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Ongoing projects of working group "Aerosols, Trace Gases and Climate Processes"
Title	Contact
AERONET	Dr. B. Vogel
AWiCiT	Dr. B. Vogel, Prof. Dr. T. Leisner
ESM - Advanced Earth System Modelling Capacity	Dr. B. Vogel, Prof. Dr. P. Braesicke
REKLIM	Dr. B. Vogel
VOLIMPACT phase 1	Dr. B. Vogel, Dr. G. Hoshyaripour, Prof. Dr. C. Hoose
PermaStrom	Dr. G. Hoshyaripour, Dr. B. Vogel
VOLIMPACT Phase 2	Dr. G. Hoshyaripour, Dr. B. Vogel, Prof. Dr. C. Hoose

Ongoing projects of working group "Atmospheric Dynamics"
Title	Contact
TEEMLEAP - A new TEstbed for Exploring Machine LEarning in Atmospheric Prediction	Prof. Dr. P. Knippertz
ClimXtreme A5: The role of multi-scale dynamical processes in shaping recent and future extreme heat waves over Germany (DynProHeat)	Prof. Dr. J. Pinto, Prof. Dr. A. Fink, Prof. Dr. S. Pfahl Researcher: F. Becker
ClimXtreme A/B - Phase I	Prof. Dr. J. Pinto H. Feldmann Prof. Dr. Ch. Kottmeier Prof. Dr. A. Fink Prof. Dr. M. Kunz Dr. S. Mohr Dr. A. Voigt
DYVALOCCA - Dynamics, variability and bioclimatic effects of low clouds in western Central Africa	Prof. Dr. A. Fink, Prof. Dr. P. Knippertz Researcher: R. Aellig
MOTIV - MOisture Transport pathways and Isotopologues in water Vapour	Prof. Dr. P. Knippertz
REBECCA – Robust river basin planning under extreme climate events and fast socio-economic changes; Sub-project: Extreme weather events in future climate	Prof. Dr. A. Fink,
Waves to Weather	Prof. Dr. P. Knippertz, Prof. Dr. A. Fink

Ongoing projects of working group "Atmospheric Risks"
Title	Contact
Willis Hail Hazard Assessment	Dr. J. Fischer, Prof. Dr. M. Kunz
Understanding Large Hail Formation and Trajectories (LIFT)	M.Sc. E. Hühn, Prof. Dr. M. Kunz
Managing European hail risk under climate change (HAR-CC)	M.Sc. Ch. Sperka, Prof. M. Kunz
Assessing the Impact of Hailstorms in a future Climate (HailClim)	M.Sc. M. Tonn, Prof. Dr. M. Kunz, Dr. S. Mohr, Dr. J. Wilhelm
Model-based scenario analysis for optimizing crop production for climate change mitigation (ModOKlim-AP1)	Dr. M. Augenstein, Prof. M. Kunz
HailDetect	M.Sc. G. Kavil Kambrath, Prof. M. Kunz
High-resolution forecasting systems for hydrological extreme events in small and medium-sized catchments in Germany	Dr. P. Pandey, Prof. Dr. M. Kunz
Hail risk estimation (HARIS-SCM)	Prof. Dr. M. Kunz
Serial clustering of extreme events in Central Europe	M.Sc. K. Küpfer, Prof. Dr. M. Kunz
Early warning of hazardous weather	Prof. Dr. M. Kunz
Synthesis and Communication (SynCom)	Dr. S. Mohr, Dr. M. Agreiter (IMKIFU)

Ongoing projects of working group "Land Surfaces and Boundary Layer"
Title	Contact
AIRflows - a novel airborne Doppler lidar for high resolution wind measurements	Dr. Philipp Gasch
NAWDIC	Andreas Wieser, Jan Handwerker
TEAMx	Andreas Wieser, Jan Handwerker
MOSES - Modular Observation Solutions for Earth Systems	Dr. Andreas Wieser

Ongoing projects of working group "Convective Systems"
Title	Contact
HYMEX	Dr. Ulrich Corsmeier, Dr. Norbert Kalthoff, Dr. Christian Barthlott
DESERVE - The Virtual Institute DEad SEa Research VEnue	Prof. Dr. Ch. Kottmeier, Dr. U. Corsmeier, Dr. M. Nied, Dipl. Geoph. F. Lott, Dipl.-Met. J. Metzger
AERO-TRAM / Messungen der räumlichen Variabilität der Luftqualität in einem Ballungsraum mit einer Straßenbahn	Dipl.-Met. Rowell Hagemann, Dr. Bernhard Vogel, Dr. Ulrich Corsmeier
Doppler-Lidar-Network	Dr. Andreas Wieser
KITsonde: a novel modular multi-sensor dropsonde system for high resolution measurements	Dr. Andreas Wieser
PANDOWAE / Predictability and Dynamics of Weather Systems in the Atlantic-European Sector	Dipl.Met. Luisa Röhner, Dr. Ulrich Corsmeier

Ongoing projects of working group "Regional Climate and Weather Hazards"
Title	Contact	Funding	Startdate
ACTUATE - Climate adaptation scenarios to reduce the Impacts of extreme events	Dr. P. Ludwig Prof. Dr. J. Pinto	HGF - InnoPool	2025
Aon Impact Forecasting - Floods	Prof. Dr. J. Pinto H. Feldmann	Aon	2022
Aon Impact Forecasting - Summer Storms	Prof. Dr. J. Pinto Dr. P. Ludwig Dr. A. Ramos	Aon	2024
Aon Impact Forecasting - Windstorms	Prof. Dr. J. Pinto Dr. P. Ludwig Dr. A. Ramos	Aon	2022
Impact of recent and future drought events on river discharge and fluvial transport sector for the Rhine River	Dr. P. Ludwig Prof. Dr. J. Pinto	CEDIM	2022
AXA Research Fund - Regional Climate and Weather Hazards	Prof. Dr. J. Pinto	AXA Research Fund	2016
ClimXtreme II A1: Scale Dependent Process Representation and Sensitivity Analysis for Most Extreme Events (SEVERE)	Prof. Dr. J. Pinto H. Feldmann	BMBF	2023
ClimXtreme II A5: Towards an improved description and attribution of the most extreme Central European Heat Waves (DesAttHeat)	Prof. Dr. J. Pinto Prof. Dr. A. Fink	BMBF	2023
ClimXtreme II A6: Intensity and structural changes of extreme mid-latitude cyclones in a warming climate (CyclEx)	Prof. Dr. J. Pinto Dr. Julian Quinting	BMBF	2023
ClimXtreme II B3.7: Dynamical Systems perspective on weather regimes and heatwaves in a changing climate (DySyTEx)	Prof. Dr. J. Pinto	BMBF	2023
Coming Decade - Decadal climate predictions for Europe	Prof. Dr. J. Pinto Dr. P. Ludwig H. Feldmann	BMBF	2023
EDIPI - European Weather Extremes: Drivers, Predictability and Impacts	Prof. Dr. J. Pinto Dr. J. Mömken	Horizon 2020 - Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions	2021
HGF Collaboration - Urban Climate	Prof. Dr. J. Pinto Prof. Dr. A. Christen (Uni Freiburg)	HGF KIT	2024
RegIKlim II - ISAP 2	Prof. Dr. J. Pinto H. Feldmann	BMBF	2023
RegIKlim II - NUKLEUS 2	Prof. Dr. J. Pinto H. Feldmann	BMBF	2023
UDAG - Updating the data basis for adaptation to climate change in Germany	Prof. Dr. J. Pinto Dr. P. Ludwig H. Feldmann	BMBF	2023
Warmworld - ProImpact	Prof. Dr. J. Pinto H. Feldmann	BMBF	2024
ZukoWa Subproject 2	Prof. Dr. A. Fink Prof. Dr. J. Pinto	BMBF	2025

Ongoing Projects of the WG Regional Climate Modelling
Title	Starting Date	Funding
Aon Impact Forecasting - Windstorms	2022	Aon
Impact of recent and future drought events on river discharge and fluvial transport sector for the Rhine River	2022	CEDIM
Coming Decade - Decadal climate predictions for Europe	2023	BMBF
UDAG - Updating the data basis for adaptation to climate change in Germany	2023	BMBF
Aon Impact Forecasting - Summer Storms	2024	Aon
WarmWorld - SmartWeather21	2024	BMBF
ACTUATE - Climate adaptation scenarios to reduce the Impacts of extreme events	2025	HGF - InnoPool

Ongoing projects of the Cloud Physics group
Title	Contact
ICON-SmART	Prof. Dr. Corinna Hoose
NHR@KIT Call for Collaboration Project MICRO	Prof. Dr. Corinna Hoose
KlimaOER	Prof. Dr. Corinna Hoose
EMPOS	Prof. Dr. C. Hoose
WarmWorld Module Better, TP3	Prof. Dr. C. Hoose
VolCloud	Prof. Dr. C. Hoose
High-resolution simulations of clouds and precipitation over Germany	Dr. Christian Barthlott

Ongoing projects of Young Investigator Group "Mineral Dust"
Title	Contact
Doctoral Network on Atmospheric Dust (Dust-DN)	TT-Prof. Dr. Martina Klose
nextGEMS (Work Package Storms and Radiation)	TT-Prof. Dr. Martina Klose
TESSA - Test suite to facilitate continuous integration, benchmarking, and delivery (CI/CB/CD) in ICON-ART development	TT-Prof. Dr. Martina Klose, Dr. Andreas Baer (SCC/IMKTRO), Dr. René Caspart (SCC)
Helmholtz Young Investigator Group "A big unknown in the climate impact of atmospheric aerosol: Mineral soil dust"	TT-Prof. Dr. Martina Klose

Ongoing projects of Young Investigator Group "Mesoscale Processes and Predictability"
Title	Contact
INVACODA	Dr. Annika Oertel
NAWDIC-MESO	Dr. Annika Oertel