• Campaigns

    campaign performed by the Leipzig Institute for Meteorology (LIM), University of Leipzig and the Alfred-Wegener-Institute (AWI) at Kohnen Station , Antarctica (75°00’ S, 00°04’ E, 2892 m a.s.l.) in austral

  • Climate Modelling

    atmosphere model Simulated atmospheric river event in mid-November 2019 during MOSAiC (Graphic: Alfred-Wegener-Institut) The ICON model ( Zängl et al., 2015 ) is set up in limited area mode (LAM) over the [...] M atmosphere-ice-ocean model Simulated September sea-ice extent from HIRHAM-NAOSIM (Graphic: Alfred-Wegener-Institut) HIRHAM-NAOSIM is a coupled regional climate model for the Arctic ( Dorn et al., 2019

  • Proposals

    Advisory Board User Advisory Board Smaller vessels Expeditions with the smaller vessels of the Alfred Wegener Institute require shorter periods of planning. We do, though, recommend to submit proposals in [...] internal application procedure can be found here . Neumayer Station III, Ekström Ice Shelf (Photo: Alfred-Wegener-Institut / U. Cieluch) Arctic Land Expeditions (Svalbard, Greenland, Canada, Alaska) - ARC-Land

  • Abstracts

    Alexandra Kraberg1 1 Biologische Anstalt Helgoland, Alfred-Wegener-Institute Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research, 27498 Helgoland, Germany 2 Alfred-Wegener-Institute Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine [...] University of Hamburg, Germany, florian.mundt@uni-hamburg.de Harms, L., Scientific Computing, Alfred Wegener Institute, Bremerhaven, Germany Heinrich, S., Department Molecular Plant Genetics, University [...] Federal Ministry on Research and Education (BMBF) / Hemholtz Center for Polar and Marine Research, Alfred Wegener Institute, Bremerhaven, Germany Multiyear studies on phytoplankton showed decreasing trends in

  • From the Beginning to the Present

    research ship suited for the mudflats: the catamaran Mya. In 1998, the BAH was integrated into the Alfred Wegener Institute, Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research. In 2008, the institute building was

  • Research

    and functional shifts in future climate scenarios. FRAM operations beneath the ice (Graphic: Alfred-Wegener-Institut/FRAM/Sabine Lüdeling) FRAM - Our Work group is also involved in the context of the Arctic

  • Information on employment

    Information on employment Pay Since 2011, the Alfred Wegener Institute has functioned according to the Collective Agreement for the Public Service of the Federation (TVöD Bund), which will usually also

  • NEWS Buoy in the water EN

    the buoy? Map of Beagle Channel showing position of buoy in Ushuaia Bay (red symbol) (Graphic: Alfred-Wegener-Institut) Links News article in Spanish (CADIC) CADIC Institute IADO Institute

  • Pre-Quaternary

    The latter is enabled by dedicated model development work that led to the establishment of the Alfred Wegener Institute Earth System Model that extends the simulation of the Earth System from the classical

  • Chemistry & Ozone

    faster in calculating the 24h-tendency of ozone compared to the full chemistry model. (Graphic: Alfred-Wegener-Institut) The SWIFT model is a fast scheme for simulating the chemistry of stratospheric ozone [...] Gathen Launch of an ozonesonde at the AWIPEV research base on Svalbard. (Photo: Jürgen Graeser (Alfred-Wegener-Institut))