Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt e.V. (DLR)
Standort Oberpfaffenhofen
Institut für Physik der Atmosphäre
Address
Münchner Straße 20
82234 Weßling
Deutschland
GERiT
This institution in GERiT
82234 Weßling
Projects
Priority Programmes
Current projects
Investigation of Convective Evolution towards stratiform Precipitation using simulatiOns and poLarimetric radar observations at C- and Ka-band (IcePolCKa - Phase 2)
(Applicants
Ewald, Florian
;
Zinner, Tobias
)
Completed projects
Entwicklung eines Lagrangeschen Kerns für Klimamodelle
(Applicants
Grewe, Volker
;
Reich, Sebastian
;
Yserentant, Harry
)
Evaluation of the life cycle of deep convection over mountainous terrain using radar, lidar and lightning observations
(Applicant
Hagen, Martin
)
Investigation of the influence of charged aerosol particles on the scattering of radar waves using EISCAT
(Applicant
Rapp, Markus
)
Polarimetric signatures of ice microphysical processes and their interpretation using in-situ observations and cloud modeling (POLICE)
(Applicants
Simmer, Clemens
;
Trömel, Ph.D., Silke
;
Voigt, Christiane
)
Research Grants
Current projects
A multiscale perspective on the role of sudden stratospheric warmings in North-Atlantic flow transitions
(Applicants
Birner, Thomas
;
Wirth, Volkmar
)
Highly resolved large-eddy simulations of stably-stratified flow and its interaction with clockwise and counterclockwise rotating wind-turbine blades in terrain of different complexity
(Applicant
Englberger, Antonia
)
In-flight measurements of contrail ice nucleation on low particle emissions from modern engines and sustainable aviation fuels – the ECOCON experiment
(Applicant
Voigt, Christiane
)
Modelling of contrail ice crystal formation with an improved representation of aerosol and ice microphysics
(Applicant
Bier, Andreas
)
Completed projects
Change of snow cover and its implications on arctic permafrost by using gravimtetric satellite data
(Applicant
Baumann, Sabine
)
Lagrangesche Simulation des globalen atmosphärischen Wasserkreislaufs (LaWa)
(Applicants
Egger, Joseph
;
Sausen, Robert
)
Microphysics of ice particles at the polar summer mesopause (Microlce)
(Applicants
Leisner, Thomas
;
Rapp, Markus
)
Numerical modeling of the contrail-to-cirrus transition considering the synoptic evolution and the formation of contrail clusters in areas of high air traffic
(Applicant
Unterstraßer, Simon
)
Remote sensing of trace gases, aerosols, and clouds from measurements of up-welling radiation by GOME (Global Ozone Monitoring Experiment) aboard ERS-2 and SCIAMACHY (Scanning Imaging Absorption spectroMeter for Atmospheric CHartograhY) aboard ENVISAT under inhomogeneous cloud conditions
(Applicant
Mayer, Bernhard
)
Remote sensing of trace gases, aerosols, and clouds from measurements of up-welling radiation by GOME (Global Ozone Monitoring Experiment) aboard ERS-2 and SCIAMACHY (Scanning Imaging Absorption spectroMeter for Atmospheric CHartograhY) aboard ENVISAT under inhomogeneous cloud conditions
(Applicant
Burrows, John Philip
)
Infrastructure Priority Programmes
Current projects
EC-TOOC umbrella proposal - EarthCARE, Tropical Oceans & Organized Convection
(Applicant
Ament, Felix
)
Lidar observations of latent heat flux profiles in cold sectors of extratropical cyclones
(Applicant
Schäfler, Andreas
)
Measurement of Aerosol and Clouds and their Interactions over the pristine Southern Ocean – ACI-SO
(Applicants
Sauer, Daniel
;
Voigt, Christiane
)
North Atlantic Waveguide, Dry Intrusion, and Downstream Impact Campaign
(Applicant
Quinting, Julian
)
Completed projects
ANTHALO Blue Ice: Feasibility Study for Geoscientific and Atmospheric Investigation of Antarctica using HALO (ANTHALO-BI)
(Applicants
Förste, Christoph
;
Rapp, Markus
;
Scheinert, Mirko
)
Chemical and microphysical properties of natural cirrus and contrail cirrus
(Applicants
Borrmann, Stephan
;
Voigt, Christiane
)
CIRRUS-HL - The HALO mission on cirrus in high latitudes Umbrella Proposal HALO2020 - CIRRUS-HL
(Applicant
Voigt, Christiane
)
Combined airborne lidar measurments of moisture transport and cirrus properties: HALO-LIDAR
(Applicants
Craig, George
;
Kiemle, Christoph
)
Contribution of clouds to radiative diabatic heating and cooling, from synergy of airborne lidar, radar, and imager observations
(Applicants
Mayer, Bernhard
;
Rapp, Markus
;
Zinner, Tobias
)
DECOR: Dynamical Effects on Composition and transport Of climate Relevant species, in the extratropical upper troposphere lower and stratosphere region
(Applicants
Jurkat-Witschas, Tina
;
Voigt, Christiane
)
EUREC4A mission proposal - Elucidating the Role of Cloud-Circulation Coupling in Climate
(Applicant
Ament, Felix
)
Microphysics and climate impact of ice clouds in high latitudes – MICRO-ICE
(Applicant
Voigt, Christiane
)
NAWDEX
(Applicant
Craig, George
)
Vertical distribution and spatial variability of physical properties of tropospheric aerosol in the Arctic and Antarctic from in situ measurements by aircraft
(Applicant
Minikin, Andreas
)
Research Fellowships
Completed projects
Narrowband diamond Raman lasers for remote sensing of trace gases
(Applicant
Lux, Oliver
)
Updating the New Zealand Glacier Inventory
(Applicant
Baumann, Sabine
)
CRC/Transregios
Current projects
Aerosol-Cloud inTeractIon and water Vapour transport in high UPdraft regimes (ACTIV-UP)
(Project Heads
Jurkat-Witschas, Tina
;
Voigt, Christiane
)
Diagnosis and Metrics in Climate Models
(Project Heads
Burchard, Hans
;
Eyring, Veronika
;
Jung, Thomas
;
Losch, Ph.D., Martin
;
Rademacher, Jens
;
Stevens, Bjorn B.
;
Zagar, Ph.D., Nedjeljka
)
Radiative effects of convective ice clouds in the UTLS from satellite observations (SAT-ICE)
(Project Heads
Bugliaro, Luca
;
Voigt, Christiane
)
Completed projects
Forecast uncertainty near the limit of predictability
(Project Heads
Craig, George
;
Keil, Christian
;
Kober, Kirstin
;
Pongratz, Julia
)
Statistical postprocessing and stochastic physics for ensemble predictions
(Project Heads
Gneiting, Tilmann
;
Kober, Kirstin
)
Subseasonal predictability facilitated through the stratosphere
(Project Heads
Birner, Thomas
;
Garny, Hella
;
Pinto, Joaquim G.
)
The role of soil moisture and surface- and subsurface water flows on predictability of convection
(Project Heads
Kober, Kirstin
;
Kunstmann, Harald
)
Understanding the dynamical impact of Aeolus observations
(Project Heads
Craig, George
;
Schäfler, Andreas
;
Weissmann, Martin
)
Research Units
Completed projects
Processes And Climatology Of Gravity Waves (PACOG)
(Applicants
Dörnbrack, Andreas
;
Lübken, Franz-Josef
;
Rapp, Markus
)
