Research interests:

Numerical Weather Prediction modeling

Cloud-radiative interaction

Dynamics and predictability of extratropical cyclones

Curriculum Vitae

2020-2024                 PhD student, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology

2016-2018                 M.Sc. Meteorology, Institute of Geophysics, University of Tehran

2012-2016                 B.Sc. Physics, University of Yazd, Iran

External Links

Google Scholar: https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=hJ_qbl0AAAAJ&hl=en

Linkdin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/behrooz-keshtgar/

Researchgate: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Behrooz-Keshtgar-2

Publications

Keshtgar, B.; Voigt, A.; Mayer, B.; and Hoose, C.. Uncertainties in cloud-radiative heating within an idealized extratropical cyclone. EGUsphere [preprint]. https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-2023-1699, 2023.

Keshtgar, B.; Voigt, A.; Hoose, C.; Riemer, M.; Mayer, B. Cloud-Radiative Impact on the Dynamics and Predictability of an Idealized Extratropical Cyclone. Weather and Climate Dynamics 2023, 4 (1), 115–132. https://doi.org/10.5194/wcd-4-115-2023.

Sullivan, S.; Keshtgar, B.; Albern, N.; Bala, E.; Braun, C.; Choudhary, A.; Hörner, J.; Lentink, H.; Papavasileiou, G.; Voigt, A. How Does Cloud-Radiative Heating over the North Atlantic Change with Grid Spacing, Convective Parameterization, and Microphysics Scheme in ICON Version 2.1.00? Geoscientific Model Development 2023, 16 (12), 3535–3551. https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-16-3535-2023.

Voigt, A.; Keshtgar, B.; Butz, K. Tug-Of-War on Idealized Midlatitude Cyclones Between Radiative Heating From Low-Level and High-Level Clouds. Geophysical Research Letters 2023, 50 (14), e2023GL103188. https://doi.org/10.1029/2023GL103188.

Keshtgar, B.; Alizadeh-Choobari, O.; Irannejad, P. Seasonal and Interannual Variations of the Intertropical Convergence Zone over the Indian Ocean Based on an Energetic Perspective. Clim Dyn 2020, 54 (7), 3627–3639. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00382-020-05195-5.