Research

The chaotic and complex atmospheric flow can lead to the development of high-impact weather systems, e.g., cyclones and fronts that produce heavy rain or snow. The evolution of these systems is governed by dry and moist dynamical processes and accompanied by coherent flow patterns. Within the group for Dynamic Meteorology, we conduct research to better understand the genesis, structure and interaction of these systems, and to improve our predictive capabilities. This involves dynamically based diagnostic analyses of atmospheric data sets, prognostic simulations with numerical models of varying complexity, and a detailed observation and model-based investigation of stable water isotopes in atmospheric waters.

The research in the group for dynamic meteorology is based upon the analysis of weather systems from the meso to the synoptic and planetary scale. The distinct weather phenomena are further used to compile long-term climatologies, to study transport across the tropopause and to better understand the water cycle.

Research that is carried out in the sub-themes of the Atmospheric Dynamics group:

Weather System Dynamics
Synoptic Climatologies
Stratosphere-troposphere exchange
Water vapor transport and stable water isotopes