_Geochem

isoprenoids, alkenones ( F6 ). By these molecules we obtain detailed information about the sea-ice distribution (sea-ice proxy, IP 25 , F7 ) and the origin of the organic matter (terrigenous and marine biomarkers) [...] with autosamplers, cold injection systems (Gerstel KAS 4) and flame-ionization detectors (FID). 2 GC/MS-Systems, consisting of Agilent 6850/ Agilent 7890 GC, Agilent 5975/ Agilent 5977 MSD, and an autosampler

Gravity Surveying

Earth is felt to be the same; it causes objects to fall according to a well-known acceleration - g (9.8 ms -2 ). In reality, this g varies by a few hundred tens of thousandths of metres per second squared (unit [...] to the different ways that the masses in Earth's various rock and fluid layers - atmosphere, ocean, ice-sheet, sediments, crust, mantle, and core, are arranged with respect to each other. Accelerations from

Labs

LiDAR Ground-based data: LiDAR and dGPS Equipment: Leica Multistation MS50 Leica VIVA DGPS Greenvalley LiDAR Backpack DJI Phantom Pro MS4 Leica Digital Nivellier Sphereoptics field spectrometer Calitoo sun [...] sifter), Laser particle-size measuring instrument (Malvern Mastersizer 3000) Magnetic Susceptibility (MS2B Sensor, Bartington Instruments) Head Lutz Schirrmeister Technical Staff Justin Lindemann Carbon / [...] 350, Dionex), a medium pressure liquid chromatograph (MPLC, Köhnen-Willsch Chromatography) as a GC-MS (TRACE 1310 + ISQ 7000, ThermoFischer) Gas production after incubation (incubators: RUMED P0530-00

Data Assimilation Publications

F. Goessling. (2022) Sea-ice forecasts with an upgraded AWI Coupled Prediction System, Journal of Advances in Modeling Earth Systems , 14, e2022MS003176, doi:10.1029/2022MS003176 Mamnun, N., C. Voelker [...] assimilation system for seamless sea ice prediction based o the AWI climate model. Journal of Advances in Modeling Earth Systems , 12, e2019MS001937, doi:10.1029/2019MS001937 Pradhan, H.K., Voelker, C., Losa [...] Ridout, L. Nerger (2023) The effects of assimilating a sub-grid-scale sea ice thickness distribution in a new Arctic sea ice data assimilation system. The Cryosphere , 17, 2509–2532, ​ doi:10.5194/tc

Research

terrestrial, sea ice), age and transformation processes (e.g. microbial and photo degradation). The application of Fourier transform ion cyclotron resonance mass spectrometry (FT-ICR-MS) yielded major advances [...] environmental factors (sea ice cover, water mass characteristics, light and nutrient availability) affect not only the timing, but also the physiology and biochemistry in sea ice algae and phytoplankton. [...] from unicellular algae to higher trophic levels. In polar regions zooplankton has to cope with winter ice cover and darkness and hence with a relatively short spring/summer period of food plenty. In general

Education

climate modeling, AI in Earth sciences, ocean and sea ice dynamics, and high-resolution simulations are encouraged to contact our office manager, Ms. Ke Li . We offer students the opportunity to: Conduct

Triaxus

few meters below the surface and up to 350m depth at a vertical speed of 1m/s and it can be towed between 2 and 8 knots (1-4m/s) speed through water. Depending on the exact parameters chosen, this results [...] constant distance from the surface (e.g. underside of sea ice) or bottom. AWI has developed a “depressor” that allows operation in medium-severity sea ice conditions. It can also be deflected horizontally to [...] regions with light to moderate sea ice cover. It was used for the first time during the Polarstern PS131 expedition and allowed the collection of valuable data in the marginal ice zone north of Svalbard. Further