Meteorology and oceanography of the Atlantic sector of the Southern Ocean - a review of German achievements from the last decade

• Main Authors: Hellmer, Hartmut H., Rhein, Monika, Heinemann, Günther, Abalichin, Janna, Abouchami, Wafa, Baars, Oliver, Cubasch, Ulrich, Dethloff, Klaus, Ebner, Lars, Fahrbach, Eberhard, Frank, Martin, Gollan, Gereon, Greatbatch, Richard J., Grieger, Jens, Gryanik, Vladimir M., Gryschka, Micha, Hauck, Judith, Hoppema, Mario, Huhn, Oliver, Kanzow, Torsten, Koch, Boris P., König-Langlo, Gert, Langematz, Ulrike, Leckebusch, Gregor C., Lüpkes, Christof, Paul, Stephan, Rinke, Annette, Rost, Bjoern, Ruthers Van Der Loeff, Michael, Schröder, Michael, Seckmeyer, Gunther, Stichel, Torben, Strass, Volker, Timmermann, Ralph, Trimborn, Scarlett, Ulbrich, Uwe, Venchiarutti, Celia, Wacker, Ulrike, Willmes, Sascha, Wolf-Gladrow, Dieter
• Format: Text
• Language: unknown
• Published: Berlin : Springer 2016
• Subjects: Antarctica; Polar meteorology; Polar oceanography; Southern Ocean; Weddell Sea; Atmospheric boundary layer; Boundary layers; Climate change; Climate models; Ice; Meteorology; Ozone layer; Sea ice; Storms; Trace elements; Weather forecasting; German research foundations; Meridional overturning circulations; Southern ocean; Temporal and spatial scale; Weather forecast models; Oceanography; Dewey Decimal Classification500 | Naturwissenschaften550 | Geowissenschaften; Dewey Decimal Classification500 | Naturwissenschaften530 | Physik; Dewey Decimal Classification500 | Naturwissenschaften551 | Geologie, Hydrologie, Meteorologie; Antarctic; Neumayer; Weddell; Dewey; Alfred Wegener Institute; Antarc*; Ice Shelves
• Online Access: https://dx.doi.org/10.15488/1037; http://www.repo.uni-hannover.de/handle/123456789/1061

In the early 1980s, Germany started a new era of modern Antarctic research. The Alfred Wegener Institute Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research (AWI) was founded and important research platforms such as the German permanent station in Antarctica, today called Neumayer III, and the research i...