ICE-4:

In the climate division of the Institute of Climate and Energy Systems at Forschungszentrum Jülich, the focus is on the atmosphere. ICE-4 investigates chemistry, dynamics and microphysics in the stratosphere and tropopause region and their role in the climate system.

To this end, aircraft and balloon-based experiments are carried out to elucidate processes on predominantly local and regional scales. The evaluation and use of satellite data extends these studies to global and climatological scales. The evaluation of the measurement data is closely interlinked with model calculations.