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Cloud Physics in the Climate System

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Oct 29
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We are hiring!

If you are interested in marine stratocumuli, 鈫� check out the advertised position in the group!

Research Topics

Clouds are an important factor for Earth鈥檚 radiative balance. The scientific goal of this working group is to understand and quantify the governing processes constraining the radiative properties of clouds. These include interactions between aerosols, clouds and radiation, as well as interactions between aerosol, clouds and the large-scale circulation. 

Instruments and Methods

We predominantly use numerical models together with field campaign data and satellite records. The scales and complexity of the used models ranges from simple, idealised large-eddy simulations (LES) to global climate models of full complexity.

Projects

Staff

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Faculty

Prof. Dr. Anna Possner

Cloud Physics in the Climate System
Institute for Atmospheric and Environmental Sciences
看片软件 Frankfurt am MainAltenh枚ferallee 1

60438 Frankfurt am Main
Germany

Room: 3.319
Phone number: +49-(0)69-798-40257
E-Mail: apossner@iau.uni-frankfurt

Staff

Name
Raum / roomTelefon / phone number +49-(0)69-798-
E-Mail  name@iau.uni-frankfurt.de
Possner, Prof. Anna3.31940255possner
Kuma, Dr. Peter2.31440204kuma
Lauer, Dr. MelanieWZ 01.80529854m.lauer
Pfannkuch, KevinWZ 01.80529854pfannkuch
Schnelke, MoritzWZ 01.80429858schnelke




Open Positions

Publications

Teaching

Courses

B. Sc. Meteorologie

  • Aerosols, Clouds and Climate

M. Sc. Atmospheric and Climate Science

  • Cloud Microphysics

Bachelor's and Master's theses

If you would like to learn more about the physics of southern ocean or subtropical stratocumuli, we have open BSc and MSc thesis topics. These can include statistical analyses of satellite data, or model simulations to obtain insights into fundamental physical relationships.

We also offer thesis topics on marine cloud brightening in the context of climate engineering applications.

Please contact us for current topics. Your own ideas are welcome!

Bachelor's theses:

  • Phillip Batereau: 鈥淐haracterisation of anthropogenic and natural aerosol in the Californian stratocumulus deck based on reanalysis." (2024)
  • Frederik Vieira Fischer: 鈥淓xploring cloud adjustments in south-east pacific subtropical stratocumuli using geostationary satellite data." (2024)
  • Thorsten Diederich: "Fallstudie zum Tracking ausstr枚mender Luftmassen in Vorhersagen tiefreichender Konvektion 眉ber dem Amazonas" (2022)
  • Sina Englert: "Analysis of Liquid Water Path Adjustments in Subtropical Stratocumulus Decks" (2020)

Masters's theses:

  • Jonathan Kn枚rzer: "Classification of Stratocumulus-to-Cumulus Transition Regimes from Passive Geostationary Satellite Retrievals in the Northeast Pacific" (2025)
  • Luise Schulte: "Modelling Case Study of Cloud Edge Effects of Arctic Mixed-Phase Clouds" (2022)
  • Christopher Reichel: "Identifying open and closed stratocumulus cloudsby their reflectance using a convolutional neural network" (2022)
  • Kevin Pfannkuch: "Simulating Ice-Phase Processes in Arctic Mixed-Phase Clouds during M-PACE with ICON" (2021)