Meteorological Institute

An article by our colleague Jörg Burdanowitz has been published by Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics. The study reveals that extreme precipitation scaling over the ocean according to sea surface temperature depends on resolution. Along-track OceanRAIN ship data indicate a super Clausius-Clapeyron scaling above 8 % K-1 while...

The American Geophysical Union (AGU) has just announced that our colleague Vera Melinda Galfi, who is currently a post-doctoral researcher in our Theoretical Meteorology group working on the project TRR181 "Energy Transfers in Atmosphere and Ocean", has been awarded the 2019 Donald L. Turcotte Award for the best PhD...

... on the banks of the river Elbe in Hamburg Blankenese. What opportunities and challenges are there for meteorology? How can we tackle them effectively? With a great view over the Elbe and into the sky, all 50 members of the Meteorological Institute discussed these fundamental questions. More than ever it became clear...