Leibniz Institute for Atmospheric Physics
| Leibniz Institute for Atmospheric Physics at the University of Rostock |
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| Category: | Affiliated institute |
| Carrier: | none (legally independent registered association ) |
| Membership: | Leibniz Association |
| Facility location: | Kühlungsborn |
| Branch office: | Juliusruh |
| Type of research: | Basic research |
| Subjects: | natural Science |
| Areas of expertise: | Atmospheric science |
| Basic funding: | Federal government (50%), states (50%) |
| Management: | Franz-Josef Lübken |
| Employee: | approx. 60 |
| Homepage: | www.iap-kborn.de |
The Leibniz Institute for Atmospheric Physics at the University of Rostock e. V. (IAP) is a research institute in Kühlungsborn in the state of Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania , which deals with research into the earth's atmosphere . It is located about 25 kilometers from Rostock a few kilometers southeast of Kühlungsborn. The IAP is affiliated as an affiliated institute of the University of Rostock and a member of the Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz Scientific Community . The IAP has around 60 employees and a budget of around 6.2 million euros, around 1.7 million of which are third-party funds . Around half of the employee positions have basic funding.
history
The IAP was founded on January 1st, 1992 as the "Institute for Atmospheric Physics at the University of Rostock". It goes back to the "Observatory for Atmospheric Research" which was established in Kühlungsborn in 1951 and which belonged to the GDR Academy of Sciences as a department of the "Heinrich Hertz Institute for Atmospheric Research and Geomagnetism" . Starting with its founding in 1992, the IAP was subject to joint funding by the federal government and the federal states as part of the so-called “Blue List”. In 1997, like most Blue List institutes, it became a member of the newly founded Leibniz Association. Since October 18, 1999 the institute has been called "Leibniz Institute for Atmospheric Physics eV at the University of Rostock".
research
The institute is divided into the three departments “Optical soundings and sounding rockets”, “Radar soundings” and “Theory and modeling”. Various LIDAR systems and the OSWIN radar for researching the high atmosphere exist on site . In Juliusruh on the island of Rügen , the IAP operates a shortwave radar to research the ionosphere . It is also involved in the operation of the geophysical observatory "Arctic Lidar Observatory for Middle Atmosphere Research" (ALOMAR) in northern Norway on the edge of the Arctic . The two main focuses of work at the institute are, on the one hand, research into the middle atmosphere in the altitude range from 10 to 100 kilometers, especially the mesosphere (50 to 90 kilometers) in middle and polar latitudes, and, on the other hand, the investigation of the coupling of the atmospheric layers. For this purpose, measurements with sounding rockets , radiosondes and turbulence measurement experiments with weather balloons are carried out.
Teaching
The director of the institute and the department heads are also professors at the University of Rostock. They offer introductory lectures in atmospheric physics and special lectures as part of the specialization “Atmospheric Physics and Oceanography” of the diploma and master’s courses. These include lectures on the physics of climate , the dynamics of the atmosphere, and atmospheric aerosol and cloud physics . The IAP offers students from Rostock and other universities the opportunity to participate in the measuring operation, in the evaluation and modeling of data or in the construction of new measuring instruments in the research operation as part of internships or as a summer student.
Web links
- Literature about Leibniz Institute for Atmospheric Physics in the state bibliography MV
- Official website
- ALOMAR Observatory
Individual evidence
- ↑ Master’s degree in Physics ( Memento of the original from December 22, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. at the University of Rostock
Coordinates: 54 ° 7 ′ 0.6 ″ N , 11 ° 46 ′ 19.3 ″ E