Links to Research Institutes in
Germany
Bayreuth Uni *
FU Berlin *
UBA Berlin *
Bremen IUP *
Bremen MARUM *
Bremerhaven AWI *
Duisburg AMT *
Essen IPC *
Frankfurt (Main) * Freiburg MIF * Garmisch IFU *
Geesthacht GKSS *
Hamburg ZMKF *
Hamburg DKRZ *
Hamburg MPI *
Hannover IMUK * Heidelberg
Atm.forsch. *
Jülich ICG *
Karlsruhe AIDA *
Katlenburg-Lindau MPI *
Kiel IFG *
Kiel IFM *
Köln IGM *
Kühlungsborn IAP *
Leipzig UFZ *
Leipzig IM *
Leipzig IFT *
Mainz MPI *
Mainz IPA *
GSF *
Oberpf. DLR *
Offenb. Dt. Wetterdienst *
Oldenburg *
Oldenburg PhysNet *
Potsdam AWI *
Potsdam PIK *
Potsdam GFZ *
Wuppertal WI *
Wuppertal BUGH
Bayreuth -
Department of
Environmental Chemistry und Toxicology
German
environmental toxicology, carbon isotope studies, effects of airborn organic
substances on plants
Berlin -
Institute for
Meteorology, FU Berlin
mostly German some pages in English
information about weather data, fields of research (synoptic meteorologie,
climatology, dynamics and climate of the stratosphere and mesosphere)
Brandenburg -
Environmental
Sciences and Process Technology, TU Cottbus
German
Institutes:
Institute for Ground, Water, Air
Institute for Environmental Technology
distribution of pollutants, regional chemistry-transport-models, LIDAR
Bremen - Institut of
Environmental Physics University of Bremen
German and English
GOME, analysis of satellite pictures, stratospheric aircraft measurements,
molecular spectroscopy, oceanography of deep water layers, transport of
radiation
Bremen - Centre for Marine Environmental
Sciences
German and English
ocean & climate, coastal ecosystems, high-tech and the sea, knowledge for
all
Bremerhaven - Alfred Wegener Institut
for Polar- and Marine Sciences
German and English
climate system, geosystems, pelagic ecosystems, benthic ecosystems
Duisburg - University of Duisburg
Aerosol Measurement
Technology at the institute of electrical engineering
German and English
technique of aerosol measurements, nano particles, control of air
pollution
Essen - Institute of Physical
Chemistry, University of Essen
German and English
dynamical, kinetic and mechanistic studies of atmospheric chemical reactions
in the homogeneous gas phase as well as on aerosol surfaces
Frankfurt am Main - Institute for Meteorology und
Geophysics, Johann Wolfgang Goethe University
German and English
climate trends, energy budget, dendroclimatology, experimental study of
physical und chemical processes in the atmosphere, observatory on the
'Kleiner Feldberg' (Taunus)
Freiburg -
Institute for
Meteorology,
University of Freiburg
German
energy budget in the boundary layer, urban meteorology, environmental
meteorology
Garmisch-Partenkirchen - Fraunhofer Institute of atmospheric
environmental research
German (English announced but doesn't work)
biosphere / atmosphere exchange (vegetation and soils), air measurement
(field), model simulations (description of various models)
Geesthacht - Institute of Atmospheric Physics
Geesthacht Research Center
German and English
remote sensing, cloud-radar, microphysics of clouds, hydrological modeling,
Baltic Sea Experiment
Hamburg - German Center of Climate
Modeling
German and English
support of climate modeling - coupled with other institutes; detailed
information about climate for everybody, proposals for saving energy,
etc.
Hamburg - Max-Planck-Institute for
Meteorology,
German and English
climate modelling, atmospheric chemistry and climate dynamics, climate
processes
Hamburg - Centre of
Marine and Climate Research
German and English
merger of different institutes of Hamburg University forming a research
union
fields of investigation: ocean / atmosphere interaction, aquatic ecosystems,
structure and development of the seabed, state and development of the marine
and atmospheric environment
Homepages of the departments:
Department of
Meteorology
Department of Marine
Research
Department of Geophysics
Research
Center of lasting development of the environment English
Department
of biochemistry and marine chemistry German
Department of Hydrobiology and
Fishery Sciences English
Hannover - Institute for Meteorology and
Climatology
German
vortex dynamics, mesoscale modeling, traffic meteorology and lightning
research, boundary layer flow, solar radiation and remote sensing
Heidelberg - Institute of
Environmental Physics Atmospheric Research group
German and English
investigation in the upper troposphere: radical chemistry, DOAS,
stratosperic chemistry, transport of radiation, interaction
troposphere/stratosphere, satellite measurements
Jülich - Institute of Chemistry and
Dynamics of the Geosphere at Forschungszentrum Jülich (Jülich
Research Center)
German and English (few pages available yet)
some departments:
Institute for
Stratospheric Chemistry ICG1
photochemistry and ozone loss, Strat/Trop exchange, stratospheric aerosols
and clouds
Institute for
Chemistry of the Polluted Atmosphere ICG2
chemistry and transport in the free troposphere and in the planetary
boundary layer, interaction between atmosphere and biosphere
Troposphere
ICG II
chemistry in the planetary boundary layer (i.e. field campaigns), simulation
experiments (simulation chambers and computer based), measurements of
radicals, aerosols
Karlsruhe - Institute of Meteorology and
Climate Research Forschungszentrum Karlsruhe (Karlsruhe Research
Centre)
partly English / partly German
aerosols and heterogeneous chemistry, mesoscale climate, transport of air
pollutants, atmospheric trace constituents and remote sensing
Katlenburg-Lindau - Max-Planck-Institut for
Aeronomie
German and English
atmospheres, ionospheres and magnetospheres
Kiel - Institut für Meereskunde
, University of Kiel
German and English
ocean circulation and climate, marine biogeochemistry, marine ecology
Kiel - Institut für
Geowissenschaften, University of Kiel
German and English
geology, geophysics, mineralogy
Köln - Institute for Geophysics
and Meteorology (IGM) , University of Cologne
German and English
elektromagnetic deep sensing, environmental and engineering geophysics,
climate diagnostics, numerical simulation
Kühlungsborn - Institute of Atmospheric
Physics, University of Rostock
English and German
middle atmosphere research with: optical soundings, radar soundings,
modeling and data analysis, sounding rockets
Leipzig - Institute for Meteorology,
University of Leipzig
German
general and theoretical meteorology, meteorology of the upper atmosphere,
modeling
Leipzig - Institut für
Troposphärenforschung
German
physicochemical characteristiczation of aerosols, partical formation and
growth, simulation of multiphase processes, exchange processes between the
surface and boundary layer air, interaction aerosol-cloud-radiation,
exchange between boundary layer and the free troposphere, 3 dimensional
modeling
Leipzig-Halle - Umweltforschungszentrum (Centre for Environmental
Research)
German and partly English
applied environmental research
Mainz - Max Planck
Institute for Chemistry
German and English
atmospheric chemistry (field campaigns, laboratory measurements, model
simulations), biogeochemistry, biomass burning, interaction between plants
and the atmosphere, volcanism and geologiy, cosmochemistry
Mainz - Institute for Atmospheric
Physics University of Mainz
German
aerosols and cloud physics, cloud modeling, climate and radiation models,
vortex dynamics
Neuherberg - GSF - Forschungszentrum für
Gesundheit und Umwelt (National Research Center for Environment and
Health)
German and English
17 research institutes that work together on topics concerning environment
and health
list of institutes and research topics (partly with own
homepage):
Institute of Ecological
Chemistry
Institute
of Toxicology
Institute of Biomathematics
and Biometry
THE GSF PHYTOTRON FOR ENVIRONMENTAL
PLANT RESEARCH
Institute
of Hydrology
Institute
of Biochemical Plant Pathology
in addition:
Radiobiology, Mammalian Genetics, Experimental Genetics, Pathology,
Molecular Virology, Clinical Molecular Biology and Tumour Genetics,
Radiation Protection, Inhalation Biology, Molecular Immunology,
Epidemiology, Medical Informatics and Health Systems Research
10 main
research topics:
1) Behaviour and fate of foreign compounds in the environment
2) Biogeochemical cycles and signalling in terrestrial and aquatic
systems
3) Risk assessment and management in ecosystems
4) Biological effects of chemicals and radiation on the cellular level
5) Genomics and genetic predisposition
6) Influence of the environment on differentiation, development and
carcinogenesis
7) Health risk resulting from internal and external exposure
8) Basic knowledge for the improvement of diagnosis and therapy
9) Clinical-experimental research on diagnosis and therapy
10) Improvement of efficacy and cost effectiveness in public health care
Oberpfaffenhofen - Institute of Atmospheric
Physics,German Aerospace Center DLR
German and English
aerosol and cloud processes, global aerosol transport, Lidar measurements,
influence of air traffic, wake vortex, Cirrus clouds, regional climate
modeling
also in the DLR: The German
Remote Sensing Data Center (English)
Offenbach - Deutscher Wetterdienst (German
Weather Service)
German and English
various services concerning the weather;
model calculations for weather forecasts, operational monitoring of
meteorological and chemical parameters, processing of meteorological data
for climate and environment
Oldenburg -Experimental
Physics, Carl v. Ossietzky University of Oldenburg
English and German
Institutes and Working Groups:
Institute for
Chemistry and Biology of the Marine Environment
mathematic scientific basic research and global ecology, practical
environmental research in marine eco- and climate systems, development of
biotechnologies
Marine Physics
development of optical methods and instruments for hydrographic
applications, environmental monitoring and studies, hydrographic studies,
modelling of bio-optical and biogeochemical processes in marine ecosystems
Physical
Environmental Analysis
radioactivity, air pollution, electromagnetic fields
Oldenburg - Physics Departments and
Documents Network
English
provides a set of information services for physicists
Potsdam - Potsdam
Institute for Climate Impact Research
mostly English, partly German and Spanish
interdisciplinary research on climate change
departments: integrated system analysis, global change and natural systems,
climate system, global change and social systems, data and computation
Potsdam - Alfred
Wegener Institute, Potsdam
English and German
terrestrial geoscience studies in the periglacial regions at the margins of
inland ice sheets and in permafrost areas, model and experimental
investigations of atmospheric processes
Potsdam - GeoForschungsZentrum,
Potsdam
English and German
kinematics and dynamics of the earth, solid earth's physics and disaster
research, structure and evolution of the lithosphere, material properties
and transport processes, geomechanics and geotechnology
Wuppertal - Institut für Klima, Umwelt,
Energie (Wuppertal Institute for Climate, Environment, Energy)
German and English
research and policy advice on various environmental topics
Wuppertal - Institute for Physical
Chemistry Bergische Universität Gesamthochschule Wuppertal
Englisch
gas-phase atmospheric chemistry (troposphere), field and emission
measurements, heterogeneous chemistry, combustion chemistry
Authors:
S. Nawrath (Jülich Res. Center, GER),
E. Uherek (MPI Mainz, GER),
last change:
01/06/01 S. Nawrath - Translation
15/05/01 K.-U. Eichmann (IUP Bremen, GER) - Extension of the German
version
04/05/01 A. Lauer (DLR Oberpfaffenhofen, GER) - testing of the German
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