Scientific Highlights from ROMIC

The German Federal Ministry of Education and Research (Bundesministerium für Bildung und Forschung, BMBF) has launched a research initiative in 2013/2014 called ROMIC (Role of the Middle Atmosphere in Climate). The second phase of this project extends until 2024. The aim of ROMIC is to improve our understanding of long term variations in the stratosphere, mesosphere, and lower thermosphere and to investigate their potential role for
climate changes in the troposphere. This includes to study coupling mechanisms between various layers and the relative importance of anthropogenic and natural forcing, e.\ g., by the Sun. Scientists at a total of 13 research institutes in Germany are involved and cover a large range of experimental and theoretical topics relevant for ROMIC. Most projects are linked to international activities and cooperations. Some scientific highlightsfrom the research projects within ROMIC will be presented.