Field site work for atmospheric research is conducted in and at the institute building in Garmisch and at several remote sites. The following table gives a short list of sites (left column) and research programmes within which the research is embedded (right column).
| Garmisch (700 m) | NDACC, TCCON |
| Wank (1800 m) | |
| Schneefernerhaus (2600 m) | |
| Zugspitze summit (2963 m) | NDACC |
| Cape Point (Rep. of South Africa) | GAW |
| Höglwald (forest site near Augsburg, Germany) | TERENO |
| Ammer catchment area (northwest of Garmisch) | TERENO |
