1. Atmospheric Dynamics Group Themen BSc Seminar HS 2018
09/17/17
Atmospheric Dynamics Group
Themen BSc Seminar HS 2018
Betreuung: Annika Oertel
(CHN M14, 1

2. Forschungsthemen der Arbeitsgruppe Microphysics & Dynamics Weather
09/17/17
Forschungsthemen
der Arbeitsgruppe
Microphysics
& Dynamics
Weather
System
Dynamics
Stable
Water
Isotopes
Atmospheric
Transport 2

3. Forschungsthemen der Arbeitsgruppe Microphysics & Dynamics WCBs
09/17/17
Forschungsthemen
der Arbeitsgruppe
Microphysics
& Dynamics
WCBs
Clouds and (heavy) precipitation
Transport of heat, moisture and trace substances
Cyclone dynamics and modification of large-scale flow
Weather
System
Dynamics
Stable
Water
Isotopes
Atmospheric
Transport 3

4. Methoden und Daten Weather System Dynamics (re-) Analysis data
09/17/17
Methoden und Daten
(re-) Analysis
data
Weather
System
Dynamics
(High-resolution)
model simulations
Observations and measurements 4

5. Madonna et al. 2014 WCB climatology based on ERA-Interim trajectories
09/17/17
Madonna et al. 2014
WCB climatology based on ERA-Interim trajectories
Where and how often do WCBs occur?
Evolution of mean properties along the WCB trajectories
WCB criterion:
> 600 hPa in 48 h 5

6. 09/17/17
Crespo and Posselt 2016
WCB case study with satellite observations from A-Train
Spaceborne radar observations of the cloud structure of a WCB
Transition from stratiform clouds to convective clouds during the evolution of the WCB
WCB cloud band
Stratiform clouds
Convective clouds 6

7. 09/17/17
Rasp et al. 2016
Case studies with convection-permitting model simulations and high-resolution online trajectories
Detailed analysis of WCB ascent behaviour
Separation between convective and slantwise WCB ascent
Convective ascent
Slantwise ascent 7