News21 March 2024|ResearchSatellite image loops reveal volcano effectsPhoto: GOES-17 satellite imageThe eruption of the underwater volcano Hunga Tonga in 2022 was the most explosive eruption of the past decades. Dr. Ákos Horváth used geostationary...Contribution from the news channel CEN News29 February 2024|ForschungAtmospheric waves article featured in Eos Editors' HighlightPhoto: Horváth et al.The article "One-minute resolution GOES-R observations of Lamb and gravity waves triggered by the Hunga Tonga-Hunga Ha'apai eruptions on 15 January...20 April 2023|ResearchFirst direct observation of the spectral fingerprint of Earth's climate feedbackPhoto: ESA - AOES MedialabIn a new study in Nature Geoscience, Florian Römer demonstrates that the spectral feedback parameter, a central quantity in climate science, can be...28 March 2023|ResearchStefan Bühler selected as the 10th Liebe Fellow by USNC-URSIPhoto: UHH / USNC-URSIStefan Bühler has been selected as 10th H. J. Liebe Fellow of the U.S. National Committee (USNC) of the International Union of Radio Scientists...3 March 2023|ResearchTheresa Lang's PhD DefensePhoto: Theresa LangTheresa Lang successfully defended her PhD thesis "On the Uncertainty in Modelling Tropical Relative Humidity". You can learn more about her research...11 January 2023|ResearchMarc Prange's PhD DefensePhoto: Marc PrangeMarc Prange successfully defended his PhD thesis "Elevated moist layers - exploring a blindspot in the global satellite observing system" just before...10 November 2022|ResearchWill the frequency of El Niños and La Niñas change in a warming climate?Photo: Fix et al.Some earlier studies suggested so, but with conflicting results. Fiona Fix shows in her new paper, based on CMIP6 model results, that this problem is...4 November 2022|ResearchNew halocarbon absorption modelPhoto: Buehler et al.Halocarbons contribute approximately 20% of the total anthropogenic instantaneous clear-sky forcing. We have implemented a new absorption model for...11 May 2022|ResearchFunding by DFG Ensures the Continuation of the Project „MW-Luna“Photo: Privat/LemkeThe Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft will provide the necessary funding for a continuation of the project “MW-Luna”, which started in September 2019...18 November 2021|ResearchNew Study on observing the vertical humidity structure of the atmosphere with satellite-based instrumentsPhoto: ©EUMETSAT 2021In a new study published in Atmospheric Measurement Techniques Marc Prange, Dr. Manfred Brath and Prof. Dr. Stefan Bühler show that sophisticated...1 October 2021|ResearchTheresa Mieslinger's PhD DefensePhoto: Theresa LangTheresa Mieslinger successfully defended her PhD thesis “Small and optically thin clouds in the trades”. Congratulations! You can learn more about her...14 September 2021|ResearchNew PhD student in Radiation and Remote SensingPhoto: Florian RömerWe have a new PhD student, who will work on the radiation / climate model nexus, investigating how differences in radiation influence model dynamics...6 August 2021|ResearchKárman Vortex Street in den JGR Top 10%Photo: UHH / HorváthThe article "Evolution of an Atmospheric Kármán Vortex Street From High-Resolution Satellite Winds: Guadalupe Island Case Study" by Ákos Horváth et...24 June 2021|ResearchNew York-Based Rapper Turns Climate Research Into MusicPhoto: Baba BrinkmanThe rapper Baba Brinkman and Stefan Bühler have collaborated on a one-of-a-kind project: a music video with a Caribbean feeling about how clouds shape...13 April 2021|ResearchEruption of the La Soufrière volcanoPhoto: UHH / HorváthThe stereo (red-green) anaglyph image by Ákos Horváth of the La Soufrière volcano eruption on St. Vincent shows the 3D structure of the plume and...25 November 2020|ResearchPhD Defense Lukas KluftPhoto: UHH / MICongratulations to Lukas Kluft for defending his PhD! "Benchmark Calculations of the Climate Sensitivity of Radiative-Convective Equilibrium". Also...24 September 2019|ResearchFORUM selected for Earth Explorer 9Photo: UHH/MI/KluftToday ESA announced that the far infrared Mission FORUM („Far-infrared-Outgoing-Radiation Understanding and Monitoring“) will be its next Earth...6 September 2019|ResearchNew article on precipitation over the oceanPhoto: UHH/MI/KleppAn article by our colleague Jörg Burdanowitz has been published by Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics. The study reveals that extreme precipitation...28 May 2018|ResearchCongratulations Syukuro ManabePhoto: Manabe / Kluft / DacieTogether with Susan Solomon, Manabe last week received the Crafoord Prize at the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences, Stockholm. One of his many great...24 April 2018|ResearchHumidity measurements: in-situ vs. microwavePhoto: NASA, Public Domain, via Wikimedia CommonsResearchers have come to the conclusion in the past that humidity measurements are inconsistent between in-situ sensors and satellite-based microwave...Show all news