Schemm, Sebastian

ETH Zürich Sebastian Schemm Institut f. Atmosphäre und Klima CHN M 16.3 Universitätstrasse 16 8092 Zürich Phone: +41 44 632 32 79 E-Mail:

I am a PhD student in the Atmospheric Dynamics group working on moist baroclinic instability theory, e.g. the mechanism behind the growth of mid-latitude storms, and numerical modelling. I am interested in the sensitivity of cyclogenesis to various environmental parameters such as an increase in humidity or temperature. The attached picture shows one of my idealised storms, shown is surface pressure (colored), isentropes (black contour lines), the isosurface of saturated air and the trajectories of the warm conveyor belt (thin grey lines) at day 4.5. (WCB)

Research Activities

• Idealized studies of moist baroclinic wave lifecycles
• Up- and Downstream Development of Baroclinic Waves
• Warm Conveyor Belts

Research Interests

• Wave Activity Flux Vectors
• Baroclinic Instability
• Wave Theory and Flow Phenomena
• Rossby Wave Breaking

Interdisciplinary Interests

• Sustainable Investment, Research and Development

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