d’Etudes en Géophysique et Océanographie Spatiales), France Alfred Wegener Institute (AWI), Germany Centre National d’Etudes Spatiales (CNES), France Thalès Alenia Space (TAS), France Role & Motivation

for Earth & Environmental Science is a joint facility of the Alfred Wegener Institute Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research (AWI) and the Centre for Marine Environmental Sciences (MARUM) at

What are “moorings”? A current meter on a mooring line (Photo: Alfred-Wegener-Institut) Moorings are measuring systems that remain in a specific location in the ocean for several years. A mooring [...] number of oceanographic devices. (Graphic: Matthias Monsees (Alfred-Wegener-Institut))

antenna of a deployed float is visible in the foreground. (Photo: Alfred-Wegener-Institut) Floats are free drifting underwater buoys. They measure ocean currents, temperature, salinity and an increasing

construction regarding the new research icebreaker Polarstern for the Alfred Wegener Institute. Shortly before Christmas 2024, the Federal Ministry of Education and Research, with support from the Budget

sets. Seismicity studies at the Arctic Ridge System (Graphic: Alfred-Wegener-Institut) We are also involved in other projects along slow and ultraslow spreading ridges.

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 coupled atmosphere-ocean

High vs. Low-Resolution FESOM Setups (1948–2009, March) (Photo: Alfred-Wegener-Institut) The Antarctic ice sheet in warming climates Funding programm: AWI INSPIRES, International Science Program for [...] Antarctic Ice Sheet collapsed during last interglacial (Photo: Alfred-Wegener-Institut) Greenland ice cores as proxy for European extremes INSP-IV, Topic 2, Subtopic 2.2 - Variability and extremes Cost [...] scenarios with and without temporary temperature overshoots. The Alfred-Wegener-Insitute on Polar and Marine Research, in collaboration with the Danish Meteorological Institute, will perform ice sheet

Halvfarryggen AWS Kohnen AWS test site at Neumayer_III (Photo: Alfred Wegener Institut) At AWI, modifyed AWS-systems based on stations from Campell Scientific are in use. To quantify errors - which are [...] AWS. In parallel, they get transmitted hourly via IRIDIUM to the Alfred Wegener Institute. The most recent data get forwarded into the Globale Telekommunikation System (GTS) of the Wold Meteorology

Neumayer station . Ny-Ålesund AWI meteorological tower (Photo: Alfred Wegener Institut) more current data Complementary Measurements Long-term meteorology Radiation Upper Air Soundings Ozone Lidar