====== AWIPEV ======
{{ :sites:awipev:panorama_view_217_57628c341301.jpg?500 |Photo: Holger Deckelmann (AWI)}}
Photo: Holger Deckelmann (AWI)

AWIPEV is the French-German Arctic Research Base operated by the Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research [[http://www.awi.de/|(AWI)]] and the French Polar Institute Paul Emile Victor [[http://www.institut-polaire.fr/language/en/|(IPEV)]]. Within the Transregional Collaborative Research Centre TR 172 "ArctiC Amplification: Climate Relevant Atmospheric and SurfaCe Processes, and Feedback Mechanisms (AC)³" ([[http://ac3-tr.de|(AC)³]]), the University of Cologne collaborates with AWI in the long-term observations at the Atmospheric Observatory.

===== Scientific Goals =====
Within (AC)³, researchers at the University of Cologne, University Bremen and AWI will characterize the thermodynamic structure, clouds, aerosols, and trace gases in the atmospheric column at Ny-Ålesund on a long-term basis. In Cologne, the research focus is on remote sensing of the termodynamic structure and cloud macro- and microphysical properties using the synergy of the established observations at AWIPEV and new instrumentation, e.g. a cloud radar. 
The ground-based observations at Ny-Ålesund will be in accompanied by satellite, aircraft and ship measurements, as well as modeling studies on various scales.

Specific scientific questions are  
  * To what extent and with which accuracy can we gain insight into the thermodynamic, trace gas, aerosol and cloud macro- and microphysical properties at Ny-Ålesund?
  * What is their impact on the radiation and energy budget throughout the vertical extent from the surface to the lower mesosphere?
  * How do Arctic low-level clouds respond to global climate change?
  * How representative are the Ny-Ålesund observations across other Arctic sites?
 
===== Location =====
{{ :sites:awipev:ny-alesund.jpg?300 |Ny-Ålesund map }}
Map: www.arcticstation.nl

Most instruments are located on the roof of the AWIPEV Atmospheric Observatory in the South of Ny-Ålesund (see map above).
  * Latitude:  78° 55' 22.8" N = 78.92327 °N
  * Longitude: 11° 55' 15.6" E =  11.92216 °E
  * Altitude:  11 m asl (ground) + 8 m (height of roof platform)


===== Quicklooks of products =====

[[http://atmos.meteo.uni-koeln.de/~hatpro/dataBrowser/dataBrowser2.html?site=Ny-Alesund&date=-1&UpperLeft=Joyrad94_Overview&UpperRight=CL51_Backscatter|Quicklook browser]]

===== Instruments =====
University of Cologne:
  * [[instruments:mirac:mirac|Microwaver radar/radiometer for Arctic clouds MiRAC]]
  * [[instruments:joyrad94:joyrad94|Cloud Radar JOYRAD-94]] (June 2016-July 2017)
  * [[instruments:mrrnya:mrrnya|Micro Rain Radar]]
  * [[instruments:parsivelnya:parsivelnya|Parsivel]]
  * [[instruments:pluvionya:pluvionya|Pluvio]]

AWIPEV (incomplete list):
  * Microwave Radiometer HATPRO
  * Ceilometer CL51
  * Wind lidar Windcube200
  * GRUAN radiosondes

===== Internal =====
[[sites:awipev:internal|enter here]]