Clouds and precipitation are defining elements of weather and climate. Their occurrence is strongly determined by the dynamic forcing and thermodynamic conditions, but also by moisture and aerosol availability, and cloud microphysical processes. Clouds in turn influence the evolution of the atmospheric flow, thermodynamic conditions, and aerosol properties. Physical understanding of these complex interactions is a major challenge as is the representation of the moist atmosphere in operational weather forecasting and climate models. We are working on a fully integrated view of cloud microphysics, aerosol science, and atmospheric dynamics with particular foci on

  • comprehensive physical process understanding,
  • full integration of aspects from all three disciplines into field campaign planning, model evaluation, and the analysis of climate and weather data, and
  • representation of cloud microphysical / aerosol uncertainty in ensemble weather forecasting.

North Atlantic Waveguide, Dry-Intrusion and Downstream Impact Campaign (DFG SPP1294)

  • NAWDIC-DImoist: “Moisture structure in the dry intrusion origin region and its inflow – impact of diabatic processes”
    co-PIs: Annika Oertel and Corinna Hoose, KIT, Germany
    PhD student: Jannis Simon
  • NAWDIC-MESO: “The mesoscale thermodynamic structure near cold fronts and its role for embedded convection”
    co-PI with Corinna Hoose, KIT, Germany; lead PI: Annika Oertel, KIT, Germany
    PhD student (KIT): Kam Lam

Modelling-satellite-aircraft approach for cirrus advanced characterization (DFG/ANR)

  • joint project with Odran Sourdeval (University of Lille, France), Christian Rolf (Forschungszentrum Jülich, Germany) and Martina Krämer (Forschungszentrum Jülich, Germany)
  • PostDoc (JGU) : Irene Bartholeme-Garcia
    PostDoc (Lille) : John D’Alessandro

The Tropopause Region in a changing Atmosphere (DFG TRR 301)

phase 2 (2026-2029)

  • Project B01 : “Exchange of humidity and aerosol particles at the tropopause: Dynamics versus moist diabatics and radiation” (co-PI, lead PI: Peter Hoor, JGU, Germany)
  • Project B08 : “Lagrangian analysis of moisture, aerosols, trace gases and water isotope distribution in the extra-tropical UTLS”
  • Project B09 : “The role of UTLS moisture for the extra-tropical mean circulation” (co-PI, lead PI: Michael Riemer, JGU, Germany)

phase 1 (2021-2025)

  • Project B08 : “Lagrangian analysis of the role of extratropical cyclones for UTLS aerosol and humidity”

Big Data in Atmospheric Physics (Carl Zeiss Foundation, Speaker: P. Spichtinger)

Mainz Institute of Multiscale Modelling

Waves to Weather (2019-2024, DFG TRR 165)

  • Project B01 : “Microphysical uncertainties in hailstorms using statistical emulation and stochastic cloud physics”
    (co-PI with Michael Kunz, KIT, Germany; lead PI: Corinna Hoose, KIT, Germany)
    PhD student (JGU): Patrick Kuntze, PostDoc (KIT): Lena Frey
  • Project B08 : “Role of uncertainty in ice microphysical processes in warm conveyor belts”
    (co-PI with Christian Gram, KIT, Germany; lead PI: Corinna Hoose, KIT, Germany)
    PostDoc (KIT): Annika Oertel
  • Guo, Ziyan (PhD student, 2021-2025)
  • Kazachkova, Yuliya (PhD student, 2021-2025)
  • Schwenk, Cornelis (PhD student, 2022-2025) now at Citadel – FlexPower Hamburg
  • Kuntze, Patrick (PhD student, 2020-2024)

Guo, Z. and A. Miltenberger

2025

Lüttmer, T., Miltenberger, A. and P. Spichtinger

2025

Hieronymus, M., Oertel, A., Miltenberger, A. and A. Brinkmann

2025

Schwenk, C., Miltenberger, A. and A. Oertel

2025

Emig, N., Miltenberger, A., Hoor, P. and A. Petzold

2025

Oertel, A., Miltenberger, A., Grams, C. and C. Hoose

2025
  1. Einführung in die Modellierung und Datenanalyse in Umwelt- und Atmosphärenwissenschaften
    Instructor: Tim Lüttmer; Jannis Simon
  2. Methodenkenntnis
    Instructor: Univ.-Prof. Dr. Stephan Borrmann; Dr. Heiko Bozem; Univ.-Prof. Dr. Peter Hoor; Jun.-Prof. Dr. Annette Miltenberger; Dr. Michael Riemer; Univ.-Prof. Dr. Peter Spichtinger; Dr. Miklos Szakall; Univ.-Prof. Dr. Holger Tost; Prof. Dr. Thomas Wagner; Univ.-Prof. Dr. Volkmar Wirth
  3. Projekt Umweltwissenschaften
    Instructor: Univ.-Prof. Dr. Stephan Borrmann; Dr. Heiko Bozem; Univ.-Prof. Dr. Peter Hoor; Jun.-Prof. Dr. Annette Miltenberger; Dr. Philipp Reutter; Dr. Michael Riemer; Univ.-Prof. Dr. Peter Spichtinger; Dr. Miklos Szakall; Univ.-Prof. Dr. Holger Tost; Prof. Dr. Thomas Wagner; Univ.-Prof. Dr. Volkmar Wirth
  4. Wolken und Aerosole
    Instructor: Irene Bartolomé García; Dr. Philipp Reutter

WiSe 2025/26

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