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Praxis test for VAHCOLI

EOS points on IAP publication

Remarkable noctilucent clouds over Northern Germany Kühlungsborn, 29 April 2021 "In summer 2019 the NLCs were so much abundant, long-lasting and bright... (more in German)

SCOSTEP Award

Distinguished Service Award for IAP director Kühlungsborn, 13 April 2021 Since 2004 Prof Franz Josef Lübken is active in SCOSTEP...(more in German)

ROMIC-II started

Kick-off meeting of second phase of BMBF funded project Kühlungsborn, 26 February 2021 At 26 February 2021 the virtual kick-off meeting took place, ...(more in German)

Corona Virus

Current information from the Ministry of Education MV on dealing with the coronavirus can be found on the website of the Ministry of Education, Science and Culture (MBWK)

Two Humboldt Fellows

Research and education in an international frame Kühlungsborn, 01 Dec 2020 The Alexander-von-Humboldt Foundation is funding two postdocs who work now for two years at IAP... (more in German)

New SAW project at IAP

Leibniz Association funds study on four-dimensional structures Kühlungsborn, 26 Nov 2020 There is a new project at IAP - FORMOSA. This stands for... (more in German)

Two highlighted articles

IAP contributions to metal layers and gravity waves in AGU journals Kühlungsborn, 01 Oct 2020 Just two IAP contributions were mentioned in EOS... (more in German)

Visit of the Peruvian Ambassador

Global research and international relations Kühlungsborn, 09 Sep 2020 At September 9th, the Peruvian ambassador Elmer Schialer... (more in German)

SIMONe in South America

Six months of MLT observations in Peru and Argentina with a new radar network Kühlungsborn, 03 June 2020 The mesoscale structures of the Mesosphere / Lower Thermosphere (MLT) are mainly unexplored, in particular their horizontal dimensions. Recently, a special operating modus for meteor radars has been developed, that is named MIMO (Multiple-Input Multiple-Output). Coded signals are transmitted to the sky, reflected and received by different stations. For each signal, the individual ray path is then calculated and the four-dimensional wind field can be reconstructed from multiple observations of reflectors (meteor echoes). This system is named SIMONe – for „Spread spectrum Interferometric Multistatic meteor radar Observing Network“. The first SIMONe installation outside of Europe has been placed in a mountaneous region in Argentina, where also international field campaigns are being conducted. SIMONe Argentina consists of one transmitter and five receivers. One of the stations, El Calafate, has a special relation to Mecklenburg: Gunther Plüschow. Mr. Plüschow, son of an old mecklenburg family branch, undertook a series of expeditions to South America and died in 1931 at the foot of the El Perito Moreno glacier near El Calafate in an airplane accident.