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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 links