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- Name
- Institute of Environmental Physics, University of Heidelberg
- Native name
- Institut für Umweltphysik, Universität Heidelberg
- Address
- Im Neuenheimer Feld 229
- Zipcode
- 69120
- City
- Heidelberg
- Country
- Germany
- Phone
- + 49 6221 54-63 50
- Fax
- + 49 6221 54-64 05
- Email
- sekretariat@iup.uni-heidelberg.de
- Centre Website
- http://www.iup.uni-heidelberg.de/
organisation profile
- In Heidelberg, environmental physics continuously developed since the
1950s from the application of nuclear physics methods to environmental
research, mainly driven by Otto Haxel. In 1975, this led to the
foundation of the Institut für Umweltphysik (Institute of Environmental
Physics), the first of its kind in Germany, in the Fakultät für Physik
und Astronomie with Karl-Otto Münnich as its founding director.
From the start, the IUP focused on the underlying physics of a wide
spectrum of environmental processes and less on specific applications
in atmospheric sciences, soil sciences, hydrology, or oceanography.
This turned out to be a major strength and it continues to distinguish
the IUP from other large environmental research institutes. With this
focus, the IUP attains great flexibility in its methods and is able to
provide an environment where classical divisions between systems and
disciplines can be overcome. For instance, we investigate boundary
layers between compartments which determine the soil-atmosphere and
ocean-atmosphere interactions. This direction of research is also
adopted by large international programs, like the International
Geosphere Biosphere Project (IGBP), which in recent times focus
increasingly on investigation of interaction between compartments of
the Earth system. With its firm rooting in physics, the IUP sees itself
in an excellent position to recognize and investigate system properties
of our environment and the interplay of its subsystems (atmosphere,
cryosphere, soil, groundwater, oceans, ...).
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edmo metadata
- EDMO record id
- 2304
- Collating centre
- German Oceanographic Datacentre (DOD)
- Latest update
- 9 August 2010 5:48:48 PM
