• Engergy Budgets

    ocean (transmittance). We perform various radiation measurements during our field campaigns using Polarstern, aircrafts, and stationary measurements. Our focus are observations that aim for better descriptions

  • Bathymetry

    Lomonossov Ridge in the Arctic Ocean Madiba Sea Mount, south of South Africa, discovered 2013 with RV Polarstern Current-induced seabed structures at the Southern Mozambique Ridge Iceberg scours on the shelf

  • 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

  • Organigramm_Logistik_AWI-en.pdf

    ESDP Marius Hirsekorn: ERVO, IRSO Version: 08/2025 Scientific coordination Research ships: FS Polarstern & FS Heincke: Ingo Schewe Assistance: Claudia Klages FK Uthörn: Michael Klages Research stations: [...] Marius Hirsekorn Assistance / secretariat: Uta Galemann Deputy: Elena Tschertkowa-Paulenz Project RV Polarstern II t.i.m.e. Port II Barkhausenstr. 2 27568 Bremerhaven WTF office : Heinz Miller Uwe Nixdorf Central

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  • Personalbogen_englisch.pdf

    in more than one cruise leg fill in a separate form for each leg Profession ) Operational area Polarstern proposal number (AWI coordination) Time period Date of birth Place of birth Nationality Office [...] in more than one cruise leg fill in a separate form for each leg: Profession: Operational area: Polarstern proposal number AWI coordination: Time period: Date of birth: Place of birth: Nationality: Office

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  • ECOTRACE

    Polarstern expedition ANT XXVII-2. Picture: S. Trimborn (Photo: Alfred-Wegener-Institut) Southern Ocean phytoplankton are major drivers of global carbon cycling accounting for 20% of the global annual

  • Team

    Head, Senior Scientist Koch, Florian Scientist, System Manager Laboratories New Building Project Polarstern II Köck, Matthias Senior Scientist Kohlbach, Doreen Head of Young Investigator Group DOUBLE TROUBLE

  • Research at the Filchner Outflow System

    changes for the biodiversity in this area. Physical, biogeochemical and ecological studies with Polarstern in the FOS in the southern Weddell Sea shall characterize this hotspot in detail in order to recognize

  • Gravimeters

    gravity meters from LaCoste and Romberg for the purpose of these so-called tie measurements. On board Polarstern, underway measurements are made using a KSS-32 gravimeter from Bodenseewerke. Airborne measurements

  • Multi Plankton Sampler

    Filled beakers are collected after multinet is back on deck Multinet is set out on board of RV Polarstern Multinet is ready for deployment Multinet in the water The Multi Plankton Sampler MPS 92B is used