• Books and In-books

    Sathyendranath, S., Kutser, T., eds. (2020). Colour and Light in the Ocean. Lausanne: Frontiers Media SA. doi: 10.3389/978-2-88963-421-7 2018 Heim B., Juhls B., Abramova E., Bracher A ., Doerffer R., [...] R., hellmann S., Kraberg A., Martynov, Overduin P. (2019) Ocean Colour Remote Sensing in the Laptev Sea. In: Barale V., Gade M. (eds) Remote Sensing of the Asian Seas. Springer, Cham, pp123-138; [...] 4A2, Canada., International Ocean-Colour Coordinating Group, 156 p., ISBN: ISSN: 1098-6030 . 2012 Blum M . Rozanov V., Dinter T., Bracher A. (2012) Evaluation of the

  • Invited Talks

    (2020) Challenges to monitor biogeochemistry from space in the Arctic Ocean and next steps towards its comprehensive monitoring. European Polar Science Week 2020. Virtual Internagtional Conference. 30 [...] Community Structure from Ocean Colour: Methods, Validation, Intercomparisons and Applications”, International Ocean Color Science (IOCS) Meeting, Darmstadt, 8 May [...] , P. P., Heim, B., Bracher, A. (2008). The Eroding Coast, MORSE Arctic Coastal Initiative of the Canadian and European Space Agencies (CSA, ESA), Institute of Ocean Technology, St. John’s, Newfoundland

  • Theses within Phytooptics group

    M. B. (2025) Transparent Exopolymer Particles in the Surface Arctic Ocean by Ocean Biogeochemistry Modeling. Department of Physics and Engineering, University Bremen, Bremen, Germany, Bremen, 160 p. [...] Machine Learning Based Monitoring of Phytoplankton Groups in the Arctic Ocean . Department of Physics and Engineering, University Bremen, Bremen, Germany, Bremen, 12 Sep 2024 Di Bella D. (2024) Calculation [...] , V. (2021) Loading of coloured dissolved organic matter in the Arctic Mediterranean Sea and its effects on the ocean heat budget, Ph.D. thesis, University of Bremen, DOI: 10.26092/elib/646. 2016

  • SNOWflAke

    the energy and momentum exchanges across the atmosphere-ice-ocean interfaces and actively contributes to the sea ice mass balance. The Antarctic sea ice is characterized by a year-round snow cover [...] and oceanic processes on the evolution of Antarctic sea ice and its role within the climate system From pole to pole Cross-pole process [...] signatures of snow, sea ice, and surface seawater in the central Arctic Ocean during the MOSAiC expedition, Elementa: Science of the Anthropocene, 12, doi.org/10.1525/elementa.2023.00078 , 2024.

  • LTER Observatory HAUSGARTEN

    Long-Term Ecological Research in the deep Arctic Ocean The marine Arctic has been an integral part of the history of our planet over the past 130 million years and contributes [...] transition zone between the northern North Atlantic and the central Arctic Ocean, the Alfred Wegener Institute established the LTER (Long-Term Ecological Research) observatory HAUSGARTEN in the Fram Strait [...] ARK-XVIII/1 2001 Polarstern ARK-XVII/2 2001 L'Atalante Arctic Ocean 2001 2000 Polarstern ARK-XVI/2 1999 Polarstern ARK-XV/1

  • Long-term Meteorology

    Long Term Observations Surface Meteorology in the Arctic (AWIPEV Research Base in Ny-Ålesund, Spitsbergen) Ny-Ålesund from above. (Photo: Alfred Wegener Institut) Ny-Ålesund is located on [...] fjord at the west coast of Svalbard (Spitsbergen). In this region, ocean currents from lower latitudes impact the sea water temperature, and the ocean is a heat storage affecting the local climate. Although Ny-Ålesund is situated in the high Arctic (78.9°N, 11.9°E), daily mean temperature in summer is above the freezing point. The interannual temperature variability in winter

  • Natasha Bryan, M.Sc.

    investigate Diatom Silicification in the Eurasian Basin of the Arctic Ocean using Imaging Flow Cytometry and PDMPO natasha.bryan @ awi.de ORCiD Alfred Wegener Institut Am Handelshafen 12 27570 Bremerhaven [...] Phytoplankton communities living inside and below sea ice in the Arctic and the Antarctic arefacing rapid changes due to ongoing climate change. Light and nutrient availability as well as shifts in grazing [...] obtained with the multispectral Imaging Flow Cytometer? How do Arctic phytoplankton communities differ from Antarctic communities in terms of their species composition, silicification degree and mixotrophy

  • Ecological Chemistry

    function and distribution of organic compounds in the changing polar ocean. We aim to understand the function of marine organic compounds, both, as diagnostic markers to decode biogeochemical processes and [...] we are investigating the influence of Atlanticification on the Arctic ecosystem around Spitsbergen. To this end, we are studying four fjords with varying degrees of Atlanticification influence, from [...] future biological carbon pump Subtopic 6.4 Use and misuse of the ocean: Consequences for marine ecosystems Publications of the Section Biological carbon pump Influence of seawater chemistry on community

  • Expeditions

    Klieschen Taucheinsatz ArcWatch Interaction and feedbacks between ocean structure and dynamics, sea ice physics, biogeochemistry, and biodiversity of the Arctic Ocean. Organic compounds in the Arctic Ocean and the deep Atlantic Ocean are derived from marine algae and from a substantial input by the large Arctic Rivers. For us, ArcWatch [...] elucidate, if the amount of dissolved organic compounds in the Arctic Ocean changed over the last decades. We also aim at quantifying the contribution of terrestrial organic matter because it represents

  • Team

    particular interest focuses on species interactions in temperate and Arctic regions and on the effects alien marine organisms on native coastal ecosystems. Mathias Wegner Parasites are everywhere! That's why [...] parental environment effects on offspring traits) in response to ocean warming. So far, I can say that maternal effects play an important role in populations’ adaptive responses to climate change, but