Research Projects at the French-German Arctic Research Base
Ny-Ålesund, BSRN measurement area. Photo: Holger Deckelmann
Research at the AWIPEV Base with the stations Koldewey, Rabot and Corbel covers a large field of modern polar research. Both, long term and short term projects of atmospheric research, marine and terrestrial biology, or cryosphere research, are carried out at the AWIPEV Research Base.
Many different measurements, excursions, as well as field expeditions are possible at the base. Prominent examples are atmospheric long term measurements, scientific diving, glacier expeditions, installation of measuring systems in the permafrost and launches of research balloons.
Procedure to submit project proposals for AWIPEV:
- Project proposals have to be submitted annualy until end of September for the season beginning April of the following year.
- Proposals are evaluated for their scientific merit and technical feasibility.
- French project proposals have to be submitted to IPEV
- German project proposals have to be submitted to the Koldewey-Secretariat at AWI in Potsdam. For German proposals please use this template .
A detailed description of the projects can be found here.
The complete project list (covers projects since 1998)