Research areas

• Thermodynamic profiling of the troposphere
• Passive and active microwave remote sensing
• Atmospheric retrieval algorithm development & synergy of measurement systems
• Physical processes in the cloudy boundary layer and their representation in atmospheric models
• Arctic mixed phase clouds
• Exploiting ground-based remote sensing networks for improving operational weather forecasting
• Coordination of JOYCE: Jülich Observatory for Cloud Evolution

Focus research projects

• HD(CP)² - High Definition Clouds and Precipitation for Advancing Climate Prediction (BMBF)
• AC³ - ArctiC Amplification: Climate Relevant Atmospheric and SurfaCe Processes, and Feedback Mechanisms (DFG Transregio 172)
• TOPROF - Towards operational ground based profiling with ceilometers, doppler lidars and microwave radiometers for improving weather forecasts (EU COST Action ES1303)
• JOYCE-CF - DFG funded Core Facility (Gerätezentrum)
• ARON - A virtual remote sensing network for continuous, near-real-time monitoring of atmospheric instability (DWD Extramurale Forschung)
• ET-CC - Energy Transition and Climate Change (Emerging Group, Excellence Initiative University of Cologne)

Publications

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