A5015466293- Climate variability and models
- Meteorological Phenomena and Simulations
- Plant Water Relations and Carbon Dynamics
- Cryospheric studies and observations
- Atmospheric and Environmental Gas Dynamics
- Hydrology and Watershed Management Studies
- Climate change and permafrost
- Soil Moisture and Remote Sensing
- Precipitation Measurement and Analysis
- Soil and Unsaturated Flow
- Plant Ecology and Soil Science
- Tree-ring climate responses
- Climate Change Policy and Economics
- Tropical and Extratropical Cyclones Research
- Aeolian processes and effects
- Wind and Air Flow Studies
- Flood Risk Assessment and Management
- Geophysics and Gravity Measurements
- Atmospheric chemistry and aerosols
- demographic modeling and climate adaptation
- Climate change impacts on agriculture
- Climate Change and Environmental Impact
- Air Quality and Health Impacts
- Soil Geostatistics and Mapping
- Science and Climate Studies
University of Hohenheim
2015-2024
University of Kassel
2023
CMCC Foundation - Euro-Mediterranean Center on Climate Change
2023
Norwegian Meteorological Institute
2023
University of Graz
2022-2023
Brandenburg University of Technology Cottbus-Senftenberg
2023
Karlsruhe Institute of Technology
2022-2023
Helmholtz-Zentrum Hereon
1998-2023
Aristotle University of Thessaloniki
2022-2023
Royal Netherlands Meteorological Institute
2023
Abstract. EURO-CORDEX is an international climate downscaling initiative that aims to provide high-resolution scenarios for Europe. Here evaluation of the ERA-Interim-driven regional model (RCM) ensemble presented. The study documents performance individual models in representing basic spatiotemporal patterns European period 1989–2008. Model focuses on near-surface air temperature and precipitation, uses E-OBS data set as observational reference. consists 17 simulations carried out by seven...
Abstract. Despite considerable progress in recent years, output of both global and regional circulation models is still afflicted with biases to a degree that precludes its direct use, especially climate change impact studies. This well known, overcome this problem, bias correction (BC; i.e. the model towards observations post-processing step) has now become standard procedure In paper we argue BC currently often used an invalid way: it added GCM/RCM chain without sufficient proof...
Abstract The European CORDEX (EURO-CORDEX) initiative is a large voluntary effort that seeks to advance regional climate and Earth system science in Europe. As part of the World Climate Research Programme (WCRP) - Coordinated Regional Downscaling Experiment (CORDEX), it shares broader goals providing model evaluation projection framework improving communication with both General Circulation Model (GCM) data user communities. EURO-CORDEX oversees design coordination ongoing ensembles...
Abstract This paper analyzes the ensemble of regional climate model (RCM) projections for Europe completed within EURO‐CORDEX project. Projections are available two greenhouse gas concentration scenarios RCP2.6 (22 members) and RCP8.5 (55 at 0.11° resolution from 11 RCMs driven by eight global models (GCMs). The RCM results compared with driving CMIP5 but also a subset last generation CMIP6 projections. Maximum warming is projected all ensembles in Northern winter, along maximum...
The use of regional climate model (RCM)-based projections for providing information in a research and service contexts is currently expanding very fast. This has been possible thanks to considerable effort developing comprehensive ensembles RCM projections, especially Europe, the EURO-CORDEX community (Jacob et al., 2014, 2020). As end 2019, developed set 55 historical scenario (RCP8.5) using 8 driving global models (GCMs) 11 RCMs. article presents ensemble including its design. We target...
Abstract Here we present the first multi-model ensemble of regional climate simulations at kilometer-scale horizontal grid spacing over a decade long period. A total 23 run with $$\sim $$ <mml:math xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML"> <mml:mo>∼</mml:mo> </mml:math> 3 km, driven by ERA-Interim reanalysis, and performed 22 European research groups are analysed. Six different models (RCMs) represented in ensemble. The compared against available high-resolution precipitation...
Abstract. The summer of 2018 was an extraordinary season in climatological terms for northern and central Europe, bringing simultaneous, widespread, concurrent heat drought extremes large parts the continent with extensive impacts on agriculture, forests, water supply, socio-economic sector. Here, we present a comprehensive, multi-faceted analysis extreme particular focus Germany. heatwave first affected Scandinavia mid-July shifted towards Europe late July, while Iberia primarily early...
Abstract. Land surface and hydrologic models (LSMs/HMs) are used at diverse spatial resolutions ranging from catchment-scale (1–10 km) to global-scale (over 50 applications. Applying the same model structure different scales requires that estimates similar fluxes independent of chosen resolution, i.e., fulfills a flux-matching condition across scales. An analysis state-of-the-art LSMs HMs reveals most do not have consistent parameter fields. Multiple experiments with mHM, Noah-MP,...
The Weather Research and Forecast (WRF) model with its land surface NOAH was set up applied as regional climate over Europe. It forced the latest ERA-interim reanalysis data from 1989 to 2008 operated 0.33° 0.11° resolution. This study focuses on verification of monthly seasonal mean precipitation Germany, where a high quality dataset German Service is available. In particular, studied in orographic terrain southwestern Germany dry lowlands northeastern Germany. both regions very important...
Abstract. The Land Use and Climate Across Scales Flagship Pilot Study (LUCAS FPS) is a coordinated community effort to improve the integration of land use change (LUC) in regional climate models (RCMs) quantify biogeophysical effects LUC on local Europe. In first phase LUCAS, nine RCMs are used explore impacts re-/afforestation over Europe: two idealized experiments representing respectively non-forested maximally forested Europe compared order spatial temporal variations sensitivity...
The growing bioeconomy will require a greater supply of biomass in the future for both bioenergy and bio-based products. Today, many cropping systems (BCS) are suboptimal due to either social-ecological threats or technical limitations. In addition, competition land between bioenergy-crop cultivation, food-crop biodiversity conservation is expected increase as result continuous world population growth severe climate change effects. This study investigates how BCS can become more...
Abstract Interactions between the land surface and atmosphere play a fundamental role in weather climate system. Here we present comparison of summertime land‐atmosphere coupling strength found subset ERA‐Interim‐driven European domain Coordinated Regional Climate Downscaling Experiment (EURO‐CORDEX) model ensemble (1989–2008). Most regional models (RCMs) reproduce overall soil moisture interannual variability, spatial patterns, annual cycles exchange fluxes for different zones suggested by...
Abstract Six simulations with the Weather Research and Forecasting (WRF) model differing in planetary boundary layer (PBL) schemes land surface models (LSMs) are investigated a case study western Germany during clear‐sky weather conditions. The were performed at 2 km resolution two local nonlocal PBL schemes, combined LSMs (NOAH NOAH‐MP). Resulting convective (CBL) features combination high‐resolution water vapor differential absorption lidar measurements an experimental area. Further,...
Abstract. EURO-CORDEX is an international climate downscaling initiative that aims to provide high-resolution scenarios for Europe. Here evaluation of the ERA-Interim-driven regional model (RCM) ensemble presented. The study documents performance individual models in representing basic spatio-temporal patterns European period 1989–2008. Model focuses on near-surface air temperature and precipitation, uses E-OBS dataset as observational reference. consists 17 simulations carried out by seven...
Interactions between the soil, vegetation, and atmospheric boundary layer require close attention when predicting water fluxes in hydrogeosystem, agricultural systems, weather, climate. However, land-surface schemes used large-scale models continue to show deficiencies consistently simulating of energy from subsurface through vegetation layers atmosphere. In this study, multiphysics version Noah model (Noah-MP) was identify processes, which are most crucial for a simultaneous simulation heat...
Abstract The biophysical effects of reforestation and afforestation (herein jointly called re/afforestation) on the diurnal temperature cycle in European summer are investigated by analyzing a regional climate model (RCM) ensemble, established within Land Use Climate Across Scales Flagship Pilot Study (LUCAS FPS). With this RCM two idealized experiments performed for Europe, one with continent maximized forest cover, which all forests turned into grassland. First, an in-depth analysis...