Influence of global warming

Antarctic peninsula (Photo: Alfred Wegener Institut) Underwater recruitment experiment, Antarctica (Photo: Alfred Wegener Institut) Macroalgae at Helgoland (Photo: Alfred Wegener Institut) We study if and

A view inside – A fish in NMR

inside (Photo: Alfred Wegener Institut) Aquaria at the Alfred Wegener Institute (Photo: Alfred Wegener Institut) Matthias Schmidt catches his proband out of the fish tank. (Photo: Alfred Wegener Institut) The [...] concentration. (Photo: Alfred Wegener Institut) The water is cooled down to the right temperature. (Photo: Alfred Wegener Institut) Examination tube of the NMR (Photo: Alfred Wegener Institut) Closing the [...] the NMR camber (Photo: Alfred Wegener Institut) Matthias Schmidt views the images from the NMR on the computer screen. (Photo: Alfred Wegener Institut) His current test subject is an Antarctic Black Rockcod

past ICRSS Conferences

currently being carried out in the circumpolar regions of the world. ICRSS-2006 group shot (Photo: Alfred-Wegener-Institut) 10th ICRSS 2008 (Whitehorse, Yukon, Canada) The 10 th International Circumpolar Remote [...] being carried out in the circumpolar regions and elsewhere. ICRSS-2008 conference photo (Photo: Alfred-Wegener-Institut) 11th ICRSS 2010 (Cambridge, United Kingdom) The 11th International Circumpolar Remote [...] of work currently being carried out in the circumpolar regions. ICRSS-2010 group photo (Photo: Alfred-Wegener-Institut) 12th ICRSS 2012 (Levi, Finland) The theme of the 12 th CRSS symposium, May 14-18 2012

Data Assimilation

been successfully applied to North Atlantic/Arctic Ocean Sea Ice Model (NAOSIM) developed at the Alfred Wegener Institute (AWI). We are currently working to apply the systems to Finite-volumE Sea ice-Ocean [...] simulation without data assimilation, red: model simulation with data assimilation. (Graphic: Alfred-Wegener-Institut) Spatial pattern of sea ice extent in September, from 1990 to 2010 (every 5 years). [...] simulation without data assimilation, black: model simulation with data assimilation. (Graphic: Alfred-Wegener-Institut) Spatial pattern of sea ice motion in August 2006: Left panel: model simulation without

CranGo

shrimp from the mudflats (Photo: M. Bögner Alfred-Wegener-Institut) Not a typical mudflat dweller - researcher stuck in the mud (Photo: M. Bögner Alfred-Wegener-Institut) The brown shrimp Crangon cragnon [...] cragnon is a typical inhabitant of the mudflats. (Photo: M. Bögner Alfred-Wegener-Institut) A research traveller (Photo: M. Bögner Alfred-Wegener-Institut)

MELTEX-II

Birnbaum Dr. Thomas Krumpen Melt ponds on Multi year ice (Photo: Alfred-Wegener-Institute) Melt ponds on First-year ice (Photo: Alfred-Wegener-Institute) Instrumentation The aircraft Polar 5 was equipped with [...] respectively. Flight legs at 200 ft (61 m) (Graphic: W. Cohrs, Alfred-Wegener-Institute) Flight legs at 2000 ft (610 m) (Graphic: W. Cohrs, Alfred-Wegener-Institute)

MELTEX-II

Birnbaum Dr. Thomas Krumpen Melt ponds on Multi year ice (Photo: Alfred-Wegener-Institute) Melt ponds on First-year ice (Photo: Alfred-Wegener-Institute) Instrumentation The aircraft Polar 5 was equipped with [...] respectively. Flight legs at 200 ft (61 m) (Graphic: W. Cohrs, Alfred-Wegener-Institute) Flight legs at 2000 ft (610 m) (Graphic: W. Cohrs, Alfred-Wegener-Institute)

Picarro L2120i Cavity RingDown Spectrometer

L2120i Cavity RingDown-Spectrometer Picarro L2120i with vaporizer (photo: Alfred Wegener Institute, Levent Vorpahl) (Photo: Alfred-Wegener-Institut, Levent Vorpahl) Picarro L2140i Cavity RingDown-Spectrometer [...] with PAL HTC-xt Autosampler and A0211 Vaporizer for H and O isotopes (in water samples). (Photo: Alfred-Wegener-Institut, Levent Vorpahl) Picarro L2130i Cavity RingDown-Spectrometer 1 Picarro L2130i Cavity [...] with A0101 Autosampler and A0211 Vaporizer for H and O isotopes (in water samples). (Photo: Alfred-Wegener-Institut, Levent Vorpahl) Polar Terrestrial Environmental Systems: <link en science geosciences

Phytoplankton community dynamics

station. Picture: S. Trimborn (Photo: Alfred-Wegener-Institut) CO2 incubation experiments with Ryder ay phytoplankton. Picture: S. Trimborn (Photo: Alfred-Wegener-Institut) Sampling of seawater containing [...] British research station Rothera on the Western Antarctic Peninsula. Picture: S. Trimborn (Photo: Alfred-Wegener-Institut) Climate models indicate that the Southern Ocean is particularly prone to climate change [...] containing Ryder Bay phytoplankton. Picture: S. Trimborn (Photo: Alfred-Wegener-Institut) Contact: Dr. Scarlett Trimborn

Technology

for operation. (Photo: Alfred Wegener Institut) Deployment of the DEPAS OBS. (Photo: Alfred Wegener Institut) DEPAS OBS after emerging at the sea surface. (Photo: Alfred Wegener Institut) Number of instruments [...] Technology A description of the DEPAS instruments can be found in this publication: Alfred-Wegener-Institut, Helmholtz-Zentrum für Polar- und Meeresforschung et al., 2017: DEPAS (Deutscher Geräte-Pool