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Ongoing projects of working group "Atmospheric Dynamics"
Title	Contact
Unterstützung der Implementierung, der Verwertung und des Austausches von Forschungswissen, wissenschaftlichen Dienstleistungen und Technologien für das BMBF-Programm WASA zur Verbesserung der Wassersicherheit in Sub-Sahara (WASANet)	Prof. Dr. Peter Knippertz
SPAtial ensemble post-pRoCessing using generative Machine Learning (SPARC-ML)	Prof. Dr. Peter Knippertz
Strengthening predictions of hydro-meteorological extremes through collaborative data harmonization and consistent benchmark datasets	Prof. Dr. Peter Knippertz
Entwicklung und Förderung KI-basierter Kurzfrist-Hochwasser-vorhersagemodelle für Kleine Einzugsgebiete in Deutschland (KI-HopE-De)	Prof. Dr. Peter Knippertz
Co-HYDIM-SA: Co-design of a hydro-meteorological information system for sustainable water resources management in southern Africa	Prof. Dr. A. Fink, Dr. Simon Ageet

Ongoing projects of working group "Atmospheric Risks"
Title	Contact
Willis Hail Hazard Assessment	Dr. J. Fischer, Prof. Dr. M. Kunz
Understanding Large Hail Formation and Trajectories (LIFT)	M.Sc. E. Hühn, Prof. Dr. M. Kunz
Managing European hail risk under climate change (HAR-CC)	M.Sc. Ch. Sperka, Prof. M. Kunz
Assessing the Impact of Hailstorms in a future Climate (HailClim)	M.Sc. M. Tonn, Prof. Dr. M. Kunz, Dr. S. Mohr, Dr. J. Wilhelm
Model-based scenario analysis for optimizing crop production for climate change mitigation (ModOKlim-AP1)	Dr. M. Augenstein, Prof. M. Kunz
HailDetect	M.Sc. G. Kavil Kambrath, Prof. M. Kunz
Hail risk estimation (HARIS-SCM)	Prof. Dr. M. Kunz
Early warning of hazardous weather	Prof. Dr. M. Kunz

Ongoing projects of working group "Land Surfaces and Boundary Layer"
Title	Contact
AIRflows - a novel airborne Doppler lidar for high resolution wind measurements	Dr. Philipp Gasch
NAWDIC	Andreas Wieser, Jan Handwerker
TEAMx	Andreas Wieser, Jan Handwerker
MOSES - Modular Observation Solutions for Earth Systems	Dr. Andreas Wieser

Ongoing projects of working group "Regional Climate and Weather Hazards"
Title	Contact	Funding	Startdate
ACTUATE - Climate adaptation scenarios to reduce the Impacts of extreme events	Dr. P. Ludwig Prof. Dr. J. Pinto	HGF - InnoPool	2025
Aon Impact Forecasting - Floods	Prof. Dr. J. Pinto H. Feldmann	Aon	2022
Aon Impact Forecasting - Summer Storms	Prof. Dr. J. Pinto Dr. P. Ludwig Dr. A. Ramos	Aon	2024
Aon Impact Forecasting - Windstorms	Prof. Dr. J. Pinto Dr. P. Ludwig Dr. A. Ramos	Aon	2022
Impact of recent and future drought events on river discharge and fluvial transport sector for the Rhine River	Dr. P. Ludwig Prof. Dr. J. Pinto	CEDIM	2022
AXA Research Fund - Regional Climate and Weather Hazards	Prof. Dr. J. Pinto	AXA Research Fund	2016
ClimXtreme II A1: Scale Dependent Process Representation and Sensitivity Analysis for Most Extreme Events (SEVERE)	Prof. Dr. J. Pinto H. Feldmann	BMBF	2023
ClimXtreme II A5: Towards an improved description and attribution of the most extreme Central European Heat Waves (DesAttHeat)	Prof. Dr. J. Pinto Prof. Dr. A. Fink	BMBF	2023
ClimXtreme II A6: Intensity and structural changes of extreme mid-latitude cyclones in a warming climate (CyclEx)	Prof. Dr. J. Pinto Dr. Julian Quinting	BMBF	2023
ClimXtreme II B3.7: Dynamical Systems perspective on weather regimes and heatwaves in a changing climate (DySyTEx)	Prof. Dr. J. Pinto	BMBF	2023
Coming Decade - Decadal climate predictions for Europe	Prof. Dr. J. Pinto Dr. P. Ludwig H. Feldmann	BMBF	2023
EDIPI - European Weather Extremes: Drivers, Predictability and Impacts	Prof. Dr. J. Pinto Dr. J. Mömken	Horizon 2020 - Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions	2021
HGF Collaboration - Urban Climate	Prof. Dr. J. Pinto Prof. Dr. A. Christen (Uni Freiburg)	HGF KIT	2024
RegIKlim II - ISAP 2	Prof. Dr. J. Pinto H. Feldmann	BMBF	2023
RegIKlim II - NUKLEUS 2	Prof. Dr. J. Pinto H. Feldmann	BMBF	2023
UDAG - Updating the data basis for adaptation to climate change in Germany	Prof. Dr. J. Pinto Dr. P. Ludwig H. Feldmann	BMBF	2023
Warmworld - ProImpact	Prof. Dr. J. Pinto H. Feldmann	BMBF	2024
ZukoWa Subproject 2	Prof. Dr. A. Fink Prof. Dr. J. Pinto	BMBF	2025

Ongoing Projects of the WG Regional Climate Modelling
Title	Starting Date	Funding
Aon Impact Forecasting - Windstorms	2022	Aon
Impact of recent and future drought events on river discharge and fluvial transport sector for the Rhine River	2022	CEDIM
Coming Decade - Decadal climate predictions for Europe	2023	BMBF
UDAG - Updating the data basis for adaptation to climate change in Germany	2023	BMBF
Aon Impact Forecasting - Summer Storms	2024	Aon
WarmWorld - SmartWeather21	2024	BMBF
ACTUATE - Climate adaptation scenarios to reduce the Impacts of extreme events	2025	HGF - InnoPool

Ongoing projects of working group "Aerosols, Trace Gases and Climate Processes"
Title	Contact
AERONET	Dr. B. Vogel
AWiCiT	Dr. B. Vogel, Prof. Dr. T. Leisner
ESM - Advanced Earth System Modelling Capacity	Dr. B. Vogel, Prof. Dr. P. Braesicke
REKLIM	Dr. B. Vogel
VOLIMPACT phase 1	Dr. B. Vogel, Dr. G. Hoshyaripour, Prof. Dr. C. Hoose
PermaStrom	Dr. G. Hoshyaripour, Dr. B. Vogel
VOLIMPACT Phase 2	Dr. G. Hoshyaripour, Dr. B. Vogel, Prof. Dr. C. Hoose

Running projects of WG Tropical Meteorology
Title	Contact
Improving our understanding of, and forecasts for, multi-scale extreme weather events in tropical Africa	Prof. Dr. Andreas Fink, Prof. Dr. P. Knippertz (Nominees), Dr. Chris Funk (UCSB, Awardee)
WASA - Networking and Transfer Project WASANet: Main Phase Southern Africa, Subproject 1	Dr. J. Helmschrot
ZukoWa Subproject 2	Prof. Dr. A. Fink Prof. Dr. J. Pinto
FA(ST)2-Africa	Prof. Dr. A. Fink, Dr. J. Helmschrot, P. Kohler
ClimXtreme II A5: Towards an improved description and attribution of the most extreme Central European Heat Waves (DesAttHeat)	Prof. Dr. J. Pinto Prof. Dr. A. Fink
Co-HYDIM-SA: Co-design of a hydro-meteorological information system for sustainable water resources management in southern Africa	Prof. Dr. A. Fink, Dr. Simon Ageet
NetCDA: European Academic Network for Capacity Development in Climate Change Adaptations in Africa: Sub-project E: GSP1 Nigeria	Prof. Dr. A. Fink, Dr. M. Maranan

Ongoing projects of the Cloud Physics group
Title	Contact
CleanCloud	Prof. Dr. Corinna Hoose
ICON-SmART	Prof. Dr. Corinna Hoose
NHR@KIT Call for Collaboration Project MICRO	Prof. Dr. Corinna Hoose
KlimaOER	Prof. Dr. Corinna Hoose
EMPOS	Prof. Dr. C. Hoose
WarmWorld Module Better, TP3	Prof. Dr. C. Hoose
VolCloud	Prof. Dr. C. Hoose
High-resolution simulations of clouds and precipitation over Germany	Dr. Christian Barthlott

Ongoing projects of Young Investigator Group "Mineral Dust"
Title	Contact
Doctoral Network on Atmospheric Dust (Dust-DN)	TT-Prof. Dr. Martina Klose
Helmholtz Young Investigator Group "A big unknown in the climate impact of atmospheric aerosol: Mineral soil dust"	TT-Prof. Dr. Martina Klose
TESSA - Test suite to facilitate continuous integration, benchmarking, and delivery (CI/CB/CD) in ICON-ART development	TT-Prof. Dr. Martina Klose, Dr. Andreas Baer (SCC/IMKTRO), Dr. René Caspart (SCC)
nextGEMS (Work Package Storms and Radiation)	TT-Prof. Dr. Martina Klose

Ongoing projects of Young Investigator Group "Mesoscale Processes and Predictability"
Title	Contact
INVACODA	Dr. Annika Oertel
NAWDIC-MESO	Dr. Annika Oertel

Ongoing projects of Young Investigator Group "Meteorological Data Science"
Title	Contact
Advancing Subseasonal Predictions at Reduced Computational Effort (ASPIRE)	Dr. Julian Quinting
Dry Intrusion and Cloud Head winds On Top Of Marine Interfaces (NAWDIC-DICHOTOMI)	Dr. Julian Quinting, Dr. Annika Oertel, Dr. Philipp Gasch
ClimXtreme II A6: Intensity and structural changes of extreme mid-latitude cyclones in a warming climate (CyclEx)	Prof. Dr. J. Pinto Dr. Julian Quinting
North Atlantic Waveguide, Dry Intrusion and Downstream Impact Campaign (NAWDIC)	Dr. Julian Quinting, Dr. Annika Oertel
WarmWorld - SmartWeather21	Dr. Charlotte Debus Dr. Patrick Ludwig Dr. Julian Quinting Dr. Sebastian Lerch