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Meteorology

The weather in the North Atlantic is very changeable, both from day to day and from year to year. There is a close relation between the climate in Europe and the processes which occur in the North Atlantic, and it is these annual variations in the Atlantic's climatic fluctuations that have now become the focus of intense scientific research.

At the Niels Bohr Institute research is carried out on these climatic variations which occur over a timescale of many years. By comparing the oxygen isotopes in the atmosphere with the oxygen isotopes in ice cores from the Greenlandic Ice Sheet researchers can get a picture of how our current climate changes compare with climate change in the past.

Oceanography

While meteorologists research climate by studying the atmosphere, oceanographers research the climate by studying the sea. The ocean covers nearly ¾ of the surface of the Earth, so it is therefore a very important part of the climate scene. With the help of satellite measurements they monitor the temperature and the environment of the sea, and examine how water masses mix and how materials and heat are transported in the oceans.

Geodesy

Geodesy is the study of the size and form of the Earth and surveying its surface. The research group work with analyses and model calculations if the Earth's gravitational field using data from planes and satellites such as the German CHAMP Satellite. The group are also a part of a European collaboration, which processes data from ESA's Gravity and Ocean Circulation Explorer Mission.

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