Topics of the Working Groups

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Working groups

This list is intended to provide an overview of some possible bachelor thesis topics at IMK. If you are interested in specific research areas and topics that are not listed here, please do not hesitate to contact the working group leaders or scientists directly.

On these pages you will find the working groups of the departments IMK-AAF, IMK-ASF and IMK-TRO.

 

WG Aerosol and Reactive Tracer Modelling, IMKTRO

Contact

Dr. Ali Hoshyaripour, Tel. 23277, ali.hoshyaripour∂kit.edu
Topics Support
Aerosol processes and interactions  
How would the great green wall in Africa affect the dust emissions? A. Hoshyaripour
Mispredicted clouds during the Saharan dust outbreak in March 2021: role of dust-cloud interactions A. Hoshyaripour
Volcanic ash as ice nuclei: new parameterization A. Hoshyaripour
Validation of ICON-ART experiments during MOSES campaign 17-25 June 2021: aerosol size and optics A. Hoshyaripour
Validation of ICON-ART experiments during MOSES campaign 17-25 June 2021: ice nucleation potential of aerosols A. Hoshyaripour
Eruption of Tonga volcano January 2022 A. Hoshyaripour
Mixing of volcanic aerosols with Saharan dust during the La Palma eruption 2021 A. Hoshyaripour
Data processing and AI  
Validation of desert dust forecast data using satellite and ground measurements (with DWD) A. Hoshyaripour
Analysis of aerosol budgets and trends using model and satellite data (with DWD) A. Hoshyaripour
Parameterization of aerosol properties and interactions using artificial neural network A. Hoshyaripour
AI-based plume rise model for biomass-burning aerosols (with NASA) A. Hoshyaripour
Tracer transport with convolutional neural network (with DKRZ) A. Hoshyaripour

 

WG Aerosol Chemistry and Air Quality, IMKAAF

Contact

Dr. Harald Saathoff, Phone: 22897, harald.saathoff∂kit.edu

Topics Support
Measurement of water isotopologues in and outside clouds H. Saathoff

 

WG Aerosol-Cloud-Processes, IMKAAF

Contact

Dr. Ottmar Möhler, Tel. 24287, ottmar.moehler∂kit.edu
Dr. Larissa Lacher, tel. 23979, larissa.lacher∂kit.edu
Dr. Kristina Höhler, Tel. 28690 , kristina.hoehler∂kit.edu
Topics Support
Seasonal ice activity of atmospheric aerosols at Sonnblick Observatory, Austria/ Seasonal ice activity of atmospheric aerosols at Sonnblick Observatory, Austria K. Höhler
Analyzing ice-nucleating particles in high latitude regions/ Measurement of ice-forming particles in high latitudes O. Möhler

WG Airborne Cloud Observations, IMKAAF

Contact

Dr. Martin Schnaiter, tel. 24332, martin.schnaiter∂kit.edu
Dr. Emma Järvinen, tel. 25971, emma.jaervinen∂kit.edu
Topics Support
Detection and characterization of ice particles in Arctic mixed-phase clouds - evaluation of aircraft measurement data. E. Järvinen, M. Schnaiter

WG Atmospheric Dynamics, IMKTRO

Contact

Prof. Dr. Peter Knippertz, Tel. 43565, peter.knippertz∂kit.edu
Topics
Support
Currently no topics available  

WG Cloud Physics, IMKTRO

Contact

Prof. Dr. Corinna Hoose, Tel. 43587, corinna.hoose∂kit.edu
All topics can be worked on in German or English.
Topics Support
A machine learning approach to study microphysical process rates in the
one-moment microphysics scheme in ICON		 Miriam Simm, Corinna Hoose
Does time impact ice nucleation? Deepak Waman, Corinna Hoose

WG Cloud Microphysics, IMKAAF

Contact

Dr. Alexei Kiselev, tel. 26662, email alexei.kiselev∂kit.edu
Dr. Ahmed Abdelmonem, tel. 24520, ahmed-abdelmonem∂kit.edu
Dr. Nadine Hoffmann, tel. 28689, nadine.hoffmann∂kit.edu
Prof. Dr. Thomas Leisner, Tel. 24865, Email thomas.leisner∂kit.edu
Topics Support
Ice nucleation in supercooled seawater droplets A. Kiselev, N. Hoffmann
Light scattering from levitated frozen water droplets with rough surfaces A. Kiselev
Influence of antifreeze protein on the growth of ice crystals A. Kiselev, N. Hoffmann
Secondary ice production in seawater droplets A. Kiselev, T. Leisner
Probing adsorption and deposition ice nucleation of water on the sapphire substrate using optical methods A. Abdelmonem, T. Leisner

WG Ground-Based FTIR Remote Sensing, IMKASF,

Contact

Dr. Thomas Blumenstock Tel. 22838, thomas.blumenstock∂kit.edu
Dr. Frank Hase, Tel. 22434, frank.hase∂kit.edu
Topics Support
   

WG Land Surfaces and Boundary Layer, IMKTRO

Contact

Dr. Jan Handwerker, Phone: 22847, jan.handwerker∂kit.edu
Topic Supervision
Accuracy of Doppler lidar wind profile retrievals during the Swabian-MOSES measurement campaign (Description)

Philipp Gasch, philipp.gasch∂kit.edu

WG Mesoscale Processes and Predictability, IMKTRO

Contact

Dr. Annika Ortel, Phone: 26537, annika.oertel∂kit.edu

Topics Support

 

  

WG Meteorological Data Science, IMKTRO

Contact

Dr. Julian Quinting, Phone: 26537, julian.quinting∂kit.edu
Topics Support

 

  

WG Mineral Dust, IMKTRO

Contact

Dr. Martina Klose, martina.klose∂kit.edu
Topics Support
Identifying 3D-turbulence structures from Doppler Lidar data in J-WADI field campaign M. Klose
Meteorological drivers of dust events during J-WADI field campaign, Jordan 2022 M. Klose
Size-distribution variability of aerodynamically emitted dust M. Klose

Please find more information on our group page.

WG Regional Climate and Weather Hazards, IMKTRO

WG Regional Climate and Weather Hazards

Contakt

Prof. Dr. Joaquim G. Pinto, Tel. 28467/43357, joaquim.pinto∂kit.edu
Dr. Patrick Ludwig, Tel. 22085, patrick.ludwig∂kit.edu
M.Sc. Kim Stadelmaier, Tel. 28715, kim.stadelmaier∂kit.edu
Topics Support
Large scale patterns (temperature, precipitation, jet stream) in PMIP3/PMIP4 LGM simulations P. Ludwig, J. Pinto
Repräsentation des Klimas der kaspischen Meer Region in (regionalen) Klimasimulationen K. Stadelmaier, P. Ludwig, J. Pinto

WG Remote sensing using aircraft and balloons, IMKASF

Contact

PD Dr. Michael Höpfner, Tel. 25948, michael.hoepfner∂kit.edu
Felix Friedl-Vallon, Tel. 24834, felix.friedl-vallon∂kit.edu
Topics Support
Analysis of various airborne and balloon-borne remote sensing experiments from the upper troposphere to the middle stratosphere and their interpretation e.g. by means of chemistry/climate models. M. Höpfner, G. Wetzel, W. Woiwode, S. Johansson

WG Research data management, IT & Interactions in the atmospheric system, IMKASF

Contact

Prof. Dr. Peter Braesicke, Tel. 22191, peter.braesicke∂kit.edu
PD Dr. Thomas Clarmann, thomas.clarmann∂kit.edu
Dr. Tobias Kerzenmacher, Tel. 28274, tobias.kerzenmacher∂kit.edu
Topics Support
The unusual behavior of the quasi-two-year oscillation (QBO) in 2016. P. Braesicke, T. Kerzenmacher

WG Satellite Climatology, IMKASF and IPF

Contact

Prof. Dr. Jan Cermak, tel. 24510/43675, jan.cermak∂kit.edu
Hendrik Andersen, tel. 24304/44130, hendrik.andersen∂kit.edu
Dr. Eva Pauli, Tel. 26550, eva.pauli∂kit.edu

Topics

Support
Evaluation of satellite-based cloud detection in desert regions
J. Cermak
Spatial patterns of aerosol load from satellite data
J. Cermak
Irrigation impact on fog and low cloud occurrence
 Eva Pauli
Impact of wildfire emissions on low clouds Eva Pauli
Analysis of the effect of forests on fog
 Eva Pauli

WG Tropical Meteorology, IMKTRO

Contact

Prof. Dr. Andreas Fink, Tel. 48711, andreas.fink∂kit.edu