• Air: Meteorology

    speed, and atmospheric pressure day by day, at the same time, for decades. Researchers of the Alfred-Wegener-Institut are collecting these weather data with the help of meteorological observatories in the [...] considered to be a WMO climate observation station by virtue of the fact that meteorologists of the Alfred Wegener Institute have been measuring the air temperature in Antarctica on a daily basis for 30 years [...] Gert König-Langlo. To be able to collect reliable temperature data, the meteorologists at the Alfred Wegener Institute used a thermometer of a special kind. It consists of a temperature-sensitive platinum

  • BDSALgreenH2

    ) where the expected salt content can be tolerated. IBC-Bioreaktor Systeme (Photo: A. Beyer, Alfred-Wegener-Institut) Lead: Stephan Ende Contact: Mail an Stephan (0) 471 4831 2813 Duration: 1.9.2024 – [...] Metropolregion Bremen-Oldenburg im Nordwesten e. V. Silo-Bioreaktor System (Photo: A. Beyer, Alfred-Wegener-Institut) Partner

  • AWIPEV Arctic Research Base

    jointly operating the AWIPEV research base. The AWIPEV base was established in 2003 when the German Alfred Wegener Institute (AWI) and the French Institut Paul-Émile Victor (IPEV) merged their previously independent [...] to collect data from the permafrost measuring instrument. Charlotte Havermans researcher from Alfred-Wegener-Institute prepares a jellyfish caught in the harbour of Ny-Ålesund for further investigation

  • Radiation

    browser cannot display iframes Cleaning radiation instruments (Photo: Alfred-Wegener-Institut) Solar tracker (Photo: Alfred-Wegener-Institut) Radiation Measurements since 1982 Sometimes albedo measurements

  • Thomas Jung

    of the research programme "Changing Earth - Sustaining our Future" and Vice Director of the Alfred Wegener Institute and Professor at the University of Bremen. Climate modelling Polar predictions Everyone [...] Jung: The Digitial (R)Evolution: Opportunities and Challenges for Earth System Modelling (Photo: Alfred-Wegener-Institut) Contact Thomas Jung +49(471)4831-1761 E-Mail CV Social Media Channels Twitter YouTube

  • Detlef Wilde

    New Polarstern Detlef Wilde, project director for the construction of the new Polarstern at the Alfred Wegener Institute. Research vessel Icebreaker Expedition New Polarstern The Research Vessel Polarstern [...] and technological level, the Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF) has enabled the Alfred Wegener Institute, Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research (AWI) to launch the Europe-wide procurement

  • Polar 5 + 6

    Research aircraft Polar 5 and Polar 6 Much of the Alfred Wegener Institute’s research is conducted in the inaccessible, ice-covered regions of the Arctic and Antarctic, making research aircraft indispensable [...] and operate at temperatures down to -54 degrees Celsius. The polar 6 research aircraft of the Alfred Wegener Institute flies over the Arctic Ocean during an IceBird sea ice thickness campagne. (Photo: Esther

  • Sensor E-Plus

    of a bionic structure optimization of the Department of Bionic Lightweight Construction of the Alfred Wegener Institute and additive manufacturing processes with regard to a pressure-resistant structure [...] sophisticated sensor (underwater mass spectrometer) of the Department of Marine Geochemistry of the Alfred Wegener Institute. Thus this development can be used for the industry after the transfer into the market

  • Graduate School POLMAR

    POLMAR PhD Program Welcome to POLMAR! The graduate school POLMAR offers all PhD students at the Alfred Wegener Institute (AWI) a structured qualification program to complement their individual research work [...] Coordination: Dr. Claudia Sprengel Dr. Claudia Hanfland POLMAR Assistance: Christine Hieber Address Alfred-Wegener-Institut AWI Campus Am Handelshafen 12 27570 Bremerhaven Opening hours To ensure the safety of

  • Autonomous Platforms

    and 3 show the distribution of deployed buoys since 2012. Map 2 (Graphic: Alfred-Wegener-Institut) Map 3 (Graphic: Alfred-Wegener-Institut)