Dr. Bastian Kirsch

Dr. Bastian Kirsch

Research

Since November 2023 I work as a postdoctoral researcher at IMKTRO in the group Meteorological Data Science led by Dr. Julian Quinting. I am responsible for the scientific coordination of the international measurement campaign North Atlantic Waveguide, Dry Intrusion, and Downstream Impact Campaign (NAWDIC). The aim of NAWDIC is to study the atmospheric dynamics in extratropical cyclones in winter with a special focus on the observation of the mesoscale tropopause structure, dry intrusion air streams, and their relation to high-impact weather in the North Atlantic region. The campaign is scheduled for January and February 2026 and the measurement strategy includes several airborne and ground-based remote sensing and insitu measurement systems.

During my PhD studies at the University of Hamburg I have worked on small-scale observations of convective cold air outflows (so-called cold pools) in the context of the measurement campaign Field Experiment on Submesoscale Spatio Temporal Variability in Lindenberg (FESSTVaL). Furthermore, in my studies I have focused on the investigation of precipitation using mirco rain radars and X band radars.

Curriculum Vitae

  • Since 2023: NAWDIC Scientific Coordinator, IMKTRO, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Germany
  • 2022 - 2023: Postdoctoral Researcher, Meteorological Institute, University of Hamburg, Germany
  • 2019 - 2022: PhD Student, Meteorological Institute, University of Hamburg, Germany (supervised by Prof. Dr. Felix Ament and Dr. Cathy Hohenegger)
  • 2017 - 2018: Research Assistent, Meteorological Institute, University of Hamburg and Max Planck Institute for Meteorology, Hamburg, Germany
  • 2011 - 2017: Studies of meteorology, University of Hamburg, Germany

Publications

Peer-reviewed articles
  • Grant, L. D., Kirsch, B., Bukowski, J., Falk, N. M., Neumaier, C. A., Sakradzija, M., van den Heever, S. C., and Ament, F. (2024): How variable are cold pools? Geophys. Res. Lett., 51, e2023GL106784, https://doi.org/10.1029/2023GL106784
  • Kirsch, B., Hohenegger, C., and Ament, F. (2024): Morphology and growth of convective cold pools observed by a dense station network in Germany. Q. J. Roy. Meteor. Soc., 150(759), 857–876, https://doi.org/10.1002/qj.4626
  • Schmitt, A., Burgemeister, F., Dorff, H., Finn, T., Hansen, A., Kirsch, B., Lange, I., Radtke, J., and Ament, F. (2023): Assessing the weather conditions for urban cyclists by spatially dense measurements with an agent-based approach. Meteorol. Appl., 30(6), e2164, https://doi.org/10.1002/MET.2164
  • Hohenegger C., and 51 co-authors (2023): FESSTVaL the Field Experiment on Submesoscale Spatio-Temporal Variability in Lindenberg. B. Am. Meteorol. Soc., 104, E1875–E1892, https://doi.org/10.1175/BAMS-D-21-0330.1
  • Kirsch, B., Hohenegger, C., Klocke, D., Senke, R., Offermann, M., and Ament, F. (2022): Sub-mesoscale observations of convective cold pools with a dense station network in Hamburg, Germany. Earth Syst. Sci. Data, 14, 3531–3548. https://doi.org/10.5194/ESSD-14-3531-2022
  • Kirsch, B., Ament, F., and Hohenegger, C. (2021): Convective cold pools in long-term boundary layer mast observations. Mon. Weather Rev., 149, 811–820. https://doi.org/10.1175/MWR-D-20-0197.1
  • Kirsch, B., Clemens, M., and Ament, F. (2019): Stratiform and convective radar reflectivity–rain rate relationships and their potential to improve radar rainfall estimates. J. Appl. Meteorol. Clim., 58, 2259–2271. https://doi.org/10.1175/JAMC-D-19-0077.1
Dissertation
Data sets
  • Kirsch, B., Stiehle, B., Löhnert, U., and Ament, F. (2022): Radiosonde profile measurements during FESSTVaL 2021. Universität Hamburg. https://doi.org/10.25592/UHHFDM.10278
  • Kirsch, B., Hohenegger, C., Klocke, D., and Ament F. (2021): Meteorological network observations by APOLLO and WXT weather stations during FESSTVaL 2021. Universität Hamburg. https://doi.org/10.25592/UHHFDM.9765
  • Kirsch, B., Hohenegger, C., Klocke, D., Senke, R., Offermann, M., and Ament, F. (2021): FESST@HH meteorological network measurements. Universität Hamburg. https://doi.org/10.25592/UHHFDM.8967