Leibniz Association funds innovative research project on atmospheric physics
The IAP is pleased to announce that the "IMPAGT" project applied for by Prof. Dr Claudia Stephan in the Leibniz Programme for Women Professors has been approved. IMPAGT (Investigating MLT Processes with Atmospheric modelling from Ground to lower Thermosphere) develops new modelling and analysis strategies to understand the processes in the mesosphere and thermosphere (MLT) in the context of the entire Earth system and beyond.
The MLT plays an important role in atmospheric research because of its relevance to both the rapidly evolving space infrastructure and climate change. IMPAGT aims to extend the numerical weather and climate model ICON (Icosahedral Nonhydrostatic Model) to create a comprehensive model of the entire atmosphere from the Earth's surface to space. Thanks to the high resolution, only few assumptions about processes that are not directly simulated are necessary.
Prof. Dr Claudia Stephan: "The approval of IMPAGT as part of the Leibniz Professorship Programme strengthens the position of the Leibniz Association in climate research. The project defines the future of the Department Modelling of Atmospheric Processes, but is also a great benefit for the entire IAP, as we work closely with the other departments."
The IAP is looking forward to the innovations and new research results.
Photo: NASA earth observatory
The Leibniz-Institute of Atmospheric Physics is one of the German main centers for Middle Atmosphere research and maintains active cooperations with several international research organizations. The institute is located near the Baltic Sea resort Kühlungsborn, owns a separate site on the island Rügen, and is a major partner of the ALOMAR observatory in northern Norway. As associated institute of the Rostock University it is part of the teaching programme in physics. A total of about 90 persons is employed at IAP. The institute realizes an equal-opportunity and family-friendly human resource policy and is certified with the audit "berufundfamilie" ('career and family').
Contact: Director Prof. Claudia Stolle cstolle@
iap-kborn.de