Theoretical Meteorology addresses dynamic mechanisms and interaction on various scales as well as the combined effects of the ocean and the atmosphere. Conceptual and simulation models are used along with statistical techniques, with emphasis being laid on links with hydrological processes. A new field, Remote Sensing of the Condensed Phase in the atmosphere and the upper soil layer, is currently being developed. Institute of Geophysics and Geology Institute of Geophysics and Geology Work concentrates on the physics of the Earth, engineering and environmental geophysics, theoretical geophysics and the geology of the Quaternary Period. Physics of the Solid Earth emphasises global geophysical fields, the structure of the Earth, volcanology, and the structure and processes of the lithosphere.
Areas studied include unconsolidated rock, hollow spaces and geological barriers.
Among the techniques used are geoelectric tomography, hydrogeophysics, isotopic geochemistry and georadiometry. Engineering and Environmental Geophysics explores the upper Earth's crust by using seismic surveys, georadar, geomagnetics, gravimetry, geothermometry and georadiometry. Theoretical Geophysics explores seismic and electromagnetic wave propagation, the structure of the Earth's crust and the mantle, as well as seismic focuses and risks. This involves work on the potential theory, tomography and inversion of geophysical fields. Fundamental questions of the geology and palaeontology of the Tertiary and Quaternary Periods are studied, while practical research is performed in environmental geology and hydrogeology.