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Lena-Delta 2006 expedition
team is back home
November 28, 2006
On May 22, 2006 the German-Russian expedition "Lena Delta
2006" of the Alfred-Wegener-Institute (AWI), Section Periglacial
Research started into the siberian arctic. Main focus was on
microbiological, soil science, hydrological and palaeogeographical
investigations of permafrost areas in the Lena Delta.
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New topic installed
November 7, 2006
A new research topic "Atmospheric Water cycle"has
been installed. Lead is Prof. Kottmeier of Forschungszentrum
Karlsruhe.
Remark: Adaption of additional topics and the structure
adaption is in progress (as of Oct. 6, 2006)
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HGF - EOS Forum launched
November 1, 2006
A forum to discuss questions / suggestions / ... has been installed and is on-line.
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HGF – EOS PhD awarded
19. Oktober 2006
Mathias Bochow, HGF – EOS PhD of GeoForschungsZentrum Potsdam,
received the Poster Award for his presentation „Potential of
hyperspectral remote sensing data for the automated mapping
and monitoring of urban biotopes“ held at the 1st EARSeL Special
Interest Group Urban Remote Sensing workshop. The workshop took
place from March 2-3, 2006 at the Erwin Schrödinger Center,
Berlin – Adlershof. It was organized by the European Association
of Remote Sensing Laboratories (EARSeL)
and the Humboldt University, Berlin.
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Summerschool 2006
July 24-28, 2006
From July 24 up to Juli 28, 2006 Helmholtz-EOS
the first summerschool, located in the AWI guesthouse at Helgoland
island has taken place. Main topic this year was Ice and Ocean. Additional
all PhD candidates have presented their theses and discussed it
with the participating experts.
Report ... (in german only)
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Lena Delta 2006
May 10, 2006
The German-Russian "Lena Delta 2006" expedition of
the Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Ocean Research (AWI)
is scheduled to begin on 22 May 2006. The science focus will
be on microbiological, soil science, hydrological and palaeogeographical
investigations of permafrost areas in the Lena Delta.
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Natural Disasters Networking Platform (NaDiNe)
launched
April 6, 2006
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2005
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DISFLOOD Project launched
December 10, 2005
On November 17, 2005, the constituent meeting of the DISFLOOD
project was held at German Aerocace Center at Oberpfaffenhofen.
With this project a disaster information system for large-scale
river basins in Germany will be developed.
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Summerschool 2006
November 21, 2005
From July 24. up to Juli 28, 2006 Helmholtz-EOS will organize
a summerschool at Helgoland island.
Details later on.
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New cooperation contracts
established
November 17, 2005
Helmholtz-EOS cooperates with the United Nations University Bonn and the University of
Hamburg, Biocenter Klein Flottbek within the research topics "Land Surface Processes"
und "Disaster Management".
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First NaDiNe expert
group established
November 17, 2005
On November 7, 2005, the constituent meeting of the flood experts
group was held at GeoForschungZentrum Potsdam. With this event,
the Helmholtz-EOS Natural Disasters Networking Platform (NaDiNe)
project entered a new stage.
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Floods in Bulgaria:
Participation of NaDiNe in a EU expert commission
July 3 and 4, 2005
After a very rainy May and June, heavy rainfall on July 3 and
4, 2005 produced distrastrous floods in NE Bulgaria. The floods
of the Danube tributary rivers produced enormous damage to infrastructure,
agriculture, industry and houses. Five men lost their lives.
The government of Bulgaria asked the European Union for help.
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Information Needs
in Crisis Situations: Workshop on NaDiNe
June 1 and 2, 2005
A workshop on the Natural Disasters Networking Platform is being
held at the GeoForschungsZentrum Potsdam. Participants are from
the national crisis management operational level as well as
experts of the Helmholtz Association.
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Helmholtz EOS PhD
Program Kick off
April 25, 2005
The kick off meeting of the PhD Programm has been held in Berlin.
Twelve young scientists present their PhD theses. Participants
are among others the directors of the participating Helmholtz
Centers and the speaker of the research areas.
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Helmholtz-EOS Website
launched
Feb. 1, 2005
The Helmholtz-EOS Website has been published
Article
about Helmholtz in EOS Helmholtz News Letter [german]
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