to the website of the Leibniz-Institute of Atmospheric Physics e.V. at the Rostock University (IAP). The Institute has been founded in 1992 and is member of the research association 'Wissenschaftsgemeinschaft Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz (WGL)'. The institute is located near the Baltic Sea resort Kühlungsborn and owns a separate site on the island Rügen, close to Juliusruh. In addition IAP 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').
The Leibniz-Institute is one of the German main centers for Middle Atmosphere research and operates active cooperations with several international research organizations. The most important scientific topics at IAP are
The aims of the IAP are described in the Scientific Framework Program.
(21.01.2021 10:15) Dr. Tarique Siddiqui (IAP) Separating the geomagnetic and lower atmospheric forcing effects in the ionosphere more
(28.01.2021 10:15) Dr. Petr Sacha (Univ. Wien) On the complex interaction between parameterized orographic gravity wave drag and resolved dynamics in chemistry-climate models more
(09 Sep 2020) Global research and international relation. At September 9th the ambassador of Peru Elmer Schialer ... more
(03 Jun 2020) Six months of MLT observations in Peru and Argentina with a new radar network. The mesoscale structures... more
(13 May 2020) Scientific life under conditions of Corona. New solutions for the supervision of students... more