The Institute of Geophysics and Meteorology installed successfully a remote sensing station in the Atacama desert at the Airport of Iquique/Chile. The group of Integrated Remote Sensing under Prof. Susanne Crewell will use the data from this station to observe the Stratus Clouds which form as fog the main source for water along the Pacific coast of the Atacama. The instruments at the station allow to determine liquid water content of the clouds, their temperature, dynamics and vertical extension. The photo shows from left to right a Cloud Radar, a Doppler Wind Lidar and a Microwave Radiometer.

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12 March 2018

The next few days we will share with you the exiting research conducted by our university in the Atacama Desert. The Atacama Desert stretches from the north of Chile up to the south of Peru and is the driest desert besides the polar regions. There are regions that haven’t seen a drop of rain for decades. The Chilean regions of the Atacama are examined by the Collaborative Research Centre 1211 „Earth – Evolution at the Dry Limit“ in regards to the forming and the development of landscapes and the evolution of life under such circumstances.

CRC1211 on instagram:
https://www.instagram.com/p/BgNygM4DP3t/?hl=de&taken-by=uni_koeln

If you want a more in depth view pick up the current issue of our university magazine!

Download Kölner-Universitätsmagazin:
https://www.portal.uni-koeln.de/sites/uni/images/UNIMAG/2018/1-18/unimag-1-18.pdf

Coordination of Geophysical data interpretation - Pritam Yogeshwar

My research within project A2 focuses on geophysical electromagnetic methods. These methods are an important and non-invasive tool to characterize the geological structure of the subsurface. Our goal is to use these geophysical methods, to provide larger scale spatial earth information as an addition to drilling, which often provides only point-information.

The methods we used were applied for the first time in these clay pans and proved to work extremely well.

“It was such an amazing experience, being out in the desert for a long time and being reduced to basics”

I am fascinated using geophysical methods to gain insights into the earth by only placing sensors on the earth. When we did the first measurements in one of the driest deserts, we were surprised to find thick electrical conductive deposits inside the earth sitting on top of a resistive basement

Further Information

• http://www.geomet.uni-koeln.de/yogeshwar.html#c6077

Contact

Dr. Pritam Yogeshwar
Phone: +49 (0)221 470-6127
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