AIDA

Research Topics of IMK-AAF at Karlsruhe Institute of Technology

Principal R&D Contributions to the following Program Topics (PT) of the HGF Research Program "Earth and Environment", Programme 3 "Atmosphere and Climate"

·         PT 1: Dynamics and cloud processes in the atmosphere

·         PT 3: Trace gas and aerosol processes in the troposphere

·         PT 4: Composition and dynamics of the upper troposphere and stratosphere

 

The annual report 2003 - in German language - is available for download (PDF, 1.8 MB)

Actual research projects:

• DFG SPP 1313: Biological Responses to Nanoscale Particles – Subproject: NANOSYNCC
• DFG SPP 1294: Atmospheric and Earth system research with the „High Altitude and Long Range Research Aircraft“ (HALO) – Subprojects: AIDA-HALO, AMOSIL, SHARC
• Virtual Institute "Aerosol Cloud Interaction"
• Virtual Institute "Zentrum tropische Tropopausenregion (ZTT)" (Centre: Tropical Tropopause Region) 
• Virtual Institute "Atmosphärenforschung mit dem Forschungsflugzeug HALO" (Atmospheric Research with Research Aircraft HALO)
• ACCENT: Atmospheric Composition Change, the European Network of Excellence
• EUROCHAMP: Integration of European Simulation Chambers for Investigating Atmospheric Processes
• INTROP: Interdisciplinary Tropospheric Research: from the Laboratory to Global Change
• SCOUT: Stratosphere-climate links with emphasis on the upper troposphere and lower stratosphere
• Urban aerosol in Raipur, India

Former research projects:

• PAZI: Particles from aircraft engines and their impact on contrails, cirrus clouds, and climate
• POSTA: Multiphase processes in the polar stratosphere: In situ measurements and simulations
• CIPA: Comprehensive investigation of polar stratospheric aerosols (final report, 10.6 MB)
• EUROTRAC-2/Subproject CMD (annual reports on AIDA activities: 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001)
• EUROTRAC-2/Subproject PROCLOUD (overview, final report on AIDA activities)
• BMBF project AFS: Kinetic investigations of chemically and climatically relevant gas-particle interactions in a coolable aerosol chamber (final report, final seminar)