• Nunataryuk

    to enable the sustainable development of the Arctic. Partners: 1 ALFRED-WEGENER-INSTITUT HELMHOLTZ-ZENTRUM FUER POLAR- UND MEERESFORSCHUNG Germany 2 STOCKHOLMS UNIVERSITET Sweden 3 STICHTING VU Netherlands

  • Ice Sheet Modelling

    present-day horizontal ice flow velocity (Graphic: Thomas Kleiner, Alfred-Wegener-Institut) The large ice sheets of Greenland and Antarctica are of major importance for the global climate system, as there

  • Aerosols & Clouds

    with green laser beam of the lidar instrument. (Photo: G. Tran / Alfred Wegener Institute) At the Atmosphere Observatory of the AWIPEV research base in Ny-Ålesund , Svalbard, we operate long-term observations [...] at Neumayer Station, Antarctica. (Photo: H. Schmithüsen / Alfred-Wegener-Institut) In Antarctica, atmospheric research is split into two observatories at the Neumayer Station. At the Meteorological [...] observations at AWIPEV-Base in Ny-Ålesund, Spitsbergen (Photo: Alfred-Wegener-Institut)

  • Members

    Members Björn Rost (Photo: Alfred-Wegener-Institut) Björn Rost - Being small and yet so mighty, phytoplankton are the true rulers over ecosystems, elemental cycles [...] maintain homeostasis in changing environments. Clara Hoppe (Photo: Alfred-Wegener-Institut) Clara Hoppe - In the past two decades, a lot of research on phytoplankton responses to global change has been [...] of the water column biogeochemistry. Daniel Scholz (Photo: Alfred-Wegener-Institut) Daniel Scholz - Within the FRAM project (Frontiers in Arctic Monitoring), my responsibilities are the development

  • Merged Analysis and Forecasting

    of processes acting on the ice cover Ice Track Plot (Graphic: Alfred-Wegener-Institut) Example application of how IceTrack can support campaign planning: Here IceTrack was used to investigate drift [...] Sea: comparison between observed and simulated draft. (Graphic: Alfred-Wegener-Institut) A novel sea ice model framework, based on the single-column sea ice model Icepack ( CICE Consortium ) is currently [...] the forecasting system for the years 2018 and 2019. (Graphic: Alfred-Wegener-Institut) The figure shows a forecast of the likelihood of encountering an ice concentration of 15 % or higher in the

  • Arctic Pulse

    track for the two research legs of the BeauPAIR cruise. (Graphic: Alfred-Wegener-Institut) The REVISIT airborne campaign The REVISIT campaign (Repeated surveys of EnVIronmental Sites In Transition) provides [...] understand these transformations and their cascading impacts, the Alfred Wegener Institute (AWI), together with the German Research Centre for Geoscience (GFZ) and international partners, will conduct the [...] a wide range of satellite missions. REVISIT campaign (Graphic: Alfred-Wegener-Institut)

  • Neumayer Station III

    operations for Antarctic research Despite the hostile environs, the Alfred Wegener Institute operates a research station in the Antarctic where scientists can live and work year-round: the Neumayer Station [...] data for better understanding our planet. Accordingly, the Alfred Wegener Institute operates a research station in the Antarctic where scientists can live and work year-round. Since 2009 the Neumayer [...] within a closed loop, ensuring it is put to optimal use. (Graphic: Alfred-Wegener-Institut) 1. Foundation : The station’s total weight of ca. 2,300 tonnes is distributed among 16 foundation plates. Hydraulic

  • PolarRes

    Heidrun Matthes, Dr. Renate Treffeisen AWI PI: Dr. Annette Rinke, Alfred Wegener Institute, Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research, Telegrafenberg A45N, 14473 Potsdam, Germany, ++49 (0) 331 2882130, Annette.Rinke@awi.de AWI Co-PI: Dr. Dörthe Handorf, Alfred Wegener Institute, Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research, Telegrafenberg A45N, 14473 Potsdam, Germany, ++49 (0) 331 2882131

  • Communication

    in Neighbourhood Projekt Wohnen in Nachbarschaften (WiN) (Photo: Alfred-Wegener-Institut) AWI Evalation March 2025 Exhibition stab thm2 (Photo: Alfred-Wegener-Institut) Our trade fair appearances and

  • Moorings

    What are “moorings”? A current meter on a mooring line (Photo: Alfred-Wegener-Institut) Moorings are measuring systems that remain in a specific location in the ocean for several years. A mooring [...] number of oceanographic devices. (Graphic: Matthias Monsees (Alfred-Wegener-Institut))