• MICADAS

    the MICADAS radiocarbon laboratory at Alfred Wegener Institute (AWI), Germany Technology Sample processing Contacts: AWI MICADAS laboratory (Photo: Alfred-Wegener-Institut) Gesine Mollenhauer Torben Gentz

  • STABLE

    Spring Time Atmospheric Boundary Layer Experiment (STABLE) STABLE was as a joint project of the Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research in Bremerhaven, of the University of Hamburg (ZMAW), [...] tracks of the research aircraft of AWI during STABLE between 28 Feb and 28 March 2013 (Graphic: Alfred-Wegener-Institut Amelie Tetzlaff) The general goal of STABLE was to obtain in-situ data of processes

  • ECOTRACE

    feedback mechanisms. Our team EcoTrace group Picture: C. Völkner (Photo: Alfred-Wegener-Institut) Scarlett Trimborn (Photo: Alfred Wegener Institut) Head of the group: Dr. Scarlett Trimborn Team: Jenna Balaguer [...] Polarstern expedition ANT XXVII-2. Picture: S. Trimborn (Photo: Alfred-Wegener-Institut) Southern Ocean phytoplankton are major drivers of global carbon cycling accounting for 20% of the global annual

  • NEWS BMBF Chile Day ENG

    Kate Maleike (Deutschlandfunk) (Photo: Alfred-Wegener-Institut) Panel discussion with Doris Abele (microphone) on German-Chilean cooperation (Photo: Alfred-Wegener-Institut) This year's winners of the ideas [...] ideas competition to host a scientific workshop in Chile (Photo: Alfred-Wegener-Institut)

  • Snow on Sea Ice

    satellite altimeters. Contact: Dr. Stefanie Arndt Magna probe survey on Antarctic sea ice (Photo: Alfred Wegener Institut) We perform snow thickness measurements during Polarstern expeditions by using a “magna [...] thickness measurements in the vicinity of the research vessel. Snow buoy, deployed on sea ice (Photo: Alfred Wegener Institut) We deploy snow buoys in the Arctic and Antarctic. They are equipped with echo sounders [...] can be accessed via the Meereisportal. Snow pit on sea ice, revealing different layers (Photo: Alfred Wegener Institut) In order to characterize different snow layers, snow pits are prepared during Polarstern

  • Advisory Board Neumayer

    Ilaria Corsi University of Siena Italy Neumayer III Station (Photo: Alfred-Wegener-Institut / U. Cieluch) Kohnen Station (Photo: Alfred-Wegener-Institut)

  • Staff Units

    and safety inspect and evaluate the working conditions at the Alfred Wegener Institute. Contact Dr Roland Wittig Staff Unit HSE Alfred Wegener Institute Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Reseach Am [...] and OKEANO. Contact Dr Nicole Biebow Postal address Department for International Cooperation Alfred Wegener Institute Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research Am Handelshafen 12 27570 Bremerhaven [...] Alliance). Contact Dr Stefan Hain, Head of the Office of Environmental Policy Postal address Alfred Wegener Institute Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research Am Handelshafen 12 27570 Bremerhaven

  • AWI Technical Centre: The Shell is Complete

    is now complete. Since the ongoing pandemic made a live topping-out ceremony impossible, the Alfred Wegener Institute marked the milestone for the new building with a video topping-out speech and greetings [...] workshops and laboratories, which will equip the Rasmus Willumsen House, named in honour of Alfred Wegener’s companion, to serve as a core site for the development of innovative maritime and polar technologies

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    Organisation chart of the Alfred Wegener Institute Organisation chart

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