Institutes / Labs

Measurements of stable isotopes are or were performed by:

  • 1961–1967: University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen
  • 1973–1978: International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), Vienna
  • 1978–2017 within the station network of the Federal Institute of Hydrology (BfG) and the German Meteorological Service (DWD): Helmholtz Munich - German Research Center for Environmental Health, Neuherberg
  • since 2015 (river water) and since 2018 (precipitation) to the present day: Federal Institute for Geosciences and Natural Resources (BGR), Hanover

Tritium measurements are or have been performed at the following laboratories:

  • 1961–1967: Radioactive Dating Laboratory Lal
  • 1973–1978: International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), Vienna
  • from 1978 to the present day within the station network of BfG and DWD: Federal Institute of Hydrology (BfG), Koblenz

Institutes and laboratories participating in the German Isotope Network (GIN) contributed the number of isotope data listed below (as of June 2026):

OrganisationLocationδ²Hδ¹⁸O³HTotal
Federal Institute of Hydrology (BfG)Koblenz48848831,60532,581
Helmholtz Munich - German Research Center for Environmental HealthNeuherberg11,28411,2372,77025,291
Federal Institute for Geosciences and Natural Resources (BGR)Berlin-Spandau8,9098,90917,818
Bavarian State Office for the Environment (LfU)Hof1,6611,9673,7747,402
Isodetect GmbHLeipzig/ Munich2,4832,4869295,898
State Agency for the Environment Baden-Württemberg (LUBW)Karlsruhe2296392,3443,212
GeoZentrum Nordbayern of the Friedrich-Alexander University (FAU)Erlangen/ Nuremberg1,1551,1552,310
Saarland State Office for Environment and Labour Safety Saarland (LUA)Saarbrücken63891,9542,106
Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research GmbH - UFZHalle7009903832,073
University of Heidelberg, Institute of Environmental Physics (IUP)Heidelberg143143563849
Forschungszentrum Jülich GmbH (FZJ)Jülich843843
Leibniz Institute for Baltic Sea Research (IOW)Warnemünde378378756
Federal Office for the Environment Switzerland (FOEN) Ittigen31131145667
University of Freiburg, Hydrology (UNR-Hydro)Freiburg309309618
German Meteorological Service (DWD)Offenbach604604
International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), WISER portalVienna197197194588
Arsenal ResearchVienna285288573
Freiberg University of Mining and TechnologyFreiberg498498
State Office for the Environment, Mining and Nature Conservation (TLUBN)Jena (Thuringia)113202127442
Institute of Applied Geophysics (LIAG)Hanover169234403
University of Bremen, Institute of Environmental Physics (IUP)Bremen384384
Austrian Research Centers (ARC), today: Seibersdorf LaboratoriesVienna43108108259
Austrian Institute of Technology (AIT)Vienna7878102258
Radiation Protection, Analytics & Disposal (VKTA)Dresden-Rossendorf158158
Hydroisotop GmbHSchweiten-kirchen444454142
Univ. of Copenhagen, Dept. of Geosciences & Natural Resource ManagementCopenhagen5659115
University of Innsbruck, Quaternary Research GroupInnsbruck353570
International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), Radioactive Dating LaboratoryVienna6565
Authority for the Environment, Climate, Energy, and Agriculture (BUKEA)Hamburg194261
LUFA-ITL GmbH, today: AGROLAB LUFA GmbHKiel4848
SGS Institut Fresenius GmbHTaunusstein3232
Eurofins IAF-Radioökologie GmbHRadeberg2929
Technical University of Darmstadt, Institute of Applied Geosciences (IAG)Darmstadt2020
AGROLAB Umwelt GmbHKiel1212
Eurofins Umwelt Nord GmbHOldenburg66
Society for Radiation Research (SRR)?2215
GFZ Helmholtz Centre for GeosciencesPotsdam 
Justus-Liebig University of Giessen (JLU), Landscape, Water, and Bio-geochemical CyclesGiessen 
Leibniz Institute of Freshwater Ecology and Inland Fisheries (IGB)Berlin 
​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​Leibniz Centre for Agricultural Landscape Research (ZALF)Müncheberg 
Technical University of Braunschweig, Institute of Geoecology (IGÖ)Braunschweig 
Dresden University of Technology, Core Facility Environment Analytics (CFEA)Dresden 
University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences (BOKU), Institute of Soil ResearchVienna 
University of Kassel, Institute of Water, Waste and Environmental Engineering (IWAU)Kassel 
University of Koblenz and Landau, Institute for Groundwater Ecology (IGÖ)Landau 
Total28,68131,14247,373107,196

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