A5059490056- Cryospheric studies and observations
- Urban Heat Island Mitigation
- Climate variability and models
- Climate change and permafrost
- Climate Change and Health Impacts
- Meteorological Phenomena and Simulations
- Geology and Paleoclimatology Research
- Landslides and related hazards
- Remote Sensing and Land Use
- Air Quality and Health Impacts
- Arctic and Antarctic ice dynamics
- Winter Sports Injuries and Performance
- Urban Green Space and Health
- Environmental Changes in China
- Building Energy and Comfort Optimization
- Wind and Air Flow Studies
- Remote Sensing in Agriculture
- Hydrology and Watershed Management Studies
- Flood Risk Assessment and Management
- Environmental and Agricultural Sciences
- Atmospheric chemistry and aerosols
- Precipitation Measurement and Analysis
- Land Use and Ecosystem Services
- Odor and Emission Control Technologies
- Health disparities and outcomes
University of Basel
1995-2025
DuPont (France)
2025
Kantonsspital Baselland
2025
Technische Universität Berlin
2015-2024
Lonza (Switzerland)
2018-2021
Novaliq (Germany)
2015-2017
Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin
2015
Vivantes Klinikum
2015
Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin
2015
Fraunhofer Institute for Production Systems and Design Technology
2015
Abstract Because of the scarcity meteorological observations, precipitation climate on Tibetan Plateau and surrounding regions (TP) has been insufficiently documented so far. In this study, characteristics basic features TP during an 11-yr period (2001–11) are described monthly-to-annual time scales. For purpose, a new high-resolution atmospheric dataset is analyzed, High Asia Reanalysis (HAR), generated by dynamical downscaling global analysis data using Weather Research Forecasting (WRF)...
Abstract. The western Nyainqentanglha Range is located in the south-eastern centre of Tibetan Plateau. Its north-western slopes drain into Lake Nam Co. region special interest for glacio-climatological research as it influenced by both continental climate Central Asia and Indian Monsoon system, situated at transition zone between temperate subcontinental glaciers. A glacier inventory whole mountain range was generated year around 2001 using automated remote sensing GIS techniques based on...
Abstract The High Asia Refined analysis (HAR) is a regional atmospheric data set generated by dynamical downscaling of the Final operational global (FNL) using Weather Research and Forecasting (WRF) model. It has been successfully widely utilized. A new version (HAR v2) with longer temporal coverage extended domains currently under development. ERA5 reanalysis used as forcing data. This study aims to find optimal set‐up for production HAR v2 provide similar or even better accuracy HAR....
Abstract. The Tibetan Plateau (TP) plays a key role in the water cycle of high Asia and its downstream regions. respective influence Indian East Asian summer monsoon on TP precipitation regional resources, together with detection moisture transport pathways source regions are subject recent research. In this study, we present 12-year high-resolution climatology atmospheric (AWT) over towards using new data set, High Refined analysis (HAR), which better represents complex topography...
The measures taken to contain the spread of COVID-19 in 2020 included restrictions people's mobility and reductions economic activities. These drastic changes daily life, enforced through national lockdowns, led abrupt anthropogenic CO2 emissions urbanized areas all over world. To examine effect social on local CO2, we analysed district level fluxes measured by eddy-covariance technique from 13 stations 11 European cities. data span several years before pandemic until October (six months...
Abstract. Meteorological observations over the Tibetan Plateau (TiP) are scarce, and precipitation estimations this remote region difficult. The constantly improving capabilities of numerical weather prediction (NWP) models offer opportunity to reduce problem by providing fields other meteorological variables high spatial temporal resolution. Longer time periods years decades can be simulated NWP successive model runs shorter periods, which described term "regional atmospheric reanalysis"....
Abstract. Determinations of glacier-wide mass and energy balance are still scarce for the remote mountains Tibetan Plateau, where field measurements challenging. Here we run evaluate a physical, distributed model Zhadang Glacier (central Tibet, 30° N) based on in-situ over 2009–2011 an uncertainty estimate by Monte Carlo ensemble strategies. The application aims to provide first quantification how Indian Summer Monsoon (ISM) impacts entire glacier various stages monsoon's annual cycle. We...
Urban populations are highly vulnerable to the adverse effects of heat, with heat-related mortality showing intra-urban variations that likely due differences in urban characteristics and socioeconomic status.We investigated influence green blue, is, vegetation water bodies, on excess elderly > 65 years old Lisbon, Portugal, between 1998 2008.We used remotely sensed data geographic information determine amount distance bodies (the Atlantic Ocean Tagus Estuary). Poisson generalized additive...
A one-year data set for the year 2015 of near-surface air temperature (T ), crowdsourced from 'Netatmo' citizen weather stations (CWS) in Berlin, Germany, and surroundings was analysed.The CWS set, which has been quality-checked filtered a previous study, consists T measurements several hundred CWS.It investigated (1) how are distributed among urban rural environments, as represented by 'local climate zones' (LCZ), (2) LCZ characterised along annual cycle concerning intra-LCZ variability,...
Abstract Climate variables that control the annual cycle of surface energy and mass balance on Zhadang glacier in central Tibetan Plateau were examined over a 2 year period using physically based energy-balance model forced by routine meteorological data. The modelled results agree with measured values albedo, incoming longwave radiation, temperature level glacier. For whole observation period, radiation component dominated (82%) total heat fluxes. This was followed turbulent sensible (10%)...
Abstract. The Tibetan Plateau (TP) is the origin of many large Asian rivers, which provide water resources for regions in south and east Asia. Therefore, cycle on TP adjacent high mountain ranges, particular precipitation distribution variability play an important role availability billions people downstream TP. High Asia Refined analysis (HAR) used to analyse dynamical factors that influence region, including resulting enhancement suppression precipitation. Four fields can are considered:...
Abstract. The traditional approach to simulations of alpine glacier mass balance (MB) has been one-way, or offline, thus precluding feedbacks from changing surface conditions on the atmospheric forcing. In addition, glaciers have only simply, if at all, represented in models date. Here, we extend a recently presented, novel technique for simulating glacier–atmosphere interactions without need statistical downscaling, through use coupled high-resolution mesoscale and physically-based climatic...
The evaluation of the effectiveness countermeasures for a reduction urban heat stress, such as façade greening, is challenging due to lacking transferability results from one location another. Furthermore, complex variables mean radiant temperature<mml:math xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" id="M1"><mml:mo...
We present a new open-source, collaborative "COupled Snowpack and Ice surface energy MAss balance model" (COSIMA) that is evaluated for Zhadang glacier, Tibetan Plateau. The model calibrated, run, validated based on in situ measurements atmospheric data from the High Asia Refined analysis (HAR) over period April 2009 to June 2012. Results runs forced by both HAR agree well with observations of various atmospheric, glaciological, surface, subsurface parameters glacier. A time-lapse camera...
The urban heat island (UHI) phenomenon is a harmful environmental problem in areas affecting both climatic and ecological processes. This paper aims to highlight monitor the spatial distribution of Surface UHI (SUHI) Casablanca region, Morocco, using remote sensing data. To achieve this goal, time series Landsat TM/ETM+/OLI-TIRS images was acquired from 1984 2016 analyzed. In addition, nocturnal MODIS 2005 2015 were used evaluate nighttime SUHI. order better analyze intense produced by core,...
Heat waves (HWs) are natural hazards characterised by episodes of hot weather. However, in the absence a universal definition wide variety definitions is applied. In this study, ten different air temperature ( T ) based HW applied to urban region Berlin, Germany, investigate and compare occurrence duration HWs, their long‐term trends from 1893 2017. We studied how depend on as well if mean values differ between inner‐city peripheral locations Berlin. Generally, results show significant...
Abstract Cities typically exhibit higher air temperatures than their rural surroundings, a phenomenon known as the urban heat island (UHI) effect. Contrasting results are reported to whether UHI intensity (UHII) is exacerbated or reduced during hot weather episodes (HWEs). This contrast investigated for four-year period from 2015 2018, utilising set of observational data high-quality meteorological stations, well hundreds crowdsourced citizen located in region Berlin, Germany. It can be...
Collagen microparticles (CMPs) of diameters ranging from about 3 to 40 μm were prepared by the method emulsifying and cross-linking native collagen. The particle size was mainly controlled molecular weight collagen used: an increase in denaturation resulted smaller sizes. Consequently, is best control CMPs. Total results degradation product gelatin subsequently yields very small nanoparticles with a minimum diameter 0.1μm. can be used as carriers for lipophilic drugs e.g. retinol, tretinoin,...
Abstract Complex topography significantly modifies radiation fluxes at the earth’s surface. As spatial resolutions of mesoscale weather forecast models increase, terrain effects on induced by slope aspect, angle, sky view factor, and shadowing also gain importance. A parameterization scheme is hence designed to better represent these topographic influences improve forecasts. The grid- subgrid-scale allows computation for each model grid cell considering arbitrarily fine resolved without...
Many studies have addressed the challenge of heat stress for human health in recent years. However, appropriate concepts and methods quantifying heat-stress hazards, vulnerabilities risks are yet under development. The objective this study is to test applicability a risk concept associated event-based risk-analysis method related mortality. reveals that about 5 % all deaths between 2001 2010 Berlin can statistically be elevated air temperatures. Most affected people 65 years or older, while...