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 due [...] 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 For

Bluehouse

Scientists from the Alfred Wegener Institute developed the content concept of the exhibition together with the municipality of Helgoland and the agency "studio klv". The Alfred Wegener Institute conducts research [...] ein and the municipality of Helgoland. The concept of the exhibition was realised by the Alfred Wegener Institute, Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research (AWI), which is also responsible for the [...] as a foundation for their projects. In future, BLUEHOUSE HELGOLAND will be operated by the Alfred Wegener Institute, supported by the municipality of Helgoland. However, all those involved still have a lot

Chemistry & Ozone

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. Due [...] Launch of an ozonesonde at the AWIPEV research base on Svalbard. (Photo: Jürgen Graeser (Alfred-Wegener-Institut))

Aerosols & Clouds

AWIPEV Atmosphere Observatory with green laser beam of the lidar instrument. (Photo: G. Tran / Alfred Wegener Institute) At the Atmosphere Observatory of the AWIPEV research base in Ny-Ålesund , Svalbard, we [...] and BSRN radiation instruments at Neumayer Station, Antarctica. (Photo: H. Schmithüsen / Alfred-Wegener-Institut) In Antarctica, atmospheric research is split into two observatories at the Neumayer Station [...] Svalbard, Arctic Atmosphere Observatory of AWIPEV-Base in Ny-Ålesund, Spitsbergen (Photo: Alfred-Wegener-Institut) Svalbard is a key region of climate change in the Arctic. On the one hand it is close to

Events

the Research Division Archive Alfred Wegener Lecture Every two years, the Climate Science Reseach Division of the Alfred Wegener Institute invites to the “Alfred Wegener Lecture in Climate Science”. The AWI [...] society. Peter Dueben (Photo: Alfred-Wegener-Institut) Friday Seminar The lecture series “Friday Seminar” comprises scientific lectures by guests of the Alfred Wegener Institute as well as by AWI employees [...] participate online. A new lecture can be registered at any time on AWI-Nextcloud . Location: Alfred Wegener Institute Helmholtz Center for Polar- and Marine Research Building G, Klußmannstr. 3, 27570 Bremerhaven

Awards and honors

is awarded with the Wladimir Köppen Prize 2022 for her excellent doctoral thesis in 2024. Alfred-Wegener Awards Transferprize Dr. Monica Ionita-Scholz , 2022. Video of the Prize winner Dr. Klaus Grosfeld

MeerWissen Project ORIENTATE

island and which extended to a depth of more than 30m. ORIENTATE is a cooperation of the Alfred-Wegener-Institut Helmholtz-Zentrum für Polar- und Meeresforschung and the University of Sfax in Tunisia.

Most accurate map of Antarctica published

scientists under the Head of the British Antarctic Survey (BAS) and with the participation of the Alfred Wegener Institute. The map, called Bedmap3, covers more than six decades of survey data collected by aeroplanes

Dr. Lukas Miksch

lukas.miksch@awi.de
+49(471)4831-1326
Am Handelshafen 12, 27570 Bremerhaven

Climate modelling

for formulating policy on how to combat climate change. Waves of the Southern Ocean (Photo: Alfred Wegener Institut) Why we need climate models Climate models are important part of understanding the natural [...] how much the intensity of hurricanes will increase, tomorrow. Climate modeling (Graphic: Alfred-Wegener-Institut) How climate models work To make a one-hundred-percent accurate climate simulation, we would