research stations in the Arctic and Antarctic, monitoring ocean currents at our deep-sea moorings in the Fram Strait and the Weddell Sea, and the data from our sea-ice buoys drifting through the Antarctic and

Alfred-Wegener-Institut) If we can realistically simulate the past and present processes at work in the Fram Strait, we can then calculate projections for the future. I work with FESOM, the Finite Element Sea [...] ocean currents, hydrography and sea ice. I’m currently using FESOM to simulate the circulation in the Fram Strait, which is located between Greenland and Svalbard and represents one of the most important

deployed. We also took many water and sediment samples and videos which are part of the work of the FRAM infrastructure. This has kept many of us busy, but also happy with the success. We will tell you more

workpackages within the Helmholtz PACES-II programme and the Frontiers in Arctic marine Monitoring (FRAM) strategic investment,Reviewer for several oceanographic and geophysical journals,Reviewer of funding

workpackages within the Helmholtz PACES-II programme and the Frontiers in Arctic marine Monitoring (FRAM) strategic investment,Reviewer for several oceanographic and geophysical journals,Reviewer of funding

Research Vessel POLARSTERN to the Fram Strait in 2016, edited by Torsten Kanzow 704 (2016) The Expeditions PS99.1 and PS99.2 of the Research Vessel POLARSTERN to the Fram Strait in 2016, edited by Thomas

2015, edited by Ilka Peeken 693 (2015) The Expedition PS93.2 of the Research Vessel POLARSTERN to the Fram Strait in 2015, edited by Thomas Soltwedel 692 (2015) Antarctic Specific Features of the Greenhouse

data will help us to quantify the role of clouds in the lower Arctic atmosphere over the Northern Fram Strait. Similar to ACLOUD our strategy during AFLUX is to measure in, above, and below clouds with [...] weather maps from different prediction models showed that a cold-air outbreak began to evolve over Fram Strait. The maps predict that this outbreak will last over several days so that we can expect good [...] over sea ice was flown and combined cloud radar and drop sonde measurements followed over the open Fram Strait during the way back from North to South. Total campaign flight hours this week (airtime: 11

airport so that flights were impossible. After this period a new cold air outbreak had developed over Fram Strait but this was accompanied by very strong winds with gusts above 40 Kn at the airport. Since [...] we were happy that conditions were good enough to perform a flight over both the ice free part of Fram Strait but also over sea ice, this time up to 83° N. Moreover, strong wind is helpful for the turbulence [...] ideal and the cold air outbreak was still ongoing. We went first to a position west of Svalbard over Fram Strait, and followed then roughly the direction of convection rolls to the North. Such rolls mostly

outbreaks over Fram Strait. One of our goals is to compare in situ measurements with satellite measurements and we could manage this week one flight following exactly the track of CloudSat over Fram Strait. This