Finn Burgemeister’s PhD defense

22 November 2024

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We congratulate Finn Burgemeister on his PhD thesis titled “Uncertainty and variability of rainfall estimated from high-resolution radar measurements.” Finn investigated whether new insights into the temporal and spatial variability of rainfall can be gained from multi-year high-resolution weather radar measurements. In the first step, he conducted a reanalysis of the measurement data. This involved homogenizing the data, correcting for measurement errors, and calibrating it. In a second study, he discussed the added value of higher spatial and temporal resolution for weather radar measurements on time scales of less than one hour and spatial scales of less than one kilometer. He demonstrated that the refined resolution and measurement strategy lead to better detection of rainfall maxima and stronger spatial gradients, thereby enabling a more accurate capture of microscale rainfall variability.

(This news article was translated from German to English by UHHGPT.)