Ich bin Leiter der Arbeitsgruppe Atmosphärische Dynamik, Ko-Sprecher des Transregio-SFBs Waves to Weather und Mitglied der Lenkungsausschüsse der KIT-Zentren für Klima und Umwelt sowie für Mathematics in Sciences, Engineering, and Economics.

Forschungsschwerpunkte

• Atmosphärische Dynamik
• Tropische Meteorologie
• Tropisch-extratropische Interaktionen
• Monsune
• Konvektion
• Staubstürme
• Zyklonen
• Starkniederschläge
• Numerische Wettervorhersage

Ausbildung & Arbeitserfahrung

seit 2013         Professor der Meteorologie, Karlsruher Institut für Technologie, Deutschland

2009–2013      Professor/Reader/Lecturer in Meteorologie, Univ. Leeds, GB

2008                Habilitation in Meteorologie, Univ. Mainz, Deutschland

2005–2009      Emmy-Noether Gruppenleiter, Univ. Mainz, Deutschland

2003–2005      DFG Postdoc-Stipendium, Univ. Wisconsin, Madison, WI, USA

2003                Doktor der Meteorologie, Univ. Köln, Deutschland

1999                Diplom in Meteorologie, Univ. Köln, Deutschland

Lehre

• Tropische Meteorologie
• Statistik in der Meteorologie
• Numerische Wettervorhersage
• Fortgeschrittene Numerische Wettervorhersage
• Theoretische Meteorologie
• Meteorologisches Kolloquium und Seminare

Detailierten CV gibt es hier

2013 and older

Knippertz, P., 2013
Dust may cool polar regions
Nature Clim. Change, 3(5), 443–444. doi:10.1038/nclimate1880 (solicited)

Schuster, R.; Fink, A. H.; Knippertz, P., 2013
Formation and maintenance of nocturnal low-level stratus over the southern West African monsoon region during AMMA 2006
J. Atmos. Sci., 70(8), 2337–2355. doi:10.1175/JAS-D-12-0241.1

Fiedler, S.; Schepanski, K.; Heinold, B.; Knippertz, P.; Tegen, I., 2013
Climatology of nocturnal low-level jets over North Africa and implications for modeling mineral dust emission
J. Geophys. Res., 118(12), 6100–6121. doi:10.1002/jgrd.50394

Heinold, B.; Knippertz, P.; Marsham, J. H.; Fiedler, S.; Dixon, N. S.; Schepanski, K.; Laurent, B.; Tegen, I., 2013
The role of deep convection and low-level jets for dust emissions in West Africa
J. Geophys. Res., 118(10), 4385–4400. doi:10.1002/jgrd.50402

Fröhlich, L.; Knippertz, P.; Fink, A. H.; Hohberger, E., 2013
An objective climatology of tropical plumes
J. Clim., 26(14), 5044–5060. doi:10.1175/JCLI-D-12-00351.1

Cowie, S.; Knippertz, P.; Marsham, J. H., 2013
Are vegetation-related roughness changes the causes of the recent decrease in dust emission from the Sahel?
Geophys. Res. Lett., 40(9), 1868–1872. doi:10.1002/grl.50273

Marsham, J.; Dixon, N.; Garcia-Carreras, L.; Lister, G. M. S.; Parker, D. J.; Knippertz, P., 2013
The role of moist convection in the West African monsoon system - insights from continental-scale convection-permitting simulations
Geophys. Res. Lett., 40(9), 1843–1849. doi:10.1002/grl.50347

Davis, J.; Knippertz, P.; Fink, A. H., 2013
The predictability of precipitation episodes during the West African dry-season
Quart. J. Roy. Meteorol. Soc., 139, 1047–1058. doi:10.1002/qj.2014

Knippertz, P.; Wernli, H.; Gläser, G., 2013
A global climatology of tropical moisture exports
J. Clim., 26(10), 3031–3045. doi:10.1175/JCLI-D-12-00401.1

Odell, L.; Knippertz, P.; Pickering, S.; Parkes, B.; Roberts, A., 2013 The
Braer Storm revisited Weat
her, 68(4), 105–111. doi:10.1002/wea.2097

Baker, L.; Martinez-Alvarado, O.; Methven, J.; Knippertz, P., 2013
Flying through extratropical cyclone Friedhelm
Weather, 68(1), 9–13. doi:10.1002/wea.2047

Schepanski, K.; Wright, T. J.; Knippertz, P., 2012
Evidence for flash floods over deserts from loss of coherence in InSAR imagery
J. Geophys. Res., 117, D20101, doi:10.1029/2012JD017580.

Roberts, A.; Knippertz, P., 2012
Haboobs: Convectively generated dust storms in West Africa
Weather, 67(12), 311–315. doi:10.1002/wea.1968

Waliser, D. E.; Moncrieff, M.; Burridge, D.; Fink, A.; Gochis, D.; Goswami, B. N.; Guan, B.; Harr, P.; Heming, J.; Hsu, H.-H.; Jakob, C.; Janiga, M.; Johnson, R.; Jones, S.; Knippertz, P.; Marengo, J.; Nguyen, H.; Pope, M.; Serra, Y.; Thorncroft, C.; Wheeler, M.; Wood, R.; Yuter, S., 2012
The "Year" of Tropical Convection (May 2008 to April 2010): Climate variability and weather highlights
Bull. Amer. Meteor. Soc., 93(8), 1189–1218. doi:10.1175/2011BAMS3095.1

Gläser, G.; Knippertz, P.; B. Heinold, 2012
Orographic effects and evaporative cooling along a subtropical cold front: The case of the spectacular Saharan dust outbreak of March 2004
Mon. Wea. Rev., 140(8), 2520–2533. doi:10.1175/MWR-D-11-00315.1

Berkes, F.; Knippertz, P.; Parker, D. J.; Jeans, G.; Quiniou-Ramus, V., 2012
Convective squalls over the eastern equatorial Atlantic
Wea. Forecasting, 27(3), 770–783. doi:10.1175/WAF-D-11-00086.1

Tompkins, A. M.; Parker, D.J.; Danour, S.; Amekudzi, L.; Bain, C. L.; Dominguez, A.; Douglas, M. W.; Fink, A. H.; Grimes, D. I. F.; Hobby, M.; Knippertz, P.; Lamb, P. J.; Nicklin, K. J.; Yorke, C., 2012
The Ewiem Nimdie Summer School series in Ghana
Bull. Amer. Meteor. Soc., 93(5), 595–601. doi:10.1175/BAMS-D-11-00098.1

Brindley, H.; Knippertz, P.; Ryder, C.; Ashpole, I., 2012
A critical evaluation of the ability of SEVIRI thermal IR RGB rendering to identify dust events. Part A: Theoretical analysis
J. Geophys. Res., 117, D07201, doi:10.1029/2011JD017326.

Fink, A. H.; Pohle, S.; Pinto, J. G.; Knippertz, P., 2012
Diagnosing the influence of diabatic processes in the explosive deepening of extratropical cyclones over the North Atlantic
Geophys. Res. Lett., 39, L07803, doi:10.1029/2012GL051025.

Knippertz, P.; Todd, M. C., 2012
Mineral dust aerosols over the Sahara: Processes of emission and transport, and implications for modeling
Rev. Geophys., 50, RG1007, doi:10.1029/2011RG000362.

Wiegand, L.; Twitchett, A.; Schwierz, C.; Knippertz, P., 2011
Heavy precipitation at the Alpine south side and Saharan dust over central Europe: A predictability study using TIGGE
Wea. Forecasting, 26, 958–974. doi:10.1175/WAF-D-10-05060.1

Schepanski, K.; Knippertz, P., 2011
Soudano-Saharan depressions and their importance for precipitation and dust: A new perspective on a classical synoptic concept
Quart. J. Roy. Meteorol. Soc., 137, 1431–1445. doi:10.1002/qj.850.

Stein, T. H. M.; Parker, D. J.; Dixon, N.; Hogan, R.; Knippertz, P.; Maidment, R.; Marsham, J., 2011
The vertical cloud structure of the West African monsoon: A four-year climatology using CloudSat and CALIPSO
J. Geophys. Res., 116, D22205, doi:10.1029/2011JD016029.

Knippertz, P.; Fink, A. H.; Schuster, R.; Trentmann, J.; Schrage, J. M.; Yorke, C., 2011
Ultra-low clouds over the southern West African monsoon region
Geophys. Res. Lett., 38, L21808, doi:10.1029/2011GL049278.

Marsham, J. H.; Knippertz, P.; Dixon, N.; Parker, D. J.; Lister, G. M. S., 2011
The importance of the representation of deep convection for modeled dust-generating winds over West Africa during summer
Geophys. Res. Lett., 38, L16803, doi:10.1029/2011GL048368.

Knippertz, P.; Tesche, M.; Heinold, B.; Kandler, K.; Toledano, C.; Esselborn, M., 2011
Dust mobilization and aerosol transport from West Africa to Cape Verde – A meteorological overview of SAMUM-2
Tellus, 63B, 430–447. doi:10.1111/j.1600-0889.2011.00544.x.

Heinold, B.; Tegen, I.; Schepanski, K.; Tesche, M.; Esselborn, M.; Freudenthaler, V.; Gross, S.; Kandler, K.; Knippertz, P.; Müller, D.; Schladitz, A.; Toledano, C.; Weinzierl, B.; Ansmann, A.; Althausen, D.; Müller, T.; Petzold, A.; Wiedensohler, A., 2011
Regional modelling of Saharan dust and biomass burning smoke – Part 1: Model description and evaluation
Tellus, 63B, 781–799. doi:10.1111/j.1600-0889.2011.00570.x.

Knippertz, P.; Chagnon, J. M.; Foster, A.; Lathouwers, L.; Marsham, J. H.; Methven, J.; Parker, D. J., 2010
Research flight observations of a pre-frontal gravity wave near the southwestern UK
Weather, 65(11), 293–297. doi:10.1002/wea.632

Knippertz, P.; Todd, M.C., 2010
The central west Saharan dust hotspot and its relation to African easterly waves and extratropical disturbances
J. Geophys. Res., 115, D12, doi:10.1029/2009JD012819.

Müller, D.; Weinzierl, B.; Petzold, A.; Kandler, K.; Ansmann, A.; Müller, T.; Tesche, M.; Freudenthaler, V.; Esselborn, M.; Heese, B.; Althausen, D.; Schladitz, A.; Otto, S.; Knippertz, P., 2010
Mineral dust observed with AERONET sun photometer, Raman lidar, and in-situ instruments during SAMUM 2006: Shape-independent particle properties
J. Geophys. Res., 115, D07202. doi:10.1029/2009JD012520

Emmel, C.; Knippertz, P.; Schulz, O., 2010
Climatology of convective density currents in the southern foothills of the Atlas Mountains
J. Geophys. Res., 115, D11115. doi:10.1029/2009JD012863

Lafore, J.-P.; Flamant, C.; Giraud, V.; Guichard, F.; Knippertz, P.; Mahfouf, J.-F.; Mascart, P.; Williams, E., 2010
Advances in understanding atmospheric processes over West Africa through the AMMA field campaign
Quart. J. Roy. Meteorol. Soc., 136 (S1), 2–7. doi:10.1002/qj.583

Lavaysse, C.; Flamant, C.; Janicot, S.; Knippertz, P., 2010
Impact of the mid latitude circulation on the intra seasonal pulsation of the West African Heat Low
Quart. J. Roy. Meteorol. Soc., 136 (S1), 141–158. doi:10.1002/qj.555

Cuesta, J.; Lavaysse, C.; Flamant, C.; Mimouni, M.; Knippertz, P., 2010
Northward bursts of the West African Monsoon leading to rainfall over the Hoggar Massif, Algeria
Quart. J. Roy. Meteorol. Soc., 136 (S1), 174–189. doi:10.1002/qj.439

Knippertz, P.; Wernli, H., 2010
A Lagrangian climatology of tropical moisture exports to the Northern Hemispheric extratropics
J. Clim., 23(4), 987–1003. doi:10.1175/2009JCLI3333.1

Knippertz, P.; Fink, A. H.; Pohle, S., 2009
Reply to “Comments on Dry-Season Precipitation in Tropical West Africa and its Relation to Forcing from the Extratropics” by T. Spengler and J. Egger
Mon. Wea. Rev., 137(9), 3151–3157. doi:10.1175/2009MWR3006.1

Knippertz, P.; Fink, A. H., 2009
Prediction of dry-season precipitation in tropical West Africa and its relation to forcing from the extratropics
Wea. Forecasting, 24(4), 1064–1084. doi:10.1175/2009WAF2222221.1

Reinfried, F.; Tegen, I.; Heinold, B.; Hellmuth, O.; Schepanski, K.; Cubasch, U.; Hübener, H.; Knippertz, P., 2009
Density currents in the Atlas Region leading to dust mobilization: A model sensitivity study
J. Geophys. Res., 114, D08127. doi:10.1029/2008JD010844

Knippertz, P.; Trentmann, J.; Seifert, A., 2009
High-resolution simulations of convective cold pools over the northwestern Sahara
J. Geophys. Res., 114, D08110. doi:10.1029/2008JD011271

Flamant, C.; Knippertz, P.; Parker, D. J.; Chaboureau, J.-P.; Lavaysse, C.; Augusti-Panareda, A.; Kergoat, L., 2009
The impact of a mesoscale convective system cold-pool on the northward propagation of the inter-tropical discontinuity over West Africa
Quart. J. Roy. Meteorol. Soc., 135, 139–159. doi:10.1002/qj.357

Meier, F.; Knippertz, P., 2009
Dynamics and predictability of a heavy dry-season precipitation event over western Africa - Sensitivity experiments with a global model
Mon. Wea. Rev., 137(1), 189–206. doi:10.1175/2008MWR2622.1

Knippertz, P.; Ansmann, A.; Althausen, D.; Müller, D.; Tesche, M.; Bierwirth, E.; Dinter, T.; Müller, T.; von Hoyningen-Huene, W.; Schepanski, K.; Wendisch, M.; Heinold, B.; Kandler, K.; Petzold, A.; Schütz, L.; Tegen, I., 2009
Dust mobilization and transport in the northern Sahara during SAMUM 2006 – A meteorological overview
Tellus, 61B, 12–31. doi:10.1111/j.1600-0889.2008.00380.x

Ansmann, A.; Tesche, M.; Knippertz, P.; Bierwirth, E.; Althausen, D.; Müller, D.; Schulz, O., 2009
Vertical profiling of convective dust plumes in southern Morocco during SAMUM
Tellus, 61B, 340–353. doi:10.1111/j.1600-0889.2008.00384.x

Heinold, B.; Tegen, I.; Esselborn, M.; Kandler, K.; Knippertz, P.; Müller, D.; Schladitz, A.; Tesche, M.; Weinzierl, B.; Ansmann, A.; Althausen, D.; Laurent, B.; Massling, A.; Müller, T.; Petzold, A.; Schepanski, K.; Wiedensohler, A., 2009
Regional Saharan dust modelling during the SAMUM 2006 campaign
Tellus, 61B, 307–324. doi:10.1111/j.1600-0889.2008.00387.x

Kandler, K.; Schütz, L.; Deutscher, C.; Ebert, M.; Hofmann, H.; Jäckel, S.; Jaenicke, R.; Knippertz, P.; Lieke, K.; Maßling, A.; Petzold, A.; Schladitz, A.; Weinzierl, B.; Wiedensohler, A.; Zorn, S.; Weinbruch, S., 2009
Size distribution, mass concentration, chemical and mineralogical composition, and derived optical parameters of the boundary layer aerosol at Tinfou, Morocco, during SAMUM 2006
Tellus, 61B, 32–50. doi:10.1111/j.1600-0889.2008.00385.x

Kahn, R.; Petzold, A.; Wendisch, M.; Bierwirth, E.; Dinter, T.; Esselborn, M.; Fiebig, M.; Heese, B.; Knippertz, P.; Müller, D.; Schladitz, A.; von Hoyningen-Huene, W., 2009
Desert dust aerosol air mass mapping in the western Sahara, using particle properties derived from space-based multi-angle imaging
Tellus, 61B, 239–251. doi:10.1111/j.1600-0889.2008.00398.x

Petzold, A.; Rasp, K.; Weinzierl, B.; Esselborn, M.; Hamburger, T.; Dörnbrack, A.; Kandler, K.; Schütz, L.; Knippertz, P.; Fiebig, M.; Virkkula, A., 2009
Saharan dust absorption and refractive index from aircraft-based observations during SAMUM 2006
Tellus, 61B, 118–130. doi:10.1111/j.1600-0889.2008.00383.x

Tesche, M.; Ansmann, A.; Müller, D.; Althausen, D.; Mattis, I.; Heese, B.; Freudenthaler, V.; Wiegner, M.; Esselborn, M.; Pisani, G.; Knippertz, P., 2009
Vertical profiling of Saharan dust with Raman lidars and airborne HSRL during SAMUM
Tellus, 61B, 144–164. doi:10.1111/j.1600-0889.2008.00390.x

Freudenthaler, V.; Esselborn, M.; Wiegner, M.; Heese, B.; Tesche, M.; Ansmann, A.; Müller, D.; Althausen, D.; Wirth, A.; Fix, A.; Ehret, G.; Knippertz, P.; Toledano, C.; Gasteiger, J.; Garhammer, M.; Seefeldner, M., 2009
Depolarization–ratio profiling at several wavelengths in pure Saharan dust during SAMUM 2006
Tellus, 61B, 165–179. doi:10.1111/j.1600-0889.2008.00396.x

Müller, D.; Heinold, B.; Tesche, M.; Tegen, I.; Althausen, D.; Alados Arboledas, L.; Amiridis, V.; Amodeo, A.; Ansmann, A.; Balis, D.; Comeron, A.; D’Amico, G.; Gerasopoulos, E.; Guerrero-Rascado, J. L.; Freudenthaler, V.; Giannakaki, E.; Heese, B.; Iarlori, M.; Knippertz, P.; Mamouri, R. E.; Mona, L.; Papayannis, A.; Pappalardo, G.; Perrone, R.-M..; Pisani, G.; Rizi, V.; Sicard, M.; Spinelli, N.; Tafuro, A.; Wiegner, M., 2009
EARLINET observations of the 14–22-May long-range dust transport event during SAMUM 2006: Validation of results from dust transport modelling
Tellus, 61B, 325–339. doi:10.1111/j.1600-0889.2008.00400.x

Knippertz, P., 2008
Dust mobilization in the West African heat trough – the role of the diurnal cycle and of extratropical synoptic disturbances
Meteorol. Z., 17(5), 553–563 (solicited). doi:10.1127/0941-2948/2008/0315

Fröhlich, L.; Knippertz, P., 2008
Identification and global climatology of upper-level troughs at low latitudes
Meteorol. Z., 17(5), 565–573 (solicited). doi:10.1127/0941-2948/2008/0320

Knippertz, P.; Fink, A. H., 2008
Dry-season precipitation in tropical West Africa and its relation to forcing from the extratropics
Mon. Wea. Rev., 136(9), 3579–3596. doi:10.1175/2008MWR2295.1

Bou Karam, D.; Flamant, C.; Knippertz, P.; Reitebuch, O.; Pelon, J.; Chong, M.; Dabas, A., 2008
Dust emissions over the Sahel associated with the West African Monsoon inter-tropical discontinuity region: a representative case study
Quart. J. Roy. Meteorol. Soc., 134, 621–634. doi:10.1002/qj.244

Ansmann, A.; Tesche, M.; Althausen, D.; Müller, D.; Seifert, P.; Freudenthaler, V.; Heese, B.; Wiegner, M.; Pisani, G.; Knippertz, P.; Dubovik, O., 2008
Influence of Saharan dust on cloud glaciation in southern Morocco during the Saharan Mineral Dust Experiment
J. Geophys. Res., 113, D04210. doi:10.1029/2007JD008785

Todd, M. C.; Washington, R.; Raghavan, S.; Lizcano, G.; Knippertz, P., 2008
Regional model simulations of the Bodélé low-level jet of northern Chad during the Bodélé Dust Experiment (BoDEx 2005)
J. Clim., 21(5), 995–1012. doi:10.1175/2007JCLI1766.1

Knippertz, P., 2007
Tropical–extratropical interactions related to upper-level troughs at low latitudes
Dyn. Atmos. Oceans, 43, 36–62 (solicited). doi:10.1016/j.dynatmoce.2006.06.003

Knippertz, P.; Martin, J. E., 2007
The role of dynamic and diabatic processes in the generation of cut-off lows over northwest Africa
Meteorol. Atmos. Phys., 96, 3–19 (solicited). doi:10.1007/s00703-006-0217-4

Knippertz, P.; Martin, J. E., 2007
A Pacific moisture conveyor belt and its relationship to a significant precipitation event in the semi-arid southwestern United States
Wea. Forecasting, 22, 125–144. doi:10.1175/WAF963.1

Knippertz, P.; Deutscher, C.; Kandler, K.; Müller, T.; Schulz, O.; Schütz, L., 2007
Dust mobilization due to density currents in the Atlas region: Observations from the SAMUM 2006 field campaign
J. Geophys. Res., 112, D21109. doi:10.1029/2007JD008774

Kandler, K.; Benker, N.; Bundke, U.; Cuevas, E.; Ebert, M.; Knippertz, P.; Rodríguez, S.; Schütz, L.; Weinbruch, S., 2007
Chemical composition and complex refractive index of Saharan mineral dust at Izaña, Tenerife (Spain) derived by electron microscopy
Atmos. Env., 41, 8058–8074. doi:10.1016/j.atmosenv.2007.06.047

Knippertz, P.; Fink, A. H., 2006
Synoptic and dynamic aspects of an extreme springtime Saharan dust outbreak
Quart. J. Roy. Meteorol. Soc., 132, 1153–1177. doi:10.1256/qj.05.109

Evan, A. T.; Heidinger, A. K.; Knippertz, P., 2006
Analysis of winter dust activity off the coast of West Africa using a new 24–year over water AVHRR satellite dust climatology
J. Geophys. Res., 111, D12210. doi:10.1029/2005JD006336

Knippertz, P., 2005
Tropical–extratropical interactions associated with an Atlantic tropical plume and subtropical jet streak
Mon. Wea. Rev., 133, 2759–2776. doi:10.1175/MWR2999.1

Knippertz, P.; Martin, J. E., 2005
Tropical plumes and extreme precipitation in subtropical and tropical West Africa
Quart. J. Roy. Meteorol. Soc., 131, 2337­–2365. doi:10.1256/qj.04.148

Knippertz, P., 2004
A simple identification scheme for upper-level troughs and its application to winter precipitation variability in Northwest Africa
J. Clim., 17, 1411–1418. doi:10.1175/1520-0442(2004)017<1411:ASISFU>2.0.CO;2

Knippertz, P., 2003
Tropical-extratropical interactions causing precipitation in Northwest Africa: Statistical analysis and seasonal variations
Mon. Wea. Rev., 131, 3069–3076. doi:10.1175/1520-0493(2003)131<3069:TICPIN>2.0.CO;2

Knippertz, P.; Fink, A. H.; Reiner, A.; Speth, P., 2003
Three late summer/early autumn cases of tropical-extratropical interactions causing precipitation in Northwest Africa
Mon. Wea. Rev., 131, 116–135. doi:10.1175/1520-0493(2003)131<0116:TLSEAC>2.0.CO;2

Knippertz, P.; Christoph, M.; Speth, P., 2003
Long-term precipitation variability in Moroc­co and the link to the large-scale circulation in recent and future climates
Meteorol. Atmos. Phys., 83, 67–88. doi:10.1007/s00703-002-561-y

Knippertz, P.; Ulbrich, U.; Marques, F.; Corte-Real, J., 2003
Decadal changes in the link El Niño, NAO and European/North African rainfall
Intern. J. Climatol., 23, 1293–1311. doi:10.1002/joc.944

Fink, A. H.; Knippertz, P., 2003
An extreme precipitation event in southern Morocco in spring 2002 and some hydrological implications
Weather, 58, 377–387. doi:10.1256/wea.256.02

Knippertz, P.; Ulbrich, U.; Speth, P., 2000
Changing cyclones and surface wind speeds over the North-Atlantic and Europe in a transient GHG experiment
Clim. Res., 15/2, 109–122. doi:10.3354/cr015109

Other publications

Lafore, J.-P.; Biasutti, M.; Knippertz, P.; Taylor, C., 2014
The West African monsoon
In: Chang, C. P.; Johnson, R. H.; Lau, G.; Wang, B.; Webster, P.; Wheeler, M. (eds.) World Scientific Series on Asia-Pacific Weather and Climate

Knippertz, P., 2014
Meteorological aspects of dust storms
Chapter 6 in: Knippertz, P.; Stuut, J.-B. (eds.), Mineral Dust – A Key Player in the Earth System, Springer, Dordrecht.

Knippertz, P.; Stuut, J.-B., 2014
Introduction
Chapter 1 in: Knippertz, P.; Stuut, J.-B. (eds.), Mineral Dust – A Key Player in the Earth System, Springer, Dordrecht.

Miller, R.; Knippertz, P.; Pérez, C.; Perlwitz, J.; Tegen, I., 2014
Impact of dust radiative forcing on climate
Chapter 13 in: Knippertz, P.; Stuut, J.-B. (eds.), Mineral Dust – A Key Player in the Earth System, Springer, Dordrecht.

Cornforth, R.; Mumba, Z.; Fink, A. H.; Knippertz, P., 2014
Synoptic systems
Chapter 2 in Parker, D. J., Diop, M. (eds.), The Forecasters’ Handbook for West Africa, Wiley-Blackwell.

Knippertz, P.; Tegen, I.; Schepanski, K.; Laurent, B.; Osika, D.; Orji, B.; Abdou, K.; Hamza, I., 2014
Dust
Chapter 5 in Parker, D. J., Diop, M. (eds.), The Forecasters’ Handbook for West Africa, Wiley-Blackwell.

Ulbrich, U.; Lionello, P.; Belušic, D.; Jacobeit, J.; Knippertz, P.; Kuglitsch, G.; Leckebusch, G. C.; Luterbacher, J.; Maugeri, M.; Maheras, P.; Nissen, K. M.; Pavan, V.; Pinto, J. G.; Saaroni, H.; Seubert, S.; Toreti, A.; Xoplaki, E.; Ziv, B., 2012
Climate of the Mediterranean: Synoptic patterns, temperature, precipitation, wind and their extremes
Chapter 5 in Lionello, P.: The climate of the Mediterranean region – From the past to the future, Elsevier, 301–346 pp., ISBN 978-0-12-398466-1.

Born, K.; Fink, A. H.; Knippertz, P., 2010
Meteorological processes influencing the weather and climate of Morocco
Pp. 150–163 in: Speth, P.; Christoph, M.; Diekkrüger, B. (Eds.): Impacts of Global Change on the Hydrological Cycle in West and Northwest Africa. Springer Berlin-Heidelberg, Germany, doi:10.1007/978-3-642-12957-5.

Born, K.; Christoph, M.; Fink, A. H.; Knippertz, P.; Paeth, H.; Speth, P., 2008
Moroccan climate in the present and future: Combined view from observational data and regional climate scenarios
Pp. 29–45 in: Zereini, F.; Hötzl, H. (Eds.): Climate changes and water resources in the Middle East and in North Africa. Springer, Wien, Austria, ISBN 978-3-540-85046-5, 552 pp.

Fink, A. H.; Piecha, K.; Brücher, T.; Knippertz, P., 2008
Precipitation variability in Northwest Africa
In: Schulz, O. and Judex, M., Eds., IMPETUS Atlas Morocco. Research Results 2000–2007. Department of Geography, University of Bonn, Germany.

Knippertz, P.; Fink, A. H., 2006
Tropische Wolkenfahnen: Ein sichtbares Zeichen von tropisch-extratropischen Wechselwirkungen
Promet, 32(3), 144–153. (solicited)