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Overview

Name

Leibniz Institute for Tropospheric Research (TROPOS)

Funding

Free State of Saxony, Saxon State Ministry for Science and the Arts

Basic Funding

ca 13 Million Euro

External Funding

ca 4,7 Million Euro (German Research Foundation, European Union, others)

The institute is co-financed by tax revenue on the basis of the budget adopted by the Saxon Landtag.

The Institute is also funded by the Federal Ministry of Education and Research.

Employees

Employees	Number in total	Women
In total	145	51
Scientific and leading personnel	102	27
Doctoral candidates	47	17
Others	43	24

TROPOS Facilities

TROPOS main building, Source: Patric Seifert/TROPOS

Cloud Laboratory, source: Tilo Arnhold/TROPOS
Multifunctional building, source: TROPOS
Laboratory building for Chemistry of the Atmosphere, source: Tilo Arnhold/TROPOS
Research Station Melpitz, source: Gerald Spindler/TROPOS

Currently the TROPOS institute consists of five buildings, the main building including a laboratory section, the Cloud Laboratory, which has won architecture prizes, the multifunctional building and the laboratory building for Chemistry of the Atmosphere. The main building also houses the institute's library and the workshops.

With the admission to the Global Atmosphere Watch Programme of the Worls Meteorological Organization (WMO), the long-term research activities of the Melpitz Research Station (near Leipzig) relating the investigation of climate relevant fine particles and trace gases have been appreciated.

TROPOS hosts the WMO World Calibration Centre for physical in-situ aerosol measurements (WCCAP) to assure high quality standarts at national and international observations and for the training of personnel in this field.