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German Aerospace Center (DLR) e.V.
Neustrelitz branch
The DLR branch in Neustrelitz is the central German receiving station for remote sensing data. This data is received in Neustrelitz, pre-processed, archived and made accessible to the users. In addition, remote sensing applications are developed based on this data and operational remote sensing products are made available in near real time. A second focus is the work required for satellite-supported navigation. This includes investigations into the design of future satellite navigation systems, as well as work required for the reliability and precision of the satellite navigation applications.
A DLR (Neustrelitz Branch) technology marketing and transfer centre operates at the same location.Address:
DLR Neustrelitz Kalkhorstweg 53 D - 17235 Neustrelitz Contact person:
Dr. H.-D. Bettac Tel.: +49 3981 / 480 - 115 Fax: + 49 3981 / 480 - 156 E-Mail: Hans-Dietrich.Bettac@dlr.de
Contact person:
Hr. H.-H. Vajen Tel.: +49 3981 / 444 - 845 Fax.:+49 3981 / 444 - 846 E-Mail: Hans-Hermann.Vajen@dlr.de
Leibniz- Institute of Atmospheric Physics e.V. at the University Rostock (IAP)
Science program and organizational structure
The main scientific objective studied at the IAP is the middle atmosphere in the altitude range 10-100km with particular emphasis on the dynamical coupling between the lower and middle atmosphere. The upper part of the middle atmosphere, say between 70 and 100 km, is one of the least understood regions of our atmosphere. The scientific interest in the upper atmosphere has steadily increased in the last years since there is more and more evidence that this region could be specially sensitive to global change. Modern active remote sensing techniques, in particular radars and lidars, are now capable of revealing new and unprecedented experimental information about the physical processes in the middle atmosphere and their long term trend. Highly sensitive measurements by instruments on sounding rockets give new insights in fine scale physical processes in the neutral and ionized part of the upper atmosphere. Model studies are used to better understand the experimental results and to improve our understanding of the physical properties of the entire atmosphere.
The main scientific objectives studied at the IAP are as follows
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The upper atmosphere at mid and polar latitudes including `noctilucent clouds`, NLC, and `polar mesosphere summer echoes`, PMSE |
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The atmosphere at the mesopause |
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Trends in the middle atmosphere |
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Tides and gravity waves in the middle atmosphere |
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Low frequency variability of the dynamical coupling between the troposphere and stratosphere |
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Physics of the meridional circulation |
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Processes at the tropopause, mixing of trace gases |
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Metal atom layers at altitudes from 80 to 110 km |
Furthermore, some scientists at the IAP are working in specific areas not listed above, for example the technological improvement of the experimental techniques. Every 2 years the scientific results are published in a report the latest version of which can be found under annual report.
The institute consists of 3 departments:
Optical sounding and sounding rockets
Prof. Dr. F.-J. Lübken Tel:+49 38293 680 E-mail:luebken@iap-kborn.de Dr. J. Bremer Tel.:+49 38293 68200 E-mail:bremer@iap-kborn.de Prof. Dr. G. Schmitz Tel.: +49 38293 68300 E-mail:schmitz@iap-kborn.de
Historical remarks
Following a recommendation of the `Wissenschaftsrat` (a scientific panel of the federal government of Germany) the `Institut für Atmosphärenphysik an der Universität Rostock e.V.` was founded on January 1, 1992. The institute is a independent scientific organization, funded to by the federal government of Germany and the state of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern. It belongs to a group of institutes which were founded on the basis of an agreement between the federal government and the local states and which were originally called `Blaue Liste Institute`. In 1995 most of these institutes became members of the new organization `Wissenschaftsgemeinschaft Blaue Liste (WBL)`, which was renamed to `Wissenschaftsgemeinschaft Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz` (WGL) in 1997. Since October 18, 1998, the official name of our institute is `Leibniz-Institut für Atmosphärenphysik e.V. an der Universität Rostock` here after called IAP.
On April 1, 1993, Prof. Dr. Ulf von Zahn was nominated the first director of the IAP. After Prof. von Zahn retired in spring 2000 Prof. Dr. Franz-Josef Lübken, formerly at the Physics Department of Bonn University, became the new director on September 1, 1999.
Location and infrastructure
The IAP is located a few kilometers south-east of the small town Kühlungsborn, a sea resort located at the Baltic sea approximately 24 km west of the harbor town Rostock. The IAP is located on the road between Kühlungsborn and Kröpelin on the north side of the small ridge called `Kühlung`. The geographical coordinates of the IAP are 54°07`N,11°46`E (see Location/Address for more details). The IAP owns three buildings: a new main building, the villa (which used to be the residence of a brickworks owner before 1933) and a separate ware house. In these buildings there are offices, modern laboratories for experimental studies, a library, various meeting and class rooms, laboratories for lidar and radar instruments, and various rooms for a mechanical and electrical workshop and ware place. On the property of IAP a modern 50 MHz radar was installed in 1997. IAP owns two guest apartments downtown Kühlungsborn for visiting scientists and as temporary accommodation for new students.
IAP owns a separate site located on the island Rügen close to the small village Juliusruh (54°38`N,13°24`E) At this site there is a building for accommodation and for laboratories, a 3 MHz radar, a meteor radar, an ionosonde, and various small geophysical instruments. A detailed description of this site can be found under www.ionosonde.iap-kborn.de.
In order to reach its scientific goals the IAP is intensively involved in the operation of a geophysical observatory - called ALOMAR - which is located at the edge of the Arctic (69°17`N,16°01`E), i. e. 2 degrees north of the polar circle). In 1993/94 the Norwegian government founded this modern observatory on the island Andoya in northern Norway in order to support scientific studies of the polar atmosphere. ALOMAR is located very close to the Andoya Rocket Range which is used since several decades to launch meteorological and sounding rockets for insitu observations in the upper atmosphere. The close proximity of ALOMAR to the rocket range allows to perform simultaneous and co-located measurements by ground-based and rocket-borne techniques. The instrumentation of ALOMAR is provided by several international institutions. The IAP is intensively involved in supplying instruments and man power for ALOMAR and in analyzing the data under scientific aspects. This allows the scientists at the IAP to study the upper atmosphere at Arctic latitudes with modern experimental techniques. More information about ALOMAR can be found under www.rocketrange.no. The `Andoya Rocket Range` is described in detail under www.rocketrange.no.The IAP operates a mobile potassium lidar which is currently located on Spitzbergen (78°N).
Staff of IAP
A total of 61 persons are currently working at the IAP , 26 scientists, and 15 PhD students. Approximately half of the staff is hired on permanent basis, the rest on temporary positions funded through scientific projects.
Collaboration with the Rostock University
There are various ways in which the IAP collaborates with the Rostock University: the director of the IAP has a tenure track professorship at the Rostock University and 3 members of IAP give lectures and organize seminars for students in the physics and technical department. Regarding fields of research there exist common interests in laser applications and in the development and application of radar techniques. In these fields the IAP offers students the opportunity to work on their master thesis and their PhD thesis. Furthermore, IAP offers the students to participate in a practical seminar at the IAP in order to get acquainted with modern experimental techniques used in atmospheric physics. In addition, the IAP supports the organization of the colloquium at the Physics Department in Rostock by inviting international scientists. The collaboration between the IAP and the Rostock University is formally put in order by a document signed by the director of IAP and the Rector of the Rostock University. More information on the Rostock University can be found under www.uni-rostock.de.
Address:
Leibniz- Institute of Atmospheric Physics e.V. at the University Rostock (IAP) Schlossstraße 6 D-18225 Kühlungsborn Tel.: +49 38293 / 68 - 0 Fax: +49 38293 / 68 - 50 E-Mail: luebken@iap-kborn.de
Institut für Diabetes "Gerhard Katsch" Karlsburg e.V.
The history of the institute dates back to the first German home for
diabetic patients founded by Prof. Katsch in Garz on the Isle of Rügen
in 1930. After the German reunification, the research department of the
institute became part of the University of Greifswald in 1992. From this
former research department, the Institute of Diabetes ”Gerhardt Katsch”
was founded as a private organisation in 1997. Today the institute consists
of a non profit public research department with a membership corporation
carrying responsibility and an economically working commercial firm organised
as a limited liability company. This innovative combination enables the
institute to deal comprehensively and competently with research projects
and precompetitive development up to the stage of their economic utilisation.
Our spectrum of activities comprises:
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planning and execution of experimental studies in vivo and in vitro |
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preclinical evaluation of newly developed drugs and biomedical products |
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characterisation of the functional state of cells of the immune system |
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development and implementation of disease management systems |
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telemedical advisory and information services for physicians and |
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Iinformation about the development of diabetes prevalence |
We would be pleased if we have managed to interest you. As a co operation partner, service unit and competent partner for experimental investigations we are steadily interested in new contacts. If you are interested in co operating with our institute and have any further questions or if you have any remarks to make, do not hesitate to contact us by :
Kontakt:
- Tel.: +49 355 / 68 - 400
- Fax.:+49 355 / 68 - 444
- E-Mail: info@prodiab.com
- contact form (via SSL):
https://ssl.kundenserver.de/prodiab.com/fbform/kontakt/index_en.htmPostal Address:
Institute of diabetes "Gerhardt Katsch" Karlsburg
Greifswalder Str. 11eD - 17495 Karlsburg
Institute for Low Temperature Plasma Physics at the
Ernst-Moritz-Arndt-University Greifswald
A Member of the WGL and the DGPT since Rudolf Seeliger has been appointed as a professor of the University of Greifswald by the Nobel-Laureat Johannes Stark in 1917, there has been a successful period of investigations in plasma physics here. In 1992 the Institute for Low Temperature Plasma Physics (the INP) was founded. On the basis of the accumulated knowledge and know how the INP Greifswald is devoted to basic research in support of plasma based products and process technology needed today. Co-operation is within the participation in public funded research as well as by direct contracts with industry. The INP provide a competent platform in order to find custom-made solutions for products as well as for process related problems in support of the German and European industry.
Director of the Institute: Prof. Dr. J.P.F. Conrads
Address:
Institut für Niedertemperatur-Plasmaphysik Friedrich-Ludwig-Jahn-Str. 19 D-17489 Greifswald
Tel.: + 49 3834 / 554 - 300 Tel.: + 49 3834 / 554 - 301 E-Mail: director@inp-greifswald.de
For a first contact get in touch with the Heads of the scientific division:
Plasma Theory:
Prof. Dr. Rolf Winkler Tel.: + 49 3834 / 554 - 320 E-Mail: wink@inp-greifswald.de Plasma Induced Surface Processes:
Dr. Andreas Ohl Tel.: +49 3834 / 554 - 330 E-Mail: Ohl@inp-greifswald.de Plasma Process Technology:
Dr. Martin Schmidt Tel.: +49 3834 / 554 - 340 E-Mail: Schmidtm@inp-greifswald.d Plasma Radiation:
Dr. Eckhard Kindel Tel.: +49 3834 / 554 - 350 E-Mail: kindel@inp-greifswald.de
Institute for Baltic Sea Research Warnemünde at the University of Rostock
As a College Institute, it was the central marine research facility in
the GDR. Today, it is the centre of German Baltic Sea research. At the
Institute for Baltic Sea Research Warnemünde, pure research into the Baltic
Sea eco-system is jointly carried out by physicists, chemists, biologists
and geologists. The research work is primarily orientated toward eco-system
analysis and modelling.
As an intracontinental sea, the Baltic Sea represents a largely contained
habitat. It is large enough for exemplary, complex investigations and
small enough for carrying out quasi-synoptic measuring programs using
research ships. In this way, natural processes and the effects of human
intervention in large, marine eco-systems can be well studied. Thus not
only issues specific to the Baltic Sea are studied at IOW, but also fundamental
realizations of the functioning of marine eco-systems are elaborated.
Comparative investigations are carried out in various geographic regions
(e.g. Black Sea, Mediterranean Sea, Arabian Sea, as well as seas bordering
the southwest African and Brazilian coasts).
On behalf of the Federal Office for Maritime Shipping and Hydrography,
the IOW carries out a monitoring program for the protection of the marine
environment of the Baltic Sea.
The long-term research program of the IOW includes the foci
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water transfer between the North Sea and the Baltic Sea and the oxygen supply to deep waters |
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energy and mass transfer between coastal waters and the Baltic Sea |
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processes in the water column and at the boundary layer |
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long-term changes in the Baltic Sea |
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monitoring of the marine environment of the Baltic Sea (Baltic Sea monitoring) |
The Institute is divided into the following sections
- regional oceanography
- theoretical oceanography
- modelling
- marine physics
- remote sensing
- measuring technology
- general marine chemistry
- inorganic trace elements
- organic contaminants
- biogeochemical processes in the water column and in sediment
- constitution of nutrition in the pelagic and benthonic fauna
- physiology and mass transfer of species and organism groups
- modelling of biological processes
- long-term change of the biological parameter
- lithology
- sediment physics
- inorganic geochemistry
- organic geochemistry
- micro-analysis
- modelling
- the medium-sized research ship "A. v. Humboldt"
- the smaller "Professor Albrecht Penck".
Physical Oceanography and Measuring Technology
with the areas:
Prof. Dr. Wolfgang Fennel
Tel.: +49 381 / 5197 - 111
Marine Chemistry
with the areas:
Prof. Dr. Michael S. McLachlan (komm.)
Tel.: +49 381 / 5197 - 301
Biological Oceanography
with the areas:
Prof. Dr. Karin Lochte
Tel.: +49 381 / 5197 - 201
Marine Geology
with the areas:
Prof. Dr. Jan Harff
Tel.: +49 381 / 5197 - 351 The IOW has two research ships at its disposal:
Personnel: number of employees approx. 120
Annual budget: approx. 20 million DM
The Institute for Baltic Sea Research Warnemünde is a member of the Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz Scientific Society. It is supported by the Federal Government and the Federal State of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern.
Address:
Institute for Baltic Sea Research Warnemünde Seestraße 15 D-18119 Rostock
Tel.: +49 381 / 5197 - 0 Fax: +49 381 / 5197 - 440 Postal Address:
P.O. Box 301161 D-18112 Rostock Director:
Prof. Dr. Bodo v. Bodungen Tel.: +49 381 / 5197 - 100 Fax: +49 381 / 5197 - 105 Contact person:
Dr. Barbara Hentzsch Tel.: +49 381 / 5197 - 102 Fax: +49 381 / 5197 - 105 E-Mail: barbara.hentzsch@io-warnemuende.de
Max Planck Institute for Plasma Physics
Greifswald Branch
The Greifswald Branch of the Max Planck Institute for Plasma Physics (IPP) in Garching was founded in 1994. Currently the fusion facility WENDELSTEIN 7-X is being developed there - the largest and most advanced facility of its type in the world. The aim of the research is to explore the basis for a fusion power station, which - not unlike the sun - generates energy from the fusion of atomic nuclei.
The Greifswald Branch houses four of a total of twelve scientific fields of the IPP:
- WENDELSTEIN 7-X Construction
- Experimental
Plasma Physics 3
- Experimental
Plasma Physics 5
- Stellarator
Theory
The scientific directors of the Greifswald IPP were also appointed as professors to the University of Greifswald. They fulfill their research duties at the IPP and their teaching duties at the university.
In co-operation with the university, the IPP Branch in Greifswald has set up an international research and educational centre for plasma technology and fusion research. The interdisciplinary base of the research of this international research school "bounded plasmas" covers plasma physics and fusion research, as well as interfacial research and computer physics. Also included in the research school is the Greifswald Institute for Low-Temperature Plasma Physics (INP).
Fusion research using the WENDELSTEIN 7-X
Fusion could play a greater role in supplying energy in future, as the
basic materials needed for the fusion process are available in almost
limitless quantities all over the world and as fusion power stations promise
favourable safety and environmental properties. A thin, ionized gas is
used as fuel, a "plasma" derived from the hydrogens deuterium
and tritium. To ignite the fusion fire, the plasma must be occluded in
magnetic fields and heated up to temperatures of over 100 million degrees.
The experiment WENDELSTEIN 7-X has the task of demonstrating the suitability of "Stellarator" type fusion experiments for power stations. The planning builds on the results of the Garching forerunner WENDELSTEIN 7-AS. The WENDELSTEIN 7-AS differs from previous stellarators through a recalculated, physically ameliorated magnetic field, which is likewise generated by new coils. The successor created in Greifswald, the completely optimized WENDELSTEIN 7-X , is meant to test the construction principle developed at the IPP for the magnetic field cage. The core piece of the facility is its coil system made from 50 specially-formed, superconductive magnet coils. The generated magnetic field cage should occlude a plasma which, at temperatures of up to 100 million degrees, can infer convincingly to the power station properties of the stellarators, without previously producing an energy-yielding fusion plasma. The prototype components - superconductor cable, test coil and section of the cryostatic temperature regulator - have been completed and tested; all essential building components have been ordered.
The development and provision of the microwave heating was undertaken by the Karlsruhe Research Centre; the Jülich Research Centre is participating in the development of measuring instruments. In addition, the branch is co-operating with numerous international and German research institutes, including the University of Rostock, Stralsund Polytechnic College and Neubrandenburg Polytechnic College.
After personnel has been augmented, the IPP Branch in Greifswald will employ about 300 people. Costs are borne by the German Federal Government, the Federal State of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern and the European Union within the framework of the European Fusion Programme.
The Max Planck Institute for Plasma Physics
With approx. 100 employees, the Max Planck Institute for Plasma Physics
(IPP) in Garching and Greifswald constitutes one of the largest centres
for fusion research in Europe. It is a member of the European
Fusion Programme, to which the fusion laboratories of the European
Union and Switzerland have amalgamated.
The IPP is the only institute worldwide which is developing both main types of fusion facilities - Tokamak and Stellarator - parallel to each other, thus enabling a direct comparison between the two: In Garching the IPP is operating the Tokamak ASDEX Upgrade - the largest German fusion facility - and, until autumn 2002, the Stellarator WENDELSTEIN 7-AS. At the Greifswald Branch, where the focus is on the further development of stellarators, the successor WENDELSTEIN 7-X is being developed.
VEvent and Visitor Centre:
Max Planck Institute for Plasma Physics (IPP)
Greifswald Branch
Wendelsteinstraße 1
D-17491 GreifswaldTel.: +49 03834 / 88 - 1203 Fax: + 49 03834 / 88 - 2009 E-Mail: beate.kemnitz@ipp.mpg.de Press and Information Centre:
Max Planck Institute for Plasma Physics (IPP)
Boltzmannstraße 2
D-85748 GarchingTel.: +49 89 / 3299 - 1288 Fax: + 49 89 / 3299 - 2622 E-Mail: info@ipp.mpg.de
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