My research focuses on the role of diabatic processes for the large-scale circulation and the interaction between processes across scales.
Already during my PhD at ETH Zurich I focused on the interplay of smaller-scale convection embedded in a large-scale and strongly ascending coherent airstream in extratropical cyclones (the so-called warm conveyor belt - WCB). At KIT, I started to work at the interface between microphysical processes and the larger-scale extratropical circulation. Together with Corinna Hoose (Cloud Physics, KIT), Christian Grams (Large-scale Dynamics and Predictability), and Annette Miltenberger (Theoretical Cloud Physics, JGU Mainz), we employ sensitivity experiments in two-way nested ICON simulations to explore the sensitivity of WCB ascent to the representation of individual microphysical processes in the ICON two-moment microphysics scheme. Our research with the focus on 'cloud-scale uncertainties' is embedded in the transregional collaborative research center 'Waves to Weather'.

    since 05/2020: Postdoctoral Researcher, IMK-TRO, KIT, Germany
    01/2020-04/2020: (Post-)Doctoral Researcher, IAC, ETH Zurich, Switzerland, supervised by Heini Wernli
    2016-2019: PhD student, Institute of Atmosphere and Climate, ETH Zurich, Switzerland; supervised by Heini Wernli
    2014-2016: Master studies in Environmental sciences - major Atmosphere and Climate, ETH Zurich, Switzerland

Oertel, A. and Schemm, Se. S. (2021). Quantifying the circulation induced by convective clouds. Q.J.R. Meteorol. Soc., 1752-1766, doi: 10.1002/qj.3992 (Feature Article).

Oertel, A., Sprenger, M., Joos, H., Boettcher, M., and Wernli, H. (2021): Observations and simulation of intense convection embedded in a warm conveyor belt - how ambient vertical wind shear determines the dynamical impact. Wea. Clim. Dyn., 2, 89-110, doi: 10.5194/wcd-2-89-2021.

Oertel, A., Joos, H., Boettcher, M., Sprenger, M. and Wernli, H. (2020): Potential vorticity structure of embedded convection in a warm conveyor belt and its relevance for the large-scale dynamics. Wea. Clim. Dyn., 1, 127-153, doi: 10.5194/wcd-1-127-2020.

Gehring, J., Oertel, A., Vignon, E., Jullien, N., Besic, N., and Berne, A. (2020): Microphysics and dynamics of snowfall associated to a warm conveyor belt over Korea. Atmos. Phys. Chem., 20, 7373-7392, doi: 10.5194/acp-20-7373-2020.

Oertel, A., Boettcher, M., Joos, H., Sprenger, M. Konow, H., Hagen, M. and Wernli, H. (2019): Convective activity in an extratropical cyclone and its warm conveyor belt ‐ a case study combining observations and a convection‐permitting model simulation. Q.J.R. Meteorol. Soc., 145, 1406-1426, doi:10.1002/qj.3500.

Lee, H., Oertel, A. and Mayer, M. (2016): Evaluation method for the human-biometeorological quality of urban areas facing summer heat. Gefahrstoffe Reinhaltung der Luft 76, 275-282.

Oertel, A., Emmanuel, R. and Drach, P. (2015): Assessment of predicted versus measured thermal comfort and optimal comfort ranges in the outdoor environment in the temperate climate of Glasgow, UK. Build. Serv. Eng. Res. Techn. 36, 482-499, doi: 10.1177/0143624414564444.