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Meteorologisches Institut

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Dr. Ákos Horváth

Akos Horvath

Foto: Akos Horvath

Wissenschaftlicher Mitarbeiter

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Universität Hamburg
Erdsystemwissenschaften
Meteorologisches Institut
Bundesstr. 55
20146 Hamburg

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Geomatikum
Raum: 1527

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NASA Group Achievement Award (2001)

 

Education

PhD (Atmospheric Sciences) 2004, University of Arizona, Tucson, USA

MSc (Atmospheric Sciences) 1999, University of Arizona, Tucson, USA

BSc (Meteorology) 1996, Eötvös University, Budapest, Hungary

 

Publications

  1. Horváth, Á., S. L. Vadas, C. C. Stephan, and S. A. Buehler (2024), One-minute resolution GOES-R observations of Lamb and gravity waves triggered by the Hunga Tonga-Hunga Ha'apai eruptions on 15 January 2022, J. Geophys. Res. Atmos., 129, e2023JD039329, doi:10.1029/2023JD039329. (PDF) (Editor's Highlight)

  2. Wu, D. L., J. L. Carr, M. D. Friberg, T. C. Summers, J. N. Lee, and Á. Horváth (2024), A GEO-GEO stereo observation of diurnal cloud variations over the Eastern Pacific, Remote Sens., 16, 1133, doi:10.3390/rs16071133. (PDF)

  3. Annis, S., M. G. Badas, Á. Horváth, and S. Basu (2023), Quantifying the impacts of the angle of attack on the morphology of atmospheric von Kármán vortex streets, J. Geophys. Res. Atmos., 128, e2023JD039125, doi:10.1029/2023JD039125. (PDF)

  4. Girina, O. A., E. A. Loupian, Á. Horváth, D. V. Melnikov, A. G. Manevich, A. A. Nuzhdaev, A. A. Bril, A. Yu. Ozerov, L. S. Kramareva, and A. A. Sorokin (2023), Analysis of the development of the paroxysmal eruption of Sheveluch volcano on April 10–13, 2023, based on data from various satellite systems, Sovrem. Probl. Distantsionnogo Zondirovaniya Zemli iz Kosm., 20(2), 283–291, doi:10.21046/2070-7401-2023-20-2-283-291. (PDF)

  5. Bruckert, J., L. Hirsch, Á. Horváth, R. Kahn, T. Kölling, L. Muser, C. Timmreck, H. Vogel, S. Wallis, and G. A. Hoshyaripour (2023), Dispersion and aging of volcanic aerosols after the La Soufrière eruption in April 2021, J. Geophys. Res. Atmos., 128, e2022JD037694, doi:10.1029/2022JD037694. (PDF)

  6. Horváth, Á., J. L. Carr, D. L. Wu, J. Bruckert, G. A. Hoshyaripour, and S. A. Buehler (2022), Measurement report: Plume heights of the April 2021 La Soufrière eruptions from GOES-17 side views and GOES-16–MODIS stereo views, Atmos. Chem. Phys., 22, 12311–12330, doi:10.5194/acp-22-12311-2022. (PDF)

  7. Carr, J. L., Á. Horváth,  D. L. Wu, and M. D. Friberg (2022), Stereo plume height and motion retrievals for the record-setting Hunga Tonga-Hunga Ha'apai eruption of 15 January 2022, Geophys. Res. Lett., 49, e2022GL098131, doi:10.1029/2022GL098131. (PDF)(VIDEO)

  8. Takács, P., J. Slíz-Balogh,  Á. Horváth, D. Horváth, I. M. Jánosi, and G. Horváth (2022), How the morning-afternoon cloudiness asymmetry affects the energy-maximizing azimuth direction of fixed-tilt monofacial solar panels, R. Soc. Open Sci., 9, 211948, doi:10.1098/rsos.211948. (PDF)

  9. Bruckert, J., G. A. Hoshyaripour, Á. Horváth, L. Muser, F. J. Prata, C. Hoose, and B. Vogel (2022), Online treatment of eruption dynamics improves the volcanic ash and SO2 dispersion forecast: case of the 2019 Raikoke eruption, Atmos. Chem. Phys., 22, 3535–3552, doi:10.5194/acp-22-3535-2022. (PDF)

  10. Günther, T., Á. Horváth, W. Bresky, J. Daniels, and S. A. Buehler (2021), Lagrangian Coherent Structures and vortex formation in high spatiotemporal-resolution satellite winds of an atmospheric Kármán vortex street, J. Geophys. Res. Atmos., 126, e2021JD035000, doi:10.1029/2021JD035000. (PDF)(VIDEO)

  11. Horváth, Á., J. L. Carr, O. A. Girina, D. L. Wu, A. A. Bril, A. A. Mazurov, D. V. Melnikov, G. A. Hoshyaripour, and S. A. Buehler (2021), Geometric estimation of volcanic eruption column height from GOES-R near-limb imagery – Part 1: Methodology, Atmos. Chem. Phys., 21, 12189–12206, doi:10.5194/acp-21-12189-2021. (PDF)

  12. Horváth, Á., O. A. Girina, J. L. Carr, D. L. Wu, A. A. Bril, A. A. Mazurov, D. V. Melnikov, G. A. Hoshyaripour, and S. A. Buehler (2021), Geometric estimation of volcanic eruption column height from GOES-R near-limb imagery – Part 2: Case studies, Atmos. Chem. Phys., 21, 12207–12226, doi:10.5194/acp-21-12207-2021. (PDF)
     
  13. Rybka, H., U. Burkhardt, M. Köhler, I. Arka, L. Bugliaro, U. Görsdorf, Á. Horváth, C. I. Meyer, J. Reichardt, A. Seifert, and J. Strandgren (2021), The behavior of high-CAPE (convective available potential energy) summer convection in large-domain large-eddy simulations with ICON, Atmos. Chem. Phys., 21, 4285–4318, doi:10.5194/acp-21-4285-2021. (PDF)

  14. Horváth, G., J. Slíz-Balogh, Á. Horváth, Á. Egri, B. Virágh, D. Horváth, and I. M. Jánosi (2020), Sunflower inflorescences absorb maximum light energy if they face east and afternoons are cloudier than mornings, Sci. Rep., 10, 21597, doi:10.1038/s41598-020-78243-z. (PDF)

  15. Muser, L. O., G. A. Hoshyaripour, J. Bruckert,  Á. Horváth, E.  Malinina, S. Wallis, F. J. Prata, A. Rozanov, C. von Savigny, H. Vogel, and B. Vogel (2020), Particle aging and aerosol–radiation interaction affect volcanic plume dispersion: evidence from the Raikoke 2019 eruption, Atmos. Chem. Phys., 20, 15015–15036, doi:10.5194/acp-20-15015-2020. (PDF)

  16. Horváth, Á., W. Bresky, J. Daniels, J. Vogelzang, A. Stoffelen, J. L. Carr, D. L. Wu, C. Seethala, T. Günther, and S. A. Buehler (2020), Evolution of an atmospheric Kármán vortex street from high-resolution satellite winds: Guadalupe Island case study, J. Geophys. Res. Atmos., 125, e2019JD032121, doi:10.1029/2019JD032121. (PDF)(VIDEO)

  17. von Savigny, C., C. Timmreck, S. A. Buehler, J. P. Burrows, M. Giorgetta, G. Hegerl, Á. Horváth, G. A. Hoshyaripour, C. Hoose, J. Quaas, E. Malinina, A. Rozanov, H. Schmidt, L. Thomason, M. Toohey, and B. Vogel (2020), The Research Unit VolImpact: Revisiting the volcanic impact on atmosphere and climate — preparations for the next big volcanic eruption, Meteorol. Z., 29, 3–18, doi:10.1127/metz/2019/0999. (PDF)

  18. Mieslinger, T., Á. Horváth, S. A. Buehler, and M. Sakradzija (2019), The dependence of shallow cumulus macrophysical properties on large-scale meteorology as observed in ASTER imagery, J. Geophys. Res. Atmos., 124, 11477–11505, doi:10.1029/2019JD030768. (PDF)

  19. Seethala, C., J. F.  Meirink, Á. Horváth, R. Bennartz, and R. Roebeling (2018), Evaluating the diurnal cycle of South Atlantic stratocumulus clouds as observed by MSG SEVIRI, Atmos. Chem. Phys., 18, 13283–13304, doi:10.5194/acp-18-13283-2018. (PDF)

  20. Horváth, Á., O. Hautecoeur, R. Borde, H. Deneke, and S. A. Buehler (2017), Evaluation of the EUMETSAT Global AVHRR Wind Product, J. Appl. Meteorol. Clim., 56, 2353–2376, doi:10.1175/JAMC-D-17-0059.1. (PDF)

  21. Mueller, K. J., D. L. Wu, Á. Horváth, V. M. Jovanovic, J.-P. Muller, L. Di Girolamo, M. J. Garay, D. J. Diner, C. M. Moroney, and S. Wanzong (2017), Assessment of MISR Cloud Motion Vectors (CMVs) Relative to GOES and MODIS Atmospheric Motion Vectors (AMVs), J. Appl. Meteorol. Clim., 56, 555–572, doi:10.1175/JAMC-D-16-0112.1. (PDF)

  22. Nunalee, C. G., Á. Horváth, and S. Basu (2015), High-resolution numerical modeling of mesoscale island wakes and sensitivity to static topographic relief data, Geosci. Model Dev., 8, 2645–2653, doi:10.5194/gmd-8-2645-2015. (PDF)

  23. Barta, A., G. Horváth, Á. Horváth, Á. Egri, M. Blahó, P. Barta, K. Bumke, and A. Macke (2015), Testing a polarimetric cloud imager aboard research vessel Polarstern: comparison of color-based and polarimetric cloud detection algorithms, Appl. Opt., 54, 1065–1077, doi:10.1364/ao.54.001065. (PDF)

  24. Horváth, Á., S. Chellappan, and H. Deneke (2014), View angle dependence of MODIS liquid water path retrievals in warm oceanic clouds, J. Geophys. Res. Atmos., 119, 8304–8328, doi:10.1002/2013JD021355. (PDF)

  25. Rennó, N. O., E. Williams, D. Rosenfeld, D. G. Fischer, J. Fischer, T. Kremic, A. Agrawal, M. O. Andreae, R. Bierbaum, R. Blakeslee, A. Boerner, N. Bowles, H. Christian, A. Cox, J. Dunion, Á. Horváth, X. Huang, A. Khain, S. Kinne, M. C. Lemos, J. E. Penner, U. Pöschl, J. Quaas, E. Seran, B. Stevens, T. Walati, and T. Wagner (2013), CHASER: An Innovative Satellite Mission Concept to Measure the Effects of Aerosols on Clouds and Climate, Bull. Am. Meteorol. Soc., 94, 685–694, doi:10.1175/BAMS-D-11-00239.1. (PDF)

  26. Horváth, Á. (2013), Improvements to MISR stereo motion vectors,  J. Geophys. Res. Atmos., 118, 5600–5620, doi:10.1002/jgrd.50466. (PDF)

  27. Lonitz, K., and Á. Horváth (2011), Comparison of MISR and Meteosat-9 cloud-motion vectors, J. Geophys. Res. Atmos., 116, D24202, doi:10.1029/2011JD016047. (PDF)

  28. Seethala, C., and Á. Horváth (2010), Global assessment of AMSR-E and MODIS cloud liquid water path retrievals in warm oceanic clouds, J. Geophys. Res. Atmos., 115, D13202, doi:10.1029/2009JD012662. (PDF)

  29. Egri, Á., Á. Horváth, Gy. Kriska, and G. Horváth (2010), Optics of sunlit water drops on leaves: conditions under which sunburn is possible, New Phytol., 185, 979–987, doi:10.1111/j.1469-8137.2009.03150.x. (PDF)

  30. Horváth, Á., and B. J. Soden (2008), Lagrangian diagnostics of tropical deep convection and its effect upon upper-tropospheric humidity, J. Clim., 21, 1013–1028, doi:10.1175/2007JCLI1786.1. (PDF)

  31. Davies, R., Á. Horváth, C. Moroney, B. Zhang, and Y. Zhu (2007), Cloud motion vectors from MISR using sub-pixel enhancements, Remote Sens. Environ., 107, 194–199, doi:10.1016/j.rse.2006.09.023. (PDF)

  32. Horváth, Á., and C. Gentemann (2007), Cloud-fraction-dependent bias in satellite liquid water path retrievals of shallow, non-precipitating marine clouds, Geophys. Res. Lett., 34, L22806, doi:10.1029/2007GL030625. (PDF)

  33. Horváth, Á., and R. Davies (2007), Comparison of microwave and optical cloud water path estimates from TMI, MODIS, and MISR, J. Geophys. Res. Atmos., 112, D01202, doi:10.1029/2006JD007101. (PDF)

  34. Hegedüs, R., Á. Horváth, and G. Horváth (2006), Why do dusk-active cockchafers detect polarization in the green? The polarization vision in Melolontha melolontha is tuned to the high polarized intensity of downwelling light under canopies during sunset, J. Theor. Biol., 238, 230–244, doi:10.1016/j.jtbi.2005.05.033. (PDF)

  35. Horváth, Á., and R. Davies (2004), Anisotropy of water cloud reflectance: A comparison of measurements and 1D theory, Geophys. Res. Lett., 31, L01102, doi:10.1029/2003GL018386. (PDF)

  36. Moroney, C., Á. Horváth, and R. Davies (2002), Use of stereo-matching to coregister multiangle data from MISR, IEEE Trans. Geosci. Remote Sens., 40, 1541–1546, doi:10.1109/TGRS.2002.801146. (PDF)

  37. Horváth, Á., and R. Davies (2001), Feasibility and error analysis of cloud motion wind extraction from near-simultaneous multiangle MISR measurements, J. Atmospheric Ocean. Technol., 18, 591–608, doi:10.1175/1520-0426(2001)018<0591:FAEAOC>2.0.CO;2. (PDF)

  38. Horváth, Á., and R. Davies (2001), Simultaneous retrieval of cloud motion and height from polar-orbiter multiangle measurements, Geophys. Res. Lett., 28, 2915–2918, doi:10.1029/2001GL012951. (PDF)

  39. Holden, J. J., S. E. Belcher, Á. Horváth, and I. Pytharoulis (1995), Raindrops keep falling on my head, Weather, 50, 367–370, doi:10.1002/j.1477-8696.1995.tb07246.x. (PDF)