AQFA - Air Quality Forecast and Analysis
Head of Department: H. Jakobs

• Regional Chemistry-Transport-Modelling with the EURAD mode

Monitoring, Analysis und Forecast
Head of Department: H. Elbern

• Regional Chemistry-Transport-Modelling with EURAD-IM
• Four-dimensional variational assimilation (4Dvar) of atmospheric trace-gas and aerosole data
• Inverse Modeling (Source Strength-Inversion) of special episodes e.g. volcano eruptions, wild fires and mineral dust outbreaks
• Operational forecast simulations, analysis and data assimilation
• Stratospheric chemistry with SACADA
• Energy-meteorological forecasts of wind and radiation

Head of Department: M. Pätzold

• Radioscience