Dr. Julia Mömken

Dr. Julia Mömken

Research Interests

  • User-relevant climate change information
  • Extratropical cyclones
  • Recurrent droughts over Iberia
  • Wind energy projections for Europe
  • Development and application of statistical-dynamical downscaling methods to climate change projections
  • Decadal climate predictions (MiKlip)

Current Projects

Past Projects

  • Impact of recurrent extreme drought events and shrub invasion on Mediterranean cork-oak ecosystem functioning and resilience. German Research Foundation (DFG), Germany
  • MIKLIP II - Regional Decadal Prediction. BMBF, Germany

Curriculum Vitae

  • Since 2017: Research Associate, IMKTRO, KIT
  • 04/2022-10/2022: Visiting Scientist, Dept. of Earth Sciences, Uppsala University, Sweden (in Gabriele Messori's group)
  • 2014-2017: Scientific Assistant, IGMK, University of Cologne
  • 2014-2017: PhD Student, IGMK, University of Cologne
  • 2011-2014: M.Sc. Student „Physik der Erde und der Atmosphäre“, IGMK, University of Cologne
  • 2008-2011: B.Sc. Student „Geophysik und Meteorologie“, IGMK, University of Cologne

Teaching

  • Climatology exercise (BSc), since 2017
  • Climatology lecture (BSc), since 2023

Publications

Submitted / Preprint / In Press

  • Moemken J, Alifdini I, Ramos AM, Georgiadis A, Brocklehurst A, Braun L, Pinto JG (2024) Insurance loss model vs meteorological loss index - How comparable are their loss estimates for European windstorms? Nat Hazards Earth Syst Sci (accepted), https://doi.org/10.5194/nhess-2024-16
  • Jézéquel A et al. (2024) Broadening the scope of anthropogenic influence in extreme event attribution. Environmental Research: Climate (accepted), https://doi.org/10.1088/2752-5295/ad7527
  • Flynn CM, Moemken J, Pinto JG, Messori G (2024) A New Database of Extreme EuropeanWinter Windstorms. Earth Syst Sci Data (submitted)
  • Stainoh F, Biess B, Gudmundsson L, Moemken J, Pinto JG (2024) Assessing the spatial heterogeneity of climate drivers of winter wheat yield shock across European countries. Atmos Sci Lett (submitted)

2024
Windstorm losses in Europe – What to gain from damage datasets
Moemken, J.; Messori, G.; Pinto, J. G.
2024. Weather and Climate Extremes, 44, Article no: 100661. doi:10.1016/j.wace.2024.100661
A comparison of climate drivers’ impacts on silage maize yield shock in Germany
Stainoh, F.; Moemken, J.; Gouveia, C. M.; Pinto, J. G.
2024. Theoretical and Applied Climatology. doi:10.1007/s00704-024-05179-z
2022
Recurrence of Drought Events Over Iberia. Part II: Future Changes Using Regional Climate Projections
Moemken, J.; Koerner, B.; Ehmele, F.; Feldmann, H.; Pinto, J. G.
2022. Tellus A: Dynamic Meteorology and Oceanography, 74, 262–279. doi:10.16993/tellusa.52
Recurrence of Drought Events Over Iberia. Part I: Methodology and Application for Present Climate Conditions
Moemken, J.; Pinto, J. G.
2022. Tellus A: Dynamic Meteorology and Oceanography, 74, 222–235. doi:10.16993/tellusa.50
2021
Non‐linear plant‐plant interactions modulate impact of extreme drought and recovery on a Mediterranean ecosystem
Haberstroh, S.; Caldeira, M. C.; Lobo-do-Vale, R.; Martins, J. I.; Moemken, J.; Pinto, J. G.; Werner, C.
2021. The new phytologist, 231 (5), 1784–1797. doi:10.1111/nph.17522
The regional MiKlip decadal prediction system for Europe – Hindcast skill for extremes and user‐oriented variables
Moemken, J.; Feldmann, H.; Pinto, J. G.; Buldmann, B.; Laube, N.; Kadow, C.; Paxian, A.; Tiedje, B.; Kottmeier, C.; Marotzke, J.
2021. International journal of climatology, 41 (51), E1944-E1958. doi:10.1002/joc.6824
2019
Skill and added value of the MiKlip regional decadal prediction system for temperature over Europe
Feldmann, H.; Pinto, J. g.; Laube, N.; Uhlig, M.; Moemken, J.; Pasternack, A.; Früh, B.; Pohlmann, H.; Kottmeier, C.
2019. Tellus / A, 71 (1), Article: 1618678. doi:10.1080/16000870.2019.1618678
Development and prospects of the regional MiKlip decadal prediction system over Europe: predictive skill, added value of regionalization, and ensemble size dependency
Reyers, M.; Feldmann, H.; Mieruch, S.; Pinto, J. G.; Uhlig, M.; Ahrens, B.; Früh, B.; Modali, K.; Laube, N.; Moemken, J.; Müller, W.; Schädler, G.; Kottmeier, C.
2019. Earth System Dynamics, 10 (1), 171–187. doi:10.5194/esd-10-171-2019
2018
Impact of climate change on backup energy and storage needs in wind-dominated power systems in Europe
Weber, J.; Wohland, J.; Reyers, M.; Moemken, J.; Hoppe, C.; Pinto, J. G.; Witthaut, D.
2018. PLoS one, 13 (8), e0201457. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0201457
Future Changes of Wind Speed and Wind Energy Potentials in EURO-CORDEX Ensemble Simulations
Moemken, J.; Reyers, M.; Feldmann, H.; Pinto, J. G.
2018. Journal of geophysical research / Atmospheres, 123 (12), 6373–6389. doi:10.1029/2018JD028473

Earlier / other publications

  1. Moemken J, Reyers M, Buldmann B, Pinto JG (2016). Decadal predictability of regional scale wind speed and wind energy potentials over Central Europe. Tellus A 68:29199, doi: 10.3402/tellusa.v68.29199
  2. Reyers M, Moemken J, Pinto JG (2016). Future changes of wind energy potentials over Europe in a large CMIP5 multi-model ensemble. Int J Climatol 36:783-796, doi: 10.1002/joc.4382
  3. Reyers M, Pinto JG, Moemken J (2015). Statistical-dynamical downscaling for wind energy potentials: evaluation and applications to decadal hindcasts and climate change projections. Int J Climatol 35:229-244, doi: 10.1002/joc.3975

 

PhD Thesis
Mömken J (2018): Wind speed and wind energy potentials over Europe: Regionalisation, decadal predictability, and long-term future changes. IGMK, University of Cologne.

Master Thesis
Mömken J (2014): Dekadische Vorhersagbarkeit von Windenergiepotentialen für Deutschland. IGMK, University of Cologne.

Bachelor Thesis
Mömken J (2011): Der Einfluss von Stratospheric Sudden Warmings auf die Kopplung von PNA und NAO. IGMK, University of Cologne.