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Climate-Biosphere Interaction

Prof. Dr. Victor Brovkin

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Weather-Climate Interaction

Dr. Wei-Ting Hsiao

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Theoretical Ocean Dynamics

Dr. Noel Gutierrez-Brizuela

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Oceanographer Carl Wunsch Receives BBVA Award

Carl Wunsch standing in front of a desk and a shelf with lots of books.

The 18th Frontiers of Knowledge Award in the Climate Change and Environmental Sciences category goes to American oceanographer Carl Wunsch of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. The award, presented by the BBVA Foundation, recognizes Wunsch’s outstanding contributions to understanding the ocean’s role in the climate system.

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Visitor Information

Mercure Hotel Hamburg Mitte Schröderstiftstraße 3 20146 Hamburg 8-minute walk from MPI-M Phone: 040 / 450 69 - 0 Fax: 040 / 450 69 - 2940 www.mercure.accor.com Hotel Boritzka Schäferkampsallee 67 20357 Hamburg 10-minute walk from MPI-M Phone: 040 / 44 85 82 Fax: 040 / 45 67 00 www.hotel-boritzka.de YoHo - The Young Hotel Moorkamp 5 20357 Hamburg 10-minute walk from MPI-M …

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Workshop

Through this workshop, the institute has access to the full spectrum of machines that is necessary to handle all major metal, plastic, and wood work, including digitally controlled high precision machinery. Many measurement devices required for research projects of the institute are not commercially available. Therefore, they must be produced in the institute, requiring a well-equipped workshop and highly qualified staff. Highly precise instruments are built in co-operation with…

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Library and Information Services (BIS)

Bundesstr. 53 (Ground Floor) D-20146 Hamburg bis.erdsystem@mpimet.mpg.de Address Opening Hours Library in the Bundesstrasse building closed Due to the reorganization of the joint library infrastructure of the Max Planck Institute for Meteorology (MPI-M) and the University of Hamburg (UHH), as well as the upcoming renovation and conversion of the institute building, the library at Bundestrasse 53 will remain closed. The university library collection will be…

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International Office

The housing market situation in Hamburg is very tight, unfortunately - finding affordable housing, especially in popular neighborhoods, is difficult. For this reason, we recommend that you start looking for accommodation well in advance of your planned arrival. Sometimes housing opportunities arise only very spontaneously, this is not always foreseeable. Unfortunately, our MPI-M does not have its own guest house or guest apartments, so that the free housing market has to be explored when…

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Central IT

Contact Rainer Weigle Group leader Tel.: +49 (0)40 41173-373 rainer.weigle@mpimet.mpg.de Helpdesk Tel.: +49 (0)40 41173-361 help-it@mpimet.mpg.de Contact Central IT Services Central IT Services IT services are provided at MPI-M by the Central IT Services (CIS) group. The most important services of the Central IT Services are: Procurement, setup and management of IT hardware and software for both users (laptops, PCs) and infrastructure (servers, networks, etc.) Central user…

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Scientific Computing

Contact Dr. Daniel Klocke Group leader – Computational Infrastructure and Model Development Tel.: +49 (0)40 41173-144 daniel.klocke@mpimet.mpg.de Contact The Max Planck Institute for Meteorology develops and supports an IT environment enabling scientists to understand Earth’s changing climate, including a well-functioning interface to the DKRZ high performance computing environment. In the Scientific Computing Laboratory we care about our numerical modelling tools, the computing…

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Research Coordination

Contact Dr. Ulrike Kirchner Research Coordinator Phone: +49 (0)40 41173-235 ulrike.kirchner@mpimet.mpg.de Contact The research coordinator supports the directors and the managing director in all aspects of scientific management and in the running of day-to-day business, including internal and external communication, reporting and support for the Scientific Advisory Board and Board of Trustees. At the intersection with the institute's management, the coordination of the scientific…

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Administration

Administration aims to support all staff and guests of the institute. It is divided into the areas of Human Resources Management, Financial Accounting, Third-Party Funding Management (supporting proposals and projects), Purchasing, Travel Management, as well as General Services including Reception and House Technics. Contact details for each area are given below. Contact Chenbo Guo Head of Administration Tel.: +49 (0)40 41173-285 chenbo.guo@mpimet.mpg.de Contact Reception …