The Institute ICE-3 explores the chemistry of the troposphere through atmospheric observations and simulation experiments, performs global observations, and simulates atmospheric chemistry and transport processes by numerical models.

Greenhouse gases and aerosols perturb the energy balance of the atmosphere and thus the climate system, and air pollution pose a threat to human and ecosystem health especially in industrialised countries and large cities. The mission of ICE-3 is to improve the predictability of air quality and climate by understanding the chemical transformation of emissions from anthropogenic and biogenic emissions.
The research of ICE-3 is part of Topic 1 “The atmosphere in Global Change” in the Helmoltz Programme “Changing Earth – Sustaining our Future”.

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Research Topics

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Photochemistry and Radicals

Investigation of the chemistry of free radicals (OH, HO2, RO2, NO3) in the atmosphere and their impact on the atmospheric self-cleaning and formation of secondary air pollutants (ozone, aerosols etc).

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Reactive Trace Substances

Measuring the concentration reactive trace substances and the exploration of their degradation pathways helps to understand the complex processes how pollutants are removed from the atmosphere.

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Aerosols

Investigations of the sources, the chemical composition, and the micro physical properties of atmospheric aerosols under various aspectes.

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Global Monitoring

The tropopause region and the adjacent layers of the upper troposphere and lowermost stratosphere are very sensitive to changes of the chemical composition and the climate. However, the knowledge about this region is still limited.

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Atmospheric Modelling

Our central goal is to expand our understanding of tropospheric processes and accurately model the atmospheric composition.

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