Research - Projects - Completed projects

Abgeschlossene Projekte der AG "Wettersysteme: Dynamik und Vorhersagbarkeit"
Title	Contact
PANDOWAE: Predictability and Dynamics of Weather Systems in the Atlantic-European Sector	Prof. Dr. S. Jones, Dr. Julia Keller, Hilke Lentink, Lisa-Ann Quandt, Julian Quinting
THORPEX: A World Weather Research Programme	Prof. Dr. S. Jones
Extratropical Transition of tropical cyclones: representation in Ensemble Forecasts	D. Anwender
Extratropical Transition: impact of dropsonde observations around tropical cyclones on the European weather forecast	Prof. Dr. S. Jones, M. Boettcher
Downstream impact of Extratropical Transition: idealised modelling	M. Riemer
AMMA: modelling weather systems of the West African Monsoon and their interaction with the Saharan Air Layer	Prof. Dr. S. Jones, N. Lichtenberger, J. Sander
AMMA: The Atlantic Inflow: atmosphere-land-ocean interaction at the south-western edge of the Saharan heat low	Dipl.-Met. C. Grams, Prof. Dr. S. Jones
AMMA: Convection in an African Easterly Wave over West Africa and the eastern Atlantic	Dr. J. Schwendike, Prof. Dr. S. Jones
AMMA / African Monsoon Multidisciplinary Analysis	Prof. Dr. S. Jones, Dr. N. Kalthoff, Dr. B. Vogel
Goal-oriented adaptivity for tropical cyclones	Prof. Dr. S. Jones, Dr. Leonhard Scheck
GEOWOW: GEOSS interoperability for Weather, Ocean and Water	Prof. Dr. S. Jones, Dr. Susanna Hopsch
Extratropical transition of tropical cyclones and their imact on the midlatitude weather downstream	Prof. Dr. S. Jones, Dr. Julia Keller, Hilke Lentink, Julian Quinting

Completed projects of working group "Water Cycle and Climate Modeling"
Title	Contact
MIKLIP II - Regional Decadal Prediction	Prof. Dr. Ch. Kottmeier, Prof. Dr. J. Pinto, H. Feldmann, Dr. G. Schädler, Dr. H.-J. Panitz, Dr. M. Breil
The PalMod Project	Dr. E. Christner, Dr. M. Karremann, Dr. G. Schädler
Very high resolution simulations	G. Schädler, H.-J. Panitz, N. Laube, B. Brecht, J. Hackenbruch
KLIMOPASS - Regional Climate Ensemble	Dr. G. Schädler, Dr. K. Sedlmeier
CEDIM - Flood risk in a changing climate	Dr. G. Schädler
CORDEX-Africa	Dr. Hans-Jürgen Panitz
KLIWA - Soil erosion due to precipitation in the context of climate change	Dr. G. Fosser, Dr. G. Schädler
MIKLIP I - Regional Decadal Prediction	Prof. Dr. Ch. Kottmeier, H. Feldmann, Dr. G. Schädler, Dr. H.-J. Panitz
PArK - Probabilistic Assessment of Climate Change for Decades in the Near Future	Dr. Hans-Jürgen Panitz, Dr. G. Schädler
REKLIM - Generation of regional climate ensembles using Atmospheric Forcing Shifting	Dr. R. Sasse, Dr. G. Schädler, Prof. Dr. Ch. Kottmeier
Analysis of the regional atmospheric water budget using COSMO-CLM model simulations and GPS observations	Dr. R. Sasse, Dr. G. Schädler, Prof. Dr. Ch. Kottmeier
ReSiPrec - High Resolution Simulations of Extreme Precipitation Events in Baden-Württemberg	H. Feldmann, Dr. G. Schädler, Prof. Dr. Ch. Kottmeier
Multi-Scale Analysis of the Impact of Soil Moisture on Convective Precipitation	Dr. S. Khodayar, Dr. G. Schädler, Dr. N. Kalthoff, Dr. Ch. Hauck, Prof. Dr. Ch. Kottmeier

Completed projects of working group "Aerosols, Trace Gases and Climate Processes"
Title	Contact
ECATS / Environmental Compatible Air Transport System – The European Network of Excellence	Prof. Dr. K. Schäfer (IMK-IFU) , Dr. B. Vogel
LM-Chem Community	Dr. B. Vogel, Prof. Dr. Ch. Kottmeier
ACCENT / Atmospheric Composition Change – The European Network of Excellence	Dr. B. Vogel
REGIOsoot / Eine Untersuchung zur Klimawirksamkeit von Russpartikeln	Dr. B. Vogel
VISFORCA / Operationelle Vorhersage der Sichtweite	Dr. B. Vogel

Completed projects of working group "Atmospheric Risks"
Title	Contact
Waves to Weather	Prof. Dr. M. Kunz, Prof. Dr. P. Knippertz
Long-term Variability and serial Clustering of Severe Thunderstorms in a changing climate (VarCluST)	M.Sc. M. Augenstein, Dr. S. Mohr, Prof. Dr. M. Kunz
Measurement campaign "Swabian MOSES": Swarm soundings	Prof. Dr. M. Kunz, Dr. S. Mohr
HI-CAM: Urban flash floods and sewerage	Prof. Dr. M. Kunz
Dams and Seismicity - Technologies for the safe and efficient operation of water reservoirs (DAMAST)	Dr. S. Mohr, Prof. Dr. M. Kunz, Dr.-Ing. J. Daniell (GPI), Dr. S. Ottenburger (IKET)
Life cycle analysis of potentially destructive convective Cells for Now-casting Purposes in consideration of atmospheric Environment Conditions (LifeCycle)	M.Sc. J. Wilhelm, Prof. Dr. M. Kunz
Regional risk cultures of extreme weather events	Dr. S. Mohr, Prof. Dr. M. Kunz
HAMLET II	Prof. Dr. M. Kunz
FLORIS: Determination of characteristics of flood-causing precipitation in southwestern Germany and stochastic simulation of heavy precipitation	Prof. Dr. M. Kunz
Hail risk SV Sparkassenversicherung (HARIS-SV)	Prof. Dr. M. Kunz
Earth System Knowledge Platform (ESKP)	Dr. S. Mohr
Climate Series Karlsruhe	Prof. Dr. M. Kunz
Forensic Prediction and Analysis – Rapid Loss Estimation of winter storms in Germany (CEDIM)	Prof. Dr. M. Kunz
Long-term variability of deep moist convection over Europe	Prof. Dr. M. Kunz
Projekt HAMLET-EU	Prof. Dr. M. Kunz
ConWinG: Research of small scale, extremely convective wind gusts and their interaction with construction structure patterns in the urban area	Dr. S. Mohr, Prof. Dr. M. Kunz
Hail Risk and Climate Change (HARIS-CC)	Dr. S. Mohr, Prof. Dr. M. Kunz
MATRIX (New multi-hazard and multi-risk assessment methods for Europe)	Prof. Dr. M. Kunz
Mechanisms of Orographic Precipitation over complex terrain	Dr. M. Kunz
RESTER / Strategies to reduce the storm risk of forests	Dr. M. Kunz
Storm Hazard and Storm Risk Map Germany (CEDIM)	Dr. M. Kunz
Challenge of Climate Change	Prof. Dr. Ch. Kottmeier, Dr. M. Kunz
EU-IP PREVIEW / Prevention, information and early warning pre-operational services to support the management of risks - Precipitation and Runoff forecasts	Prof. Dr. M. Kunz
KLARA: Climate Change: impacts, risks, adaptation - Probabilities and intensities of high impact weather with high potential loss	Dr. M. Kunz
Storm damage after winterstorm Lothar (Dec 1999)	Dr. M. Kunz
Database of historical extreme events in Baden-Württemberg (1800-2000)	Dr. M. Kunz

Completed projects of working group "Land Surfaces and Boundary Layer"
Title	Contact
KITcube: Overall monitoring system for probing the atmosphere	, , ,
CROSSINN - Cross-valley flow in the Inn Valley investigated by dual-Doppler lidar measurements	Dr. B. Adler
Namib Fog Life Cycle Analysis (NaFoLiCa)	, .
[UC]² - Urban Climate Under Change	Dr. N. Kalthoff, Dr. O. Kiseleva
HD(CP)^2 High Definition Clouds and Precipitation for Climate Prediction	Dr. N. Kalthoff, Dipl.-Met. L. Gantner, M. Sc. Shweta Singh.
DACCIWA - Dynamics-Aerosol-Chemistry-Cloud Interactions in West Africa	Prof. Dr. P. Knippertz, Prof. Dr. A. Fink, , ,
HYMEX / Hydrological Cycle in the Mediterranean Experiment	Dr. Norbert Kalthoff, Dr. Ulrich Corsmeier, Dr. S. Khodayar
Analysis of initiation of precipitating convection based on data analysis and LM-modeling	Dipl.-Phys. S. Khodayar-Pardo
AMMA / African Monsoon Multidisciplinary Analysis	Prof. Dr. S. Jones, Dr. N. Kalthoff, Dr. B. Vogel
CSIP / Convective Storm Initiation Project	Dr. N. Kalthoff, Dr. U. Corsmeier, Dr. Ch. Barthlott
COPS /Convective and Orographically-induced Precipitation Study	Prof. Dr. Ch. Kottmeier
ENWARICL / Energy and water budget studies in the arid area of chile	Dr. N. Kalthoff
ESCOMPTE / Etude sur Site pour Cotraindre les Modèles de Pollution atmospheric et de Transfert d' Emissions	Dr. N. Kalthoff, Dr. U. Corsmeier
FreeLineSensor	Dipl.-Ing. F. Königer
GO4ICE - Geophysical Observation and 4-Phase Modelling of Ice Content Evolution	Dr. C. Hauck
MESMERISE / Meteorological Soil Moisture Experiment Series	Dr. C. Hauck
METCRAX II - The Meteor Crater Experiment II	Dr.N. Kalthoff, Dr. B. Adler
MODIWAC / Monitoring of dike water content	Dipl.-Phys. J. Rings
RIBOLA / Räumlich integrierte Bodenfeuchtemessungen unter Verwendung von Radiofrequenzen im Langwellenbereich - Spatially Integrated Soil Humidity Measurements Using Radiofrequencies in the Long-wave Range	Dr. N. Kalthoff, Dr. O. Kiseleva
SANDWICH	Dr.-Ing. R. Schuhmann
SNOWPOWER	Dr. M. Stacheder
SOMONET / Multi-scale Analysis of the Impact of Soil Moisture on Convective Precipitation	Dr. C. Hauck, Dr. C. Barthlott, L. Krauss
VERTIKATOR / Vertical exchange and orography	Prof. Dr. F. Fiedler

Completed projects of working group "Convective Systems"
Title	Contact
DESERVE - The Virtual Institute DEad SEa Research VEnue	Dr. Ulrich Corsmeier
NEPTUN / The western Mediterranean as a sensitive region for cyclone formation causing heavy rain events: A HALO-Demonstration Mission	Dr. Ulrich Corsmeier
COPS / Convective and Orographically induced Precipitation Study	Dr. Ulrich Corsmeier, Dipl.-Met. Holger Mahlke
Flying Parsivel (FLYP): Meteorologische Sonde zur Messung von Wolkentröpfchengrößenverteilungen	Dr. Ulrich Corsmeier, Dipl.-Met. Holger Mahlke
Turbulenzstruktur an Waldkanten	Dr. Andreas Wieser, Cooperation partner: Prof. Dr. B. Ruck, Institute for Hydromechanics (IfH), KIT
MASAL / Meteorological Observation and Assimilation of the Atmosphere on Long term (Dead Sea, Israel)	Dr. U. Corsmeier
BAB II / Verification of the accuracy of calculated emissions of vehicle traffic	Dr. U. Corsmeier
COSITRACKS / Helmholtz Virtual Institute	Dr. U. Corsmeier
CSIP / Convective Storm Initiation Project	Dr. N. Kalthoff, Dr. U. Corsmeier, Dr. Ch. Barthlott
ESCOMPTE / Etude sur Site pour Cotraindre les Modèles de Pollution atmospheric et de Transfert d' Emissions	Dr. N. Kalthoff, Dr. U. Corsmeier
KONVEX2000 / Konvektionsexperiment 2000	Prof. Dr. Ch. Kottmeier
PRINCE / Prediction, identification and tracking of convective cells	Dr. U. Corsmeier
VERTIKATOR / Vertical exchange and orography	Prof. Dr. F. Fiedler

Completed projects of working group "Atmospheric Dynamics"
Title	Contact
ViWaT Mekong: Integrated Solutions for Sustainable Development in the Mekong Delta - Land, Water, Energy and Climate	Prof. Dr. A. Fink,
DACCIWA - Dynamics-Aerosol-Chemistry-Cloud Interactions in West Africa	Prof. Dr. P. Knippertz, Prof. Dr. A. Fink, , ,
Desert Storms - Towards an Improved Representation of Meteorological Processes in Models of Mineral Dust Emission	Prof. Dr. P. Knippertz
EWATEC COAST - Verbundprojekt Technologien zum nachhaltigen Gewässer- und Umweltschutz von Küstenlandschaften in Vietnam	Prof. Dr. A. Fink
FENNEC - Multiskalige und subtropische Steuerung der Intensität und Position des sommerzeitlichen westafrikanischen Hitzetiefs	Prof. Dr. A. Fink
GlobE - Wetlands in East Africa	Prof. Dr. A. Fink
MiKlip - Mittelfristige Klimaprognosen	Prof. Dr. Ch. Kottmeier, Prof. Dr. A. Fink, Dr. G. Schädler

Completed projects of the Cloud Physics group
Title	Contact
Arctic mixed-phase clouds: simulation and comparison with in situ measurements	Prof. Dr. Corinna Hoose
HD(CP)2 Module M3: Aerosols, CCN and IN	Prof. Dr. Corinna Hoose
HD(CP)2 S1 WP4: Aerosol Impacts on Mixed-Phase Clouds	Prof. Dr. Corinna Hoose
INUIT-1	Prof. Dr. Corinna Hoose
INUIT-2	Prof. Dr. Corinna Hoose

Completed projects of former working groups
Title	Contact
SFB/TRR 75	Prof. Dr. K. D. Beheng
METSTROEM / Multiple Scales in Fluid Mechanics and Meteorology	Prof. Dr. K. D. Beheng
SOMONET / Multi-scale Analysis of the Impact of Soil Moisture on Convective Precipitation	Dr. C. Hauck, Dr. C. Barthlott, L. Krauss
TRACKS	Prof. Dr. Ch. Kottmeier
SNOWPOWER	Dr. M. Stacheder
SANDWICH	Dr.-Ing. R. Schuhmann
ReSiPrec - High Resolution Simulations of Extreme Precipitation Events in Baden-Württemberg	H. Feldmann, Dr. G. Schädler, Prof. Dr. Ch. Kottmeier
PArK - Probabilistic Assessment of Climate Change for Decades in the Near Future	Dr. Hans-Jürgen Panitz, Dr. G. Schädler
Numerical studies on collision-induced breakup of raindrops	Prof. Dr. K. D. Beheng
MODIWAC / Monitoring of dike water content	Dipl.-Phys. J. Rings
MESMERISE / Meteorological Soil Moisture Experiment Series	Dr. C. Hauck
GO4ICE - Geophysical Observation and 4-Phase Modelling of Ice Content Evolution	Dr. C. Hauck
FreeLineSensor	Dipl.-Ing. F. Königer
On the influence of aerosol particles and condensation- as well as ice-nuclei related to the formation and development of precipitation in deep convective clouds	Prof. Dr. K. D. Beheng
Efficient radar forward operator for the operational data assimilation	Prof. Dr. K. D. Beheng, Dr. U. Blahak (DWD)
COPS /Convective and Orographically-induced Precipitation Study	Prof. Dr. Ch. Kottmeier
DFG Graduiertenkolleg 450 Naturkatastrophen	Prof. Dr. Ch. Kottmeier