Christian Haas

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Comprehensive assessment of the changing Central Arctic Ocean

are the impressions and outcomes that an international research team is now bringing back from a Polarstern expedition to the Central Arctic. After a four-month-long Arctic season, the Alfred Wegener Institute’s

Mobile pelagic Systems

sample collector. Sea Technology 51(12): 15-19. Videoclip (mp4; 61.4MB) showing an AUV dive during Polarstern expedition PS109 in summer 2017

Fleet + stations

logistics. The AWI makes available its research platforms for scientists from all over the world. Ships Polarstern Heincke Uthörn Mya II Aade Stations Neumayer Station III Arctic Station AWIPEV Kohnen Station Marine

Logistics

terrestrial polar research of high international reputation. The AWI runs the research and supply ship "Polarstern", the research vessel "Heincke", four small research cutters, two research aircraft, a permanently

PERPLEX

The software was developed at the Alfred Wegener Institute and used during many cruises of the RV Polarstern. PERPLEX allows scientists and chief scientist as well as logisticians and nautical personnel to

Air: Meteorology

AWIPEV: Temperature AWIPEV: Radiation Data AWIPEV: Ozone data Meteorological observations on-board RV Polarstern Without reliable weather data polar expeditions and the related fieldwork become a dangerous u [...] undertaking. For this reason there are always two meteorologists working on-board Polarstern. They constantly update the captain and officers, the helicopter crew and the chief scientist about the latest [...] essential for forecasting the weather worldwide. Weather balloon (Photo: Esther Horvath) Links Polarstern's Weather Data

FRAM Data Integration

platforms provides information on phytoplankton composition and particle size distribution. On board of POLARSTERN, state of the art underway-measuring systems have been installed, their reliability is frequently

MOSAiC Expedition

largest-scale Arctic research expedition of all time: In September 2019, the German research icebreaker Polarstern departed from Tromsø (Norway) and, once it had reached its destination, will spend the next year [...] and Marine Research (AWI). Read more about the expedition on the MOSAiC website. Discover more Polarstern Blog Interview with Markus Rex MOSAiC Media Library MOSAiC Video Portal AWI employee newspaper: [...] newspaper: Special issue MOSAiC MOSAiC Twitter channel MOSAiC-Web-App Live onboard: Follow Polarstern’s current location through the MOSAiC-Web-App. Find out more MOSAiC-Website Our english project website presents

Library in the Ice

travel to the Alfred Wegener Institute’s previous Neumayer Station on board the research icebreaker Polarstern. The laboratories and living quarters of the old station – the second Neumayer Station – were