details
- Name
- Leibniz-Institute of Atmospheric Physics (IAP)
- Native name
- Leibniz-Institute of Atmospheric Physics
- Address
- Leibniz-Institute of Atmospheric Physics e.V. at the University Rostock Schlossstraße 6 18225 Kühlungsborn
- Zipcode
- 18225
- City
- Kühlungsborn
- Country
- Germany
organisation profile
- the Leibniz-Institute of Atmospheric Physics e.V.
at the University Rostock (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. By June 2014, a total of 84 persons are employed at IAP
including 15 Ph.D. students. As associated institute of the University Rostock it is part of the teaching programme in physics.
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
- exploration of the mesosphere and lower thermosphere
- coupling of atmospheric layers
- long-term changes in the middle atmosphere
edmo metadata
- EDMO record id
- 3910
- Collating centre
- German Oceanographic Datacentre (DOD)
- Latest update
- 28 October 2015 4:35:09 PM