• Technology Transfer - Offers to the private sector

    enough, some of these are made public. The use in research applications is usually free. Examples: Ocean Data View, a programme to visualise large geo-referenced data files UltraMassExplorer, a browser-based [...] Quicklinks Technology transfer - From research to business Technology Transfer Office Spin-offs Ocean Data View Inventions, innovative technologies and services originate, e.g. from the following R&D [...] Alfred-Wegener-Institute is one of the few institutions worldwide that conduct research both in the Arctic and Antarctic. The expertise of AWI with research in polar regions and the operation of the required

  • Deep Sea

    specially adapted biotic community. Ice-covered seascape in the Arctic Ocean (Photo: Esther Horvath) The deep sea in the polar regions In the Arctic, living at the bottom of the sea poses unique challenges for [...] standards. For another, food is harder to come by. The central Arctic Ocean is largely covered with ice and – unlike the Antarctic’s Southern Ocean – surrounded by landmasses. Exchanges with the Atlantic and [...] than we do about the ocean depths. Yet the deep sea is not a habitat fully separated from the surface; it is already undergoing dramatic changes in response to warmer water, ocean acidification and en

  • Team

    remote sensing (ocean color, altimetry, infrared). But I am currently focusing more on BGC modelling in the framework of the H2020-Project COMFORT and the BMBF nuArctic projects. nuArctic investigates nutrient [...] examined the decadal variability of the carbon cycle in the Indian Ocean region. For the Ph.D. I am doing Ocean Biogeochemical Modeling for Ocean Alkalinity Enhancement in deep and bottom water formation regions [...] studied marine sciences and have worked with global ocean biogeochemistry models as well as observations in the past. I am interested in understanding ocean carbon cycling and its interactions with climate

  • Ocean biogeochemical modelling

    develops, runs and analyses global ocean biogeochemistry models, with a special interest in the polar regions. A special focus is on feedbacks between climate change and the ocean carbon cycle. The group hosts [...] (see Research ). We contribute to and coordinate the ocean carbon sink estimate in the Global Carbon Budget , particularly the ensemble of Global Ocean Biogeochemistry Models that includes FESOM-REcoM." [...] feedbacks in the carbon cycle and in the marine ecosystem, with a special interest in the Arctic and the Southern Oceans. Surface chloropyll a concentration in an eddy-resolving simulation (1 km horizontal

  • Outreach

    the Arctic environment? What changed in the Arctic over the last decades? What is permafrost? How does thawing permafrost affect the Arctic environment? How does thawing permafrost affect Arctic infr [...] explore the conflict of interests of different Arctic stakeholders. Lesson Plan Permafrost in the Arctic Living in the wild North The Permafrost Risk The Ocean Race Summit Dr. Rebecca Rolph was an invited [...] all-hands-on-deck meeting at the Ocean’s Race, an organization holds sailing races around the world. The Ocean’s Race has a growing interest in promoting sustainability and ocean conservation practices, and

  • Research infrastructure

    Bremerhaven Nutrient Facility Observatories Ocean: FRAM Water: COSYNA Meteorology Geophysics Ships Polarstern Heincke Uthörn Mya II Aade Stations Neumayer Station III Arctic Station AWIPEV Kohnen Station Marine

  • Projects

    degradation and impacts of contaminants of emerging concern (CECs) in the oceans through case studies in the Atlantic, the Arctic and the Mediterranean. It is developing new methods for assessing the impact [...] tipping points and impacts on the functioning of local ecosystems and services. Disko Bay and the Arctic Station, Qeqertarsuaq, Disko Bay, Greenland (Photo: Uwe John) Funded by: Federal Ministry of Education [...] functional adaptations of LOV-domain blue light photoreceptors in Antarctic versus temperate and Arctic diatoms. The project is carried out in cooperation with the AG Kroth, University of Konstanz . Antarctic

  • In situ measurements

    and O. Schrems, Tropospheric ozone depletion in polar regions: A comparison of observations in the Arctic and Antarctic. Tellus, 50B, 34-50, 1998. Frieß, U., J. Hollwedel, G. König-Langlo, T. Wagner, and [...] half-life time of 3.82 days. The main source is emission of 222 Rn from terrestrial soil, while the oceanic source strength (with two order of magnitude lower emission rates) can usually considered as negligible [...] However, in case of Neumayer continental sources are far away and our measurements indicate that oceanic emissions significantly contribute to the measured signal and especially to the seasonal maximum

  • Site Infos

    Potsdam carry out expeditions to the Arctic and Antarctic. They are mainly devoted to Arctic research - in particular in the permanently frozen areas of Siberia and the Arctic island group Spitzbergen - and [...] in the system. German Arctic Office Since 2017, the German Arctic Office at AWI Potsdam serves as an information and cooperation platform for German stakeholders invested in Arctic science, politics and [...] Wegener Institute started its work in 1992. The scientific focus is the investigation of polar land-ocean-atmosphere linkages, complementing the marine and coastal research fields at the AWI sites in Bremerhaven

  • results-S5POC

    Alvarez E. (2022) Toward the Synergistic Use of Ocean Colour Products to Improve the Description of Phytoplankton Productivity within the Global Ocean. ESA Ocean Carbon from Space Workshop, Online event, 14 [...] (2002-2020). ESA Ocean Carbon from Space Workshop, Online event, 14 – 18 February 2022. Poster.​ Bracher A. (2021) S5P+-I-OC : S5P+ Innovation Ocean Color - presentation (Astrid Bracher, AWI ESA Ocean Science Cluster [...] monitoring of surface phytoplankton functional types in the Atlantic Ocean. Report: 7th edition of the Copernicus Marine Service Ocean State Report (OSR 7). State of the Planet. Oelker J., Losa S. N., Richter