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MPG - Max-Planck Gesellschaft Institut
The Max Planck Institute for Meteorology (MPIM) (http://www.mpimet.mpg.de) was founded as an institute dedicated to fundamental climate research.

The overall mission of the Max Planck Institute for Meteorology is to understand how chemical, physical, and biological processes, as well as human behaviour contribute to the dynamics of the Earth system, and specifically how they relate to global climate changes.

The objectives of the institute are to undertake an analysis of the Earth's composition and dynamics, focusing on the interactive biological, chemical and physical processes that define Earth System dynamics, and more specifically to develop and use the appropriate tools to investigate the complexity of the Earth system, explain its natural variability, assess how the system is affected by changes in landuse, industrial development, urbanization, and other human induced perturbations.

Among these tools are advanced numerical models that simulate the behaviour of the atmosphere, the ocean, the cryosphere and the biosphere, and the interactions between these different components of the Earth's system.