Dr. Hilke Lentink
- Research Associate
- Room: 518
CN 435 - Phone: +49 721 608-22805
- hilke lentink ∂ kit edu
Research Interests
- Extratropical cyclones and wind storms in present and future climate
- High-impact weather over central Europe (e.g. wind, precipitation)
- High resolution modelling (case studies, idealized simulations, regional climate simulations)
- Extratropical transition of tropical cyclones
Projects
- ClimXtreme, BMBF funded research project
- Extreme weather events under recent climate conditions. Aon-Benfield IF, London, UK
- PANDOWAE, DFG funded research group (FOR896)
Teaching
- WS 2019/2020: Climate Modeling and Dynamics with ICON (MSc), exercises
Curriculum Vitae
- since 2017: Research associate, IMK-TRO, KIT
- 2015-2016 Research associate, South German Climate Office, KIT
- 2012-2017 PhD student, IMK-TRO, KIT, Germany
- 09/2011-02/2012 Internship, IAC, ETH Zürich, Switzerland
- 2009-2012 M.Sc. in Meteorology, Physical Oceanography and Climate, IMAU, Utrecht University, the Netherlands
- 2005-2008 B.Sc. in Earth sciences, major in physical geography, Utrecht University, the Netherlands
Publications
Degree theses
PhD thesis
Lentink H (2017): Mechanisms determining structural changes during the extratropical transition of Typhoon Sinlaku (2008): a modelling study. IMK-TRO, KIT, Germany.
Master Thesis
Lentink H (2014): Extreme foehn in Switzerland: a climatology and the relation to large scale flow.
Bachelor Thesis
Lentink H (2008): Modeling the transition from meandering to braiding channel patterns.