Research Groups and Their Research Interests

Research Group M. O. Andreae

Interactions biosphere / atmosphere. Emissions from biomass burning. Chemical processes in the troposphere. Aerosols and their impact on climate. Emissions from the oceans.

Research Group J. G. Goldammer

Biomass burning and fire ecology. Ecological and atmospheric consequences of vegetation fires. History of vegetation fires. Host of the Global Fire Monitoring Center (GFMC).

Research Group J. Kesselmeier

Plant physiology and biosphere/atmosphere exchange. Study of emissions and uptake of trace gases by plants - sulfur gases, organic acids, nonmethane hydrocarbons, etc. Enzymatic processes of trace gas metabolism. Vegetation/atmosphere interactions in the tropical rainforest.

Research Group F. X. Meixner

Measurement of trace gas exchange fluxes between plant/soil system and atmosphere. Fluxes of nitrogen gases from soils and vegetation. Micrometeorological methods. Research in Europe, South America, and Africa.

Research Group U. Pöschl

Physical, chemical, and biological properties and interactions of aerosols and their effects on atmospheric chemistry and physics, the biosphere, climate, and public health. Field measurements, laboratory experiments, and model studies.

Research Group I. Trebs

Investigation of biosphere-atmosphere exchange fluxes of individual reactive nitrogen compounds (NO, NO₂, HNO₂, HNO₃, NH₃, NH₄NO₃, C₂H₃NO₅) in temperate and tropical ecosystems using advanced measurement techniques. Comprehensive field experiments exploring factors that control the cycling and transformation of reactive nitrogen at the surface-atmosphere interfaces based on state-of-the-art micrometeorological approaches are performed. Underlying mechanistic processes of sources and sinks are analyzed.