To connect early career scientists in atmospheric sciences from local institutions, a trip to the Meteorological Observatory Lindenberg and the nearby Weather Museum was organized. In total, 25 people from 6 different institutions working on a variety of atmospheric research topics participated in the tour. These included master and phd students as well as early post-docs and other scientific staff.

After a joint journey to Lindenberg (Tauche) by train, the first hour was spent in an informal get-together with coffee and tea in the club house of the Lindenberg Observatory. Following a short introduction of the German Weather Service, a guided tour of the Observatory and its measurement instruments was given. The highlight was the atmospheric sounding with a radiosonde, which is done 4 times a day and measures the vertical distribution of atmospheric variables such as pressure, temperature, humidity, wind speed and direction. The tour continued with vertical measurements taken by drone, a look at different wind profiler and the instruments used to measure radiation processes. After the tour, a presentation on In-Situ Sounding and the GRUAN network was given.

A vegan lunch was held in the rooms of the Weather Museum which gave more opportunity for exchange. Afterwards, a guided tour of the Weather Museum was given, which included the history of the Lindenberg Observatory and of vertical measurements, as well as a look at historical weather kites, balloons and instruments. Following the tour, the participants had some time to go through the exhibition on their own, which features more displays on how the weather and climate system work, how a weather report is made and many more related topics.

After a short walk back to the club house at the Lindenberg Observatory there was more opportunity for networking between the participants. To allow conversations about their own research topic, everyone prepared 2-6 emojis to represent their topics which others had to guess and debate on. Concluding the day, upcoming events and the possibility for future events were discussed.
The networking trip to Lindenberg was a success in bringing together early career scientists of different institutes in the Berlin-Brandenburg region. We want to thank everyone who made this trip possible: Lionel Doppler and everyone else who gave us insights into their work at the Lindenberg Observatory (DWD); Jannis Buttlar and the team of the Wettermuseum; Geo.X, and in particular Jonas Kuppler, for funding and support.

Text: Maren Böltes