Launching radiosondes at 2 am and celebrating incoming rain — welcome to the world of our scientists Julia Windmiller and Laura Köhler!

They are currently on the move with the #ship campaign MSM114/2 on the research vessel Maria S. Merian. In the next days, they will sample profiles of the innertropical convergence zone — the equatorial zone where the trade winds converge.

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