Langhans, Wolfgang

ETH Zürich Wolfgang Langhans Institut f. Atmosphäre und Klima CHN L 16.3 Universitätstrasse 16 8092 Zürich Phone: +41 44 632 78 18 E-Mail:

Research interests

• Moist convection over complex terrain
• Mountain meteorology
• Mesoscale numerical modeling
• Turbulence modeling

Publications

Peer-reviewed

• Langhans, W, J. Schmidli, and C. Schär, 2011: Bulk convergence of cloud-resolving simulations of moist convection over complex terrain. J. Atmos. Sci., (in press)
• Langhans, W, J. Schmidli, and C. Schär, 2011: Mesoscale impacts of explicit numerical diffusion in a convection-permitting model. Mon. Wea. Rev., 140, 226-244.
• Langhans, W., A. Gohm, and G. Zängl, 2011: The orographic impact on patterns of embedded convection during the August 2005 Alpine flood. Quart. J. Roy. Meteor. Soc., 137, 2092–2105.
• Hohenegger, C., A. Walser, W. Langhans, and C. Schär, 2008: Cloud-resolving ensemble simulations of the August 2005 Alpine flood. Quart. J. Roy. Meteor. Soc., 134, 889-904.

Others

• Langhans, W., J. Schmidli, and B. Szintai, 2011: A Smagorinsky-Lilly turbulence closure for COSMO-LES: Implementation and comparison to ARPS. COSMO Newsletter, No. 12, 20-31. [pdf]
• Langhans, W., O. Fuhrer, and J. Schmidli, 2011: Description and application of a budget-diagnosis tool in COSMO. COSMO Newsletter, 12, 43-51. [pdf]
• Langhans, W., 2008: Cloud-resolving simulations of the August 2005 Alpine flood: The sensitivity to microphysics parameterizations. Diploma thesis, University of Innsbruck. [pdf]

Links

• Wolfgang's CV
• Center For Climate Systems Modeling
• Federal Office of Meteorology and Climatology MeteoSwiss
• Climate and Water Cycle Group