AWIPEV Base 2014

NySMAC Meeting 14./15. April 2014

Helsinki

Base Highlights from winter 2013/14

• All new team coming to the base in 2014

• Cooperation with Dutch Arctic Research Programme:

three projects to host in 2014, beginning mid April

• Planning for a new, joint station building proceed,

the winner of a student competition will present his draft

• Highest number of projects ever at AWIPEV Base in 2014

Kerstin, Verena, Thomas

The all new AWIPEV team 2014

• 53 projects hosted by AWIPEV:(12 France, 38 Germany, 3 Holland)

• 14 projects all year (automated or operated by base personel)

• Ca 4000 person days currently planned(Staff included)

Planned activities at AWIPEV

Base Occupancy 2014 (expected)

April June August 2014

Main planned Projects in 2014

Atmosphere:

- Aerosol / boundary layer investigations (spring campaign, continuous)

- Aerosol – Cloud interactions (tethered balloon campaigns)

- Atmosphere – snow interaction (ePOP, CHIMERPOL/CLIMSLIP)

Marine Biology / Ecology; terr. Biology; ornithology

- ECOTAB marine benthic observations

- Arctic Macroalgae / diving activities: 5 new projects

- Succession of benthic communities (diving & ROV deployment)

- AMUST: ocean accidification

Permafrost observations Glaciology

Science Highlights winter 2013/14

• Long ozone balloon campaign observing Arctic ozone loss

• Under Water Observatory operated successful

• The most early start into the spring/summer season ever,

base already filled up

AWIPEV Base managers :

Roland Neuber, Dirk Mengedoht (AWI)

Dominique Fleury (IPEV)

awipev@awi-potsdam.de

www.awipev.eu