Dr. Hilke Lentink

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.