News from the CSD

iceberg hit the underwater cable so that the communication to the underwater part of the observatory started to become critical. With the help of the AWIPEV station personal, the REMOS part of the underwater [...] overhaul of the underwater part of the installation, including the replacement of the concrete fundament. The April dive-expedition 2018 to Svalbard was therefore dedicated almost exclusively to the renewal [...] hammered into the sediment. Then, the divers filled the steel frame with additional 72 concrete plates each of it with a weight if 18,4 kg so that the desired final weight of the entire construction of 1.8 tons

Data Management

Our service also includes the metadata description of the measuring device and its use (SENSOR and DShip). The aim of the data support group is to relieve the scientists of the technical workflows to transmit [...] Data Management The Data Division of the Computing and Data Centre of Alfred Wegener Institute is responsible for the publication of data products of environmental research and the research infrastructures [...] certification of the ICSU World Data System and the CoreTrustSeal , and is accredited by the WMO as Data Collection and Processing Center (DCPC) (link zu. The system is operated in compliance with the Berlin

Equal Opportunities

link to the current legal text of the Act in the column to the right. The General Equal Treatment Act preserves and improves upon the protections against discrimination afforded by Article 3 of the Basic [...] employees within the meaning of the General Equal Treatment Act; therefore, all employees of the AWI and, as stated above, all applicants for an employment relationship with the AWI. The scope of the General Equal [...] discrimination on the basis of pregnancy, maternity or paternity. Discrimination on the basis of disability The term „disability“ covers all forms of disability. The provisions of the Act are thus not limited

Data Assimilation Publications

NOAA SST data into the BSH operational circulation model for the North and Baltic Seas: Part 2. Sensitivity of the forecast's skill to the prior model error statistics. Journal of Marine Systems , 120 [...] assimilation of physical and biogeochemical observations. in Proceedings of the 10th EuroGOOS International Conference. "European Operational Oceanography for the ocean we want - Addressing the UN Ocean Decade [...] Janssen, F. (2012). Assimilating NOAA SST data into the BSH operational circulation model for the North and Baltic Seas: Inference about the data. Journal of Marine Systems , 105-108, pp. 152-162, doi:10.1016/j

News

climate change and climate protection. Against the background of possible tipping elements in the next world climate report of the IPCC, the work of the PermaRisk project was also reported here: www [...] d Prediction for the Usability of IceRoads" in Fairbanks (USA). The aim of the workshop was to establish contacts with potential future users, to inform about the current state of the possibilities and [...] March The second workshop of the PermaRisk project organized by Moritz Langer and hosted by the Geography Department of the Humboldt Universität zu Berlin. Main objectives of the workshop were the impacts

Outreach

research topics or explore the conflict of interests of different Arctic stakeholders. Lesson Plan Permafrost in the Arctic Living in the wild North The Permafrost Risk The Ocean Race Summit Dr. Rebecca [...] and thematic perspectives. Different questions discuss the situation in the High North: What characterizes the Arctic environment? What changed in the Arctic over the last decades? What is permafrost? How [...] Outreach Lesson Plan "Permafrost in the Arctic" The lesson plan “Permafrost in the Arctic” explores the subject of degrading permafrost and its effects on men and environment from different spatial and

Polarstern longterm cruise planning

scientific attention in the past. Today, the water column structure of the SO largely prevents pronounced melting of the EAIS. This state may change if the position and strength of the Antarctic Circumpolar [...] focuses on recording the history of the position of the ACC and major SO fronts, the status of Antarctic Bottom Water (AABW) formation today and in the past, as well as a range of additional hydrographic [...] series of 3D-distributions in the water column of the Arctic Ocean. The selected stations are based on locations and variables that have been observed in the past. The quasi-synoptic survey of the CAO and

UN Plastics Treaty

solving the problem with consumers. But researchers see another source of the plastic problem: the petrochemical industry, which produces the plastic. And that’s also precisely the crux of the negotiations [...] Uruguay – the beginning of a lengthy process intended to end with the approval of a binding treaty in Busan. Although the parties agreed that the treaty should address the entire lifecycle of plastics, [...] summaries of the current state of research, helping the delegates make informed choices. “All decisions and measures designed to stop the global flood of plastics have to be made and developed on the best

Junior Groups

improve current projections of the fate of the Arctic Ocean in times of climate change. Link to the project page SO-CLIM Link to the project webpage DOUBLE-TROUBLE Using state-of-the-art biochemical methods [...] advising the president of the Helmholtz Association. Helmholtz Investigator Groups (HIGs) of successful applicants will be hosted at the AWI. Funding is on the order of €350,000 per year for a period of five [...] CO2 uptake by the ocean and its drivers. To this end, we further develop the marine ecosystem compartment of the Earth System model and apply this in simulations of the last decades and of the future. Link

Young Investigator Groups

improve current projections of the fate of the Arctic Ocean in times of climate change. Link to the project page SO-CLIM Link to the project webpage DOUBLE-TROUBLE Using state-of-the-art biochemical methods [...] advising the president of the Helmholtz Association. Helmholtz Investigator Groups (HIGs) of successful applicants will be hosted at the AWI. Funding is on the order of €350,000 per year for a period of five [...] CO2 uptake by the ocean and its drivers. To this end, we further develop the marine ecosystem compartment of the Earth System model and apply this in simulations of the last decades and of the future. Link