News (2016)19 December 2016|Studium und LehreSuccessful PhD DefenseJörg Burdanowitz successfully defended his PhD thesis entitled "Point-to-area validation of passive microwave satellite precipitation with shipboard...5 October 2016|ResearchWeather Satellites Receive Microwaves From the MoonRepeated observations of the Moon with weather satellites can be used to monitor certain properties of their scientific payload in flight. In an...24 August 2016|ResearchFlying above clouds with the research aircraft HALOPhoto: UHH/MI KonowSince August 08th, the research aircraft HALO is flying from Barbados (Caribbean) to nine research flights around the tropical Atlantic. Researchers...12 July 2016|ResearchFIDUCEO Hamburg Science Meeting 2016On July 12-14, the FIDUCEO team holds a Science Meeting at the Meteorological Institute. Main topics are the Fundamental Climate Data Records and data...23 June 2016|InternationalSuccessful PhD defensePhoto: Richard LarssonOur colleague Richard Larsson (Luleå University of Technology) successfully defended his doctoral thesis on 'Modeling the Zeeman Effect in Planetary...7 June 2016|ResearchISMAR/HAMP Workshop 2016On June 7-8, the ISMAR/HAMP workshop 2016 is taken place at the Meteorological Institute. A group of international researchers come together to...4 May 2016|ForschungFIDUCEO Blogpost about Orbit Drift and Diurnal Cycle AliasingA post by Prof. Stefan Bühler about "Orbit drift and diurnal cycle aliasing" has been published on the blog of the FIDUCEO project.10 February 2016|Studies and TeachingMeteorological Institute wins a "Lehrlabor" (Funding for special additional teaching projects)Photo: The Meteorological Institute again successfully applied for the "Lehrlabor", which is a funding for interesting ideas to extend the teaching in the...27 January 2016|ForschungHD(CP)^2 PostDocWe are looking for a new postdoc for project HD(CP)^2, related to satellite measurements and model simulations of cloud ice. For details, see (pdf)