airborne surveys to collect measurements of sea ice thickness in the Arctic conducted by the Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research (AWI). Airborne surveys provide insight into composition [...] Download Aircraft Polar 5 with an EM-Bird under its belly on its way to the surveying area. (Photo: Alfred-Wegener-Institut) Much of AWI’s research is conducted in the inaccessible, ice-covered regions of the [...] and Polar 6 research aircraft includes an EM-Bird, a laser scanner, and a snow radar. (Graphic: Alfred-Wegener-Institut) The EM-Bird The purpose-built EM-Bird is a towed sensor that measures the combined

Program on Biological Diversity. Ecosystem services of a biogenic reef of Ostrea edulis. (Graphic: Alfred-Wegener-Institut) Team: Project Lead: Dr. Bernadette Pogoda Projekt Coordinator: M.Sc. Corina Peter Website

Sea ice and snow – the key elements Dr Marcel Nicolaus, sea ice physicist at the Alfred Wegener Institute and deputy head of the Sea Ice Physics Section. Sea ice Snow MOSAiC Autonomous Systems ROV Sea

tidal frequency), NIW: near-inertial waves (internal waves of near-inertial frequency). (Photo: Alfred-Wegener-Institut) Mission We aim to shed light on the various feedback processes between Arctic internal

Data Management The DATA division of the Computing and Data Centre of the Alfred Wegener Institute is responsible for the publication of data products from environmental research and the research infr

Climate Sciences Division and Head of the Section Physical Oceanography of Polar Seas at the Alfred Wegener Institute and Professor at the University of Bremen. Ocean currents Ocean topography of polar

2015, and Istomina et al., 2015). The campaign MELTEX-I was a joint project conducted by the Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research (AWI), the Institute for Atmospheric Physics (IPA) at

2015, and Istomina et al., 2015). The campaign MELTEX-I was a joint project conducted by the Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research (AWI), the Institute for Atmospheric Physics (IPA) at

Dumping of warfare agents Dr Matthias Brenner, marine biologist at the Alfred Wegener Institute. Chemical warfare agents Dumping Coastal waters North Sea In the past century, around 1.6 million tons of

Snow: the sea ice’s indispensible partner Dr Stefanie Arndt, sea-ice physicist at the Alfred Wegener Institute. Sea Ice Snow Antarctica MOSAiC Viewed from the above, the colour of the sea ice is largely