Max-Planck-Institut für Sonnensystemforschung Max Planck Institute for Solar System Research Tätigkeitsbericht 2012 Activity Report 2012 Inhalt / Contents 1 Inhalt Contents 1 Wissenschaftliche Zusammenarbeit 3 Scientific collaborations 1.1 Wissenschaftliche Gäste 3 Scientific guests 1.2 Aufenthalt von MPS-Wissenschaftlern an anderen Instituten 5 Stay of MPS scientists at other institutes 1.3 Projekte in Zusammenarbeit mit anderen Institutionen 6 Projects in collaboration with other institutions 2 Vorschläge und Anträge 25 Proposals 2.1 Projektvorschläge 25 Project proposals 2.2 Anträge auf Beobachtungszeit 27 Observing time proposals 2.3 Anträge auf Recenzeit 27 Computing time proposals 3 Publikationen 28 Publications 3.1 Referierte Publikationen 28 Refereed publications 3.2 Doktorarbeiten 50 PhD theses 4 Vorträge und Poster 51 Talks and posters 5 Seminare 74 Seminars 6 Lehrtätigkeit 78 Lectures 7 Tagungen und Workshops 79 Conferences and workshops 7.1 Organisation von Tagungen und Workshops 79 Organization of conferences and workshops 7.2 Convener bei wissenschaftlichen Tagungen 80 Convener during scientific meetings 8 Gutachtertätigkeit für wissenschaftliche Zeitschriften 81 Reviews for scientific journals 9 Herausgebertätigkeit 82 Editorship 10 Mitgliedschaft in wissenschaftlichen Gremien 83 Membership in scientific councils Inhalt / Contents 2 11 Auszeichnungen 84 Awards Wissenschaftliche Zusammenarbeit / Scientific collaborations 3 1. Wissenschaftliche Zusammenarbeit / Scientific collaborations 1.1 Wissenschaftlich Gäste (mit Aufenthalt ≥1 Woche) Scientific guests (with stay ≥1 week) Miroslaw Barta (Astronomical Institute of the Czech Academy of Science, Ondrejov, Czech Republic), May and Sep (host: Büchner) Alexander Basilevsky (Bernadsky Institute, Moscow, Russia), 01 Jun – 31 Aug (host: Markiewicz) Ravindra Belur (Indian Institute of Astrophysics Bangaluru, India), 19 - 29 Mar (host: Solanki) Lokesh Bharti (Astronomy & Astrophysics Laboratory, Udaipur, India), 21 Oct – 16 Nov (host: Solanki) Anusha Bhasari (Indian Institute of Astrophysics, Bangaluru, India), 09 Jan – 09 Mar (host: Solanki) Reetam Biswas (Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur, India), 03 Mai – 17 Jul (host: Gizon) Nikolay Borisov (Institute of Terrestrial Magnetism, Ionosphere and Radio Waves Propagation (IZMIRAN), Troitsk, Russia) 14 Mai – 15 Jun (host:Krüger) Nikolay Borisov (Institute of Terrestrial Magnetism, Ionosphere and Radio Waves Propagation (IZMIRAN), Troitsk, Russia), 31 Oct – 26 Nov (host: Fraenz) Alexey Burlakow (Space Research Institute (IKI), Moscow, Russia), 01 – 15 Feb (host: Hartogh) Lihui Chai (School of Earth and Space Sciences, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei China), 15 Sep - 14 Sep 2013 (host: Büchner) Gwangson Choe (School of Space Research, Kyung Hee University, Yongin, Korea), 29 Aug - 31 Oct (host: Büchner, Solanki) Andrzej Czechowski (Space Research Centre, Warsaw, Poland), 10 Oct – 30 Nov (host: Hilchenbach) Aissatou Diallo (LISA, Paris, France), 01 Apr – 01 Jun (host: Goesmann) Jakob Deller (University of Kent, Canterbury, UK), 15 Oct – 09 Nov (host: Snodgrass) Bohla N. Dwivedi (Banares Hindu University, Varanasi, India), 12 – 25 Jun (host: Curdt) Nadia Evdokimova (Space Research Institute (IKI), Moscow, Russia), 01 Feb – 31 Mar (host: Hartogh) Li Feng (Purple Mountain Observatory, Nanjing, China), 26 Mai – 10 Sep (host: Inhester) Antonio Ferriz-Mas (University of Vigo, Orense, Spain), 05 – 12 Aug (host: Schmitt) Alberto Flandes (Ciencias Espaciales, Instituto de Geofisica, UNAM, Mexico), 01 Jun - 15 Jul (host: Krüger) Elena Grigorenko (Space Research Institute (IKI), Moscow, Russia), 11 - 17 Mar (host: Daly, Kronberg) Attila Hirn (MTA EK, Budapest, Hungary), 12 Sep – 11 Oct (host: Krüger) Nikolay Ignatiev (Space Research Institute (IKI), Moscow, Russia), 01 – 10 Nov (host: Markiewicz) Emre Isik (Istanbul Kultur University, Istanbul, Turkey), 23 Jan – 03 Feb (host: Schuessler) Hyunnam Kim (School of Space Research, Kyung Hee University, Yongin, Korea), 14 Mar - 10 Jun (host: Solanki) Sanhyuk Kim (School of Space Research, Kyung Hee University, Yongin, Korea), 19 Mar - 10 Jun (host: Solanki) Sunjung Kim (School of Space Research, Kyung Hee University, Yongin, Korea), 14 Mar – 10 Jun, 25 Jun – 22 Aug (host: Gizon, Solanki) Wissenschaftliche Zusammenarbeit / Scientific collaborations 4 Viktor Korokhin (Institute of Astronomy of Kharkiv National University, Kharkiv, Ukrakine), 10 Sep - 11 Oct (host: Mall) Konrad Kossacki (Warsaw University, Warsaw, Poland), 27 Aug – 30 Sep (host: Markiewicz) Pankaj Kumar (KASI, Daejeon, Korea), 30 Jul – 30 Aug (Innes) Takeshi Kuroda (Tokoku University, Sendai, Japan), 03 Sep – 06 Oct (host: Hartogh) Junggi Lee (School of Space Research, Kyung Hee University, Yongin, Korea), 14 Mar - 10 Jun, 30 Jun - 01 Aug (host: Büchner, Solanki) Kyoung-Sun Lee (School of Space Research, Kyung Hee University, Yongin, Korea), 26 Jan - 14 Mar (host: Innes, Solanki) Zhong Yi Lin (National Central University, Taiwan), 01 Oct - 10 Nov (host: Hilchenbach) Hao Luo (Institute of Geophysics, Beijing, China), 01 Nov – 01 Mar (host: Fraenz) Sadollah Nasiri (Zanjan University, Iran), 19 Sep - 18 Sep 2013 (host: Solanki) Dieter Nickeler (Astronomical Institute of the Czech Academy of Science, Ondrejov, Czech Republic), 03 - 30 Jun (host: Wiegelmann) Constantin Oprea (Institute of Geodynamics of the Romanian Academy, Bucharest, Romania), 21 Oct – 23 Nov (host: Inhester) Antonius Otto (University of Alaska, Fairbanks, USA), 08 Dec - 13 Jan 2013 (host: Büchner) Jinyhe Park (School of Space Research, Kyung Hee University, Yongin, Korea), 26 Jan - 29 Feb, 25 Jun - 22 Aug (host: Innes, Solanki) Elena Petrova (Space Research Institute (IKI), Moscow, Russia), 01 Oct – 15 Nov (host: Markiewicz) Silvia Protopapa (University of Maryland, College Park, USA), 23 Sep - 13 Oct (host: Boehnhardt) Nour-Eddine Raouafi (John Hopkins University, Laurel, USA), 15 Jan – 15 Feb (host: Solanki) Anatoly Remizov (Space Research Institute (IKI), Moscow, Russia), 15 Jun – 14 Sep (host: Hilchenbach, Krupp) Alexander Rodin (Space Research Institute (IKI), Moscow, Russia), 01 - 15 Feb (host: Hartogh) Jean Carlo Santos (Universidade de Brazilia, Brazil), 20 – 29 Feb (host: Büchner) Gerd Sonnemann (Institute of Atmospheric Physics, Kühlungsborn, Germany), 01 – 31 Oct (host: Hartogh) Larissa Starukhina (Institute of Astronomy of Kharkiv National University, Kharkiv, Ukraine), 22 Oct – 19 Nov (host: Mall) Hui Tian (High Altitude Observatory, Boulder, USA), 31 Jan – 17 Feb (host: Curdt) Xiaowei Zhao (Purple Mopuntain Observatory, Nanjing, China), 15 Sep – 14 Sep 2013 (host: Büchner) Hongqui Zhang (National Observatory, CAS, Beijing, China), 16 – 25 Apr (host: Büchner) Qiu-Gong Zong (Peking University, Beijing, China), 21 – 29 Jun (host: Daly, Haaland) Wissenschaftliche Zusammenarbeit / Scientific collaborations 5 1.2 Aufenthalt (≥1 Woche) von Wissenschaftlern des MPS an anderen Instituten Visits (≥1 week) of MPS scientists to other institutes Marco Bierwirth: Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, USA, 14 Mai - 25 Mai Robert Cameron: NAOC, Beijing, China, 12 Aug – 09 Sep Laurent Gizon: Observatoire de Paris-Meudon, France, 26 Apr – 03 Mai Laurent Gizon: Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences, New York, USA, 09 Aug – 23 Aug Laurent Gizon: Princeton University, Princeton, USA, 09 Aug – 23 Aug Walter Goetz: Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, USA, 01 Aug – 07 Nov Stein Haaland: ISSI, Bern, Switzerland, 15 Oct – 27 Oct Martin Hilchenbach: Dartmouth College, Hanover, USA, 19 Sep – 02 Oct Miriam Rengel: SRON, Groningen, The Netherlands, 25 Mar – 30 Mar Elias Roussos: Institute of Astronomy, National Central University, Taipei, Taiwan, 04 Mar – 11 Mar Dieter Schmitt: Institute of Theoretical and Applied Physics, Turunc-Marmaris, Turkey, 17 Sep – 24 Sep Colin Snodgrass : Las Cumbres Observatory, Santa Barbara, USA, 01 Feb – 11 Feb Colin Snodgrass : European Southern Observatory, Garching, Germany, 02 Apr – 11 Mai Sami K. Solanki : School of Space Research, Kyung Hee University, Seoul, Korea, 14 Apr - 05 Mai, 24 Aug – 18 Dec Vasyliunas: Center for Atmospheric Research, University of Massachusetts, Lowell, USA, 04 Jun - 12 Jun Yong Wei: Institute of Geology and Geophysics at CAS, Beijing, China, 01 Aug – 12 Aug Projekte / Projects 6 1.3 Projekte in Zusammenarbeit mit anderen Institutionen Projects in collaboration with other institutions Analysis and calibration of historical Ca II spectroheliograms N. A. Krivova, S.K. Solanki and Anuradha Kar in collaboration with I. Ermolli (INAF Osservatorio Astronomico di Roma, Italy). Application of MHD-equilibrium theory to Cluster data E. Kronberg in collaboration with D. Nickeler (Astronomical Institute AV CR Ondrejov); E. Panov (Space Research Institute, Austrian Academy of Sciences, Graz, Austria). A Search for Rising Magnetic Flux Concentrations A. C. Birch in collaboration with D. Braun (NWRA, Boulder, USA); Y. Fan (HAO, Boulder, USA). Asymmetry of bipolar active regions D. Schmitt in collaboration with A. Ferriz Mas (Universidad de Vigo, Orense, Spain). ASTROD I (Astrodynamical Space Test of Relativity using Optical Devices I) L. Gizon in collaboration with T. Appourchaux (IAS, Orsay, France); W.-T. Ni (Purple Mountain Observatory, Nanjing, China). BEIRUS U. Mall in collaboration with H. Nothaft, Siek (AIM, Heilbronn, Germany). BepiColombo – BELA (Laser Altimeter) R. Kallenbach, U. Christensen, H. Perplies and M. Hilchenbach in collaboration with N. Thomas, W. Benz, K. Gunderson, K. Seiferlin (Physikalisches Institut, Universität Bern, Switzerland); T. Spohn, E. Hauber, H. Michaelis, J. Oberst (DLR – Institut für Planetenforschung, Berlin, Germany); G. Beutler (Astronomisc hes Institut, Universität Bern, Switzerland); C. Fallnich (Laser Zentrum Hannover, Germany); D. Giardini (Institute of Geophysics, ETHZ, Zurich, Switzerland); O. Groussin (University of Maryland, College Park, USA); L. Jorda, P. Lamy (Laboratoire d’Astrophysique de Marseille, Marseille, France); L.-M. Lara, J. J. Lopez-Moreno, R. Rodrigo (Instituto de Astrofísica de Andalucía, Granada, Spain); P. Lognonné (Institut de Physique du Globe de Paris, Saint Maur des Fossé, France); D. Resendes (Instituto Superior Técnico, Universidade Técnica de Lisboa, Lisboa, Portugal). BepiColombo – MERTIS (Mercury Thermal Infrared Spectrometer) U. Mall in collaboration with K. Jessberger (Universität Münster, Germany); DLR Institut für Planetenforschung (Berlin, Germany). BepiColombo – MIXS U. Christensen, M. Hilchenbach in collaboration with G.W. Fraser (PI) (University of Leicester, UK). BepiColombo – MPPE-MSA (Mass Spectrum Analyzer as part of the Mercury Plasma Particle Experiment) N. Krupp, M. Fraenz, A. Loose, H. Fischer, and U. Bührke in collaboration with D. Delcourt (Laboratoire de Physique des Plasmas - LPP, Paris, France); Y. Saito (Jaxa/ISAS, Tokyo, Japan). BepiColombo – SERENA-PICAM (Planetary Ion CAMera) – Detector unit of the Neutral and Charge Particle Analyzers SERENA (Search for Exospheric Refilling and Emitted Natural Abundances). M. Fraenz , N. Krupp, A. Loose, and J. Woch in collaboration with S. Orsini (PI) (IFSI, Roma, Italy); K. Torkar (Institut für Weltraumforschung, Graz, Austria); J.-J. Berthelier (LPP-CNRS, St. Maur des Fosses, France); P. Escoubet (ESTEC, Noordwijk, The Netherlands); F. Leblanc (IPSL, Verrieres-Le- Buisson, France); K. Szego (Centre for Energy Research, Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Budapest, Hungary); O. Vaisberg (IKI, Moscow, Russia). CASSINI – MIMI/LEMMS (Low Energy Magnetospheric Measurement System of the Magnetospheric Imaging Instrument: data analysis). Projekte / Projects 7 N. Krupp, E. Roussos, A. Lagg, M. Andriopoulou, A. Kotova in collaboration with S. M. Krimigis, D. G. Mitchell, C. Paranicas, P. Kollmann (Applied Physics Laboratory, Johns Hopkins University, Laurel, MD, USA); D. Hamilton (University of Maryland, College Park, MD, USA); I. Dandouras (IRAP, Toulouse, France); T. P. Armstrong (Fundamental Technologies, Kansas, USA). CAST (CERN Axion Solar Telescope) S.K. Solanki and L. Gizon in collaboration with CAST experiment team (CERN, Genève, Switzerland). Castalia - Study of a mission to an Main Belt Comet H. Boehnhardt, M. Hilchenbach, H. Sierks and C. Snodgrass in collaboration with Fitzsimmons (Queens University, Belfast, UK); Braukhane, Hallmann (DLR SpaceSystems, Bremen, Germany); Homeister (OHB Company, Bremen, Germany); G. Jones (University College, London, UK); Herique, Kofman (University Grenoble, Grenoble, France); H. Hsieh (University of Hawaii, Hilo, USA); Alibert, Altwegg, Bieler, Schläppi (University Bern, Bern, Switzerland); Prialnik (University Tel Aviv, tel Aviv, Israel); Hainaut (ESO, Garching, Germany); Capria (INAF Rome, Rome, Italy); Miettinen, Pentilla, Zubko (University Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland); Fernando, Lara (IAA Granada, Granada, Spain); Bertini, Mazari (INAF Padova, Padova, Italy); Davidsson (University Uppsala, Uppsala, Sweden); Lowry (University Kent, Canterbury, England); Jehin (University Liege, Liege, Belgium); Licandro (IAC Tenerife, Santa Cruz, Spain); Bowles, Thomas (University Oxford, Oxford, England); Küppers (ESAC, Villafranca, Spain); Pätzold University Köln, Köln, Germany); Trieloff (University Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany). Chandrayaan-1 – SIR-2 U. Mall in collaboration with N. Goswami (PRL, Ahmedabad, India). CHOPPER U. Mall in collaboration with P. Wurz, K. Altwegg (Universität Bern, Switzerland). Climate forcing reconstructions for use in PMIP simulations of the Last Millennium N. Krivova and S.K. Solanki in collaboration with G.A. Schmidt, D.T. Schindell (NASA Goddard Institute for Space Studies and Center for Climate Systems Research, Columbia University, New York, USA); J.H. Jungclaus (MPI for Meteorologie, Hamburg, Germany); C.M. Ammann, B.L. Otto- Bliesner (NCAR, Boulder, USA); T.J. Crowley (School of GeoSciences, University of Edinburgh, UK); F. Joos (University of Bern, Switzerland); G. Delaygue (Université Joseph Fourier -Grenoble/CNRS, France); R. Muscheler (Lund University, Sweden); F. Steinhilber (Carnegie Institution of Washington, Stanford, USA); J.Pongratz (EAWAG, Duebendorf, Switzerland). Cluster II – CIS (Cluster Ion Spectrometer) M. Fraenz, P.W. Daly, and Y. Wei in collaboration with I. Dandouras (PI) (CESR, Toulouse, France); MPI für extraterrestrische Physik (Garching, Germany); Universities of New Hampshire, Washington, Seattle, Berkeley (USA). Cluster II – Cusp electrons S. Haaland in collaboration with B. Walsh (Boston University, Boston, USA). Cluster II – Ion outflow S. Haaland in collaboration with M. Andre, A. Eriksson, E. Engwall (Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden); B.Lybekk, A.Pedersen (University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway); C. Johnsen, N. Ostgaard (University of Bergen, Bergen, Norway); M. Foerster (Geoforschungszentrum Potsdam, Potsdam, Germany); K. Li, H. Zhao, Q.Y. Ren (Chinese Acandemy of Science, Beijing, China); B. Sonnerup (Dartmouth College, Hanover, USA); G. Paschmann (Max-Planck Institut für extraterrestrische Physik, Garching, Germany). Cluster II – RAPID (Particle spektrometer RAPID); Data analysis P.W. Daly (PI), E. Kronberg, and J. Büchner in collaboration with Q.G. Zong, Z.Y. Pu, S.Y. Fu (Beijing University, Beijing, China); T.A. Fritz, (BU, Boston, USA); M. Yamauchi (IRF, Kiruna, Sweden); H.S. Fu ( IRF, Uppsala, Sweden); G. D. Reeves, R.H.W. Friedel (LANL, Los Alamos, USA); D. N. Baker Projekte / Projects 8 (LASP, Boulder, USA); C.H. Perry, J. Davies, M. Dunlop (RAL, Didcot, UK); M.G.G.T. Taylor (ESTEC, The Netherlands); A.T.Y. Lui (APL, John Hopkins Universty, Laurel, USA); W.-L. Teh, R. Wang (IWF, Graz, Austria); K. Nykyrii (Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, Daytona, USA); Arpad Kis (Geodetic and Geophysical Institute, Hungarian Academy of Science, Sopron, Hungary); Y. Shpits (UCLA, Los Angeles, USA); E. Grigorenko (IKI, Moscow, Russia); I. Silin (University of Alberta, Canada). Cluster Active Archive and German Cluster Data Centre (CAA, GCDC, archiving of RAPID-EDI data) P.W. Daly and E. Georgescu in collaboration with M. Taylor, H. Laakso (ESA); C. H. Perry, J. Davies (RAL, Didcot, UK). Collaborative Research Center 963 "Astrophysical Flow Instabilities and Turbulence" - From solar to heliospheric flows and instabilities J. Büchner in collaboration with V. Bothmer (University of Göttingen, Germany). Collaborative Research Center 963 "Astrophysical Flow Instabilities and Turbulence" - Simulation of reconnection and dynamo action in turbulent plasma flows J. Büchner in collaboration with W. Schmidt (University of Göttingen, Germany). Collaborative Research Center 963 "Astrophysical Flow Instabilities and Turbulence" - Magnetic fields and dynamos: from planets to low-mass stars U. Christensen in collaboration with A. Reiners (University of Göttingen, Germany). Collaborative Research Center 963 "Astrophysical Flow Instabilities and Turbulence" - Origin and structure of magnetic fields in cool stars M. Schuessler in collaboration with A. Reiners (University of Göttingen, Germany). Collaborative Research Center 963 "Astrophysical Flow Instabilities and Turbulence" - Solar turbulent convection probed by helioseismology L. Gizon and J. Langfellner in collaboration with T. Hohage, D. Fournier, M. Holzke (University of Göttingen, Germany). Collaborative Research Center 963 "Astrophysical Flow Instabilities and Turbulence" - Asteroseismology and dynamos in solar-like stars L. Gizon, E. Papini and H. Schunker in collaboration with University of Göttingen (Germany). Comparative analysis of plasma environment at Mars and Venus M. Fraenz in collaboration with U. Motschmann, K. H. Glassmeier (TU Braunschweig, Germany). Comparative helioseismic study of Active Region 9787 L. Gizon, A. C. Birch and H. Schunker in collaboration with H. Moradi (Monash University, Australia), D. C. Braun (CoRA, Boulder, USA); R. Bogart (Stanford University, USA); T. L. Duvall Jr. (NASA GSFC, Greenbelt, USA); I.González Hernández, R. Komm (NSO, Tucson, USA); D. Haber (JILA, Boulder, USA). Comparison of Inversion Codes A. Lagg in collaboration with J. M. Borrero, R. Rezai (KIS, Freiburg, Germany); A. Asensio Ramos, A. Lopez Ariste, H. Socas-Navarro (IAC, La Laguna, Spain); B. Lites, M. Rempel (HAO, Boulder, USA); T. Carroll (AIP, Potsdam, Germany); N. Vitas (Sterrenkundig Instituut Utrecht, The Netherlands); B. Viticchie (ESA/ESTEC, Noordwijk,The Netherlands). Computer Models of Solar Eruptions J. Büchner in collaboration with J. Santos (University of Brazilia, Brazilia, Brazil). CoRoT Program „Asteroseismology of Sun-like host HD 52665“ L. Gizon in collaboration with T. Stahn (University of Göttingen, Germany); J. Ballot, S. Vauclair, G. Vauclair (Observatoire Midi-Pyrenees, Toulouse, France); E. Michel, A. Baglin (Observatoire de Paris, Meudon, France). Projekte / Projects 9 COSIMA - cometary jets M. Hilchenbach in collaboration with Z. Y. Lin, W. Ip (National Central University, Taipeh, Taiwan). Cosmic-ray propagation M. Schuessler in collaboration with B. Heber (Universität Kiel, Germany); H. Fichtner (Universität Bochum, Germany). Coupled spin models for geomagnetic reversals D. Schmitt and J. Wicht in collaboration with N. Mori, M. Morikawa (Ochanomizu University, Tokyo, Japan); A. Ferriz Mas (Universidad de Vigo, Orense, Spain). Cross-helicity dynamo models D. Schmitt in collaboration with N. Yokoi (Institute of Industrial Science, Tokyo, Japan). Database MBOSS2 on minor bodies in the outer solar system H. Boehnhardt in collaboration with Olivier Hainaut (ESO, Garching, Germany); Silvia Protopapa (University of Maryland, College Park USA). DAWN A. Nathues, U. Christensen, P. Gutierrez, I. Hall, L. Le Corre, V. Reddy, S. Schroeder, J.-B. Vincent, and M. Hofmann in collaboration with R. Jaumann, S. Mottola (DLR/Institut für Planetenforschung, Berlin, Germany); H. Michalik, B. Fiethe (Institut für Datentechnik und Kommunikationsnetze, Braunschweig, Germany); C. Russell, C. Raymond (University of California, Los Angeles, USA); K. C. Patel, E. Miller (Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, USA). DFG-ISDUST (Insterstellar Dust in the Solar System) H. Krüger in collaboration with Nicolas Altobelli (ESA/ESAC, Villafranca, Spain); Mihaly Horanyi (LASP, University of Colorado, Boulder, USA); Veerle Sterken, Eberhard Grün, Ralf Srama (MPI für Kernphysik, Heidelberg, Germany). DFG Priority Programme 1176: Climate and Weather of the Sun-Earth-System (CAWSES). Influence of the mean circulation on gravity wave generation. P. Hartogh and A. Medvedev in collaboration with T. Kuroda (Tohoku University, Sendai, Japan); E. Yigit (University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA) DFG Priority Programme 1176: Climate and Weather of the Sun-Earth-System (CAWSES). Investi- gation of the solar influence on middle atmospheric water vapour and ozone during the last solar cycle – analysis of the MPS data set. P. Hartogh and C. Jarchow in collaboration with G. Sonnemann, U. Berger, M. Grygalashvyly (Leibniz-Institut für Atmosphärenphysik, Kühlungsborn, Germany). DFG Priority Programme 1176: Climate and Weather of the Sun-Earth-System (CAWSES). Support proposal for refurbishment and replacement of a microwave spectrometer to be used in the priority programme CAWSES. C. Jarchow in collaboration with F.-J. Lübken (Leibniz- Institut für Atmosphärenphysik, Kühlungsborn, Germany). DFG Priority Programme 1176: Climate and Weather of the Sun-Earth-System (CAWSES). Models of solar total and spectral irradiance variability of relevance for climate studies (SOLIVAR). N. A. Krivova and S. K. Solanki in collaboration with Freie Universität Berlin (Germany); Institut für Umweltphysik (Universität Bremen, Germany); MPI für Meteorologie (Hamburg, Germany). DFG Priority Programme 1488 - Planetary Magnetism. Intrinsic and Induced Magnetic Fields of the Terrestrial Planets and Their Influence on Atmospheric Escape and Water Inventory. M. Fraenz, Y.Wei, and J.Woch in collaboration with U.Motschmann (TU Braunschweig, Germany).