Weather, Extremes & Atmosphere

Weather, Extremes & Atmosphere

What happens high up in the sky affects everyone’s life down on the ground. This is one of our research topics.

The extra amount of energy from solar radiation trapped in the atmosphere by greenhouse gases from burning fossil fuels affects numerous most relevant processes in atmosphere and weather patterns – from heat and droughts to rain and floods. Weather extremes are increasing. Our climate changes, a climate which has been remarkably stable during millennia of human civilization. Earth system science disentangling the mechanisms at work is the very foundation for assessing the risks.

People

Giorgia Di Capua
Working Group Leader
Earth System Analysis
Atmosphere Monsoon Extremes Asia RD1 - Earth System Analysis
Christian Otto
Working Group Leader
Transformation Pathways
Complex Networks Qualitative Methods Attribution Climate impacts Nonlinear Dynamics Acclimate Agent-based Models Extremes RD3 - Transformation Pathways Economics
Niklas Boers
Working Group Leader
Complexity Science
Nonlinear Data Analysis Machine Learning Tipping Elements Complex Networks Atmosphere Monsoon Nonlinear Dynamics Paleoclimate RD4 - Complexity Science FutureLab - Artificial Intelligence in the Anthropocene Extremes
Inga Sauer
Working Group Leader
Transformation Pathways
Attribution Climate impacts Extremes RD3 - Transformation Pathways Global
Katja Frieler
Head of Research Department
Transformation Pathways
Transfer (Knowledge/Technology) Food / Agriculture Climate impacts Attribution Model Intercomparison Adaptation 1.5/2°C limit Extremes RD3 - Transformation Pathways Global
Georg Feulner
Deputy Head of Research Department
Earth System Analysis
Planetary Boundaries Tipping Elements POEM Atmosphere Oceans Paleoclimate CLIMBER Biodiversity RD1 - Earth System Analysis
Anders Levermann
Head of Research Department
Complexity Science
Tipping Elements Complex Networks Climate impacts Weather Ice Monsoon Acclimate Agent-based Models PISM-PIK RD4 - Complexity Science Extremes Economics Global Sea-level Rise
Wolfgang Lucht
Head of Research Department
Earth System Analysis
Europe CO2 Removal Global Commons Biodiversity Global Transfer (Knowledge/Technology) POEM Land Use 1.5/2°C limit Policy Advice Sustainable Development Climate Policy Nonlinear Data Analysis Planetary Boundaries Tipping Elements Ecosystems Germany copan:CORE Atmosphere LPJmL RD1 - Earth System Analysis
Stefan Rahmstorf
Head of Research Department
Earth System Analysis
Tipping Elements POEM Atmosphere Oceans Paleoclimate Extremes Global RD1 - Earth System Analysis Sea-level Rise
Jacob Schewe
FutureLab Leader
Working Group Leader
Transformation Pathways
Climate impacts Monsoon Model Intercomparison Freshwater FutureLab - Security, Ethnic Conflicts and Migration Security / Migration Extremes RD3 - Transformation Pathways Global
Norbert Marwan
Deputy Head of Research Department
Complexity Science
Nonlinear Data Analysis Tipping Elements Complex Networks Nonlinear Dynamics Paleoclimate RD4 - Complexity Science Extremes
Carolin Grumbach
Doctoral Researcher
Transformation Pathways
Climate impacts Attribution Extremes RD3 - Transformation Pathways Sea-level Rise
Svetlana Botsyun
Scientist
Earth System Analysis
Europe Planetary Boundaries POEM Atmosphere Monsoon Paleoclimate Lab - Planetary Boundaries Science Global Asia RD1 - Earth System Analysis
Yinglin Tian
Postdoctoral Researcher
Earth System Analysis
Attribution Weather Atmosphere Adaptation Extremes RD1 - Earth System Analysis
Stefan Liersch
Senior Scientist
Climate Resilience
Food / Agriculture Climate impacts RD2 - Climate Resilience Mitigation Energy Freshwater Adaptation Extremes Africa Sustainable Development
Jürgen Kurths
Senior Scientist
Complexity Science
Europe Climate impacts Oceans Weather North America Oceania/Australia Nonlinear Dynamics Paleoclimate Open Source Software Health Arctic / Antarctica Sustainable Development South America Planetary Boundaries Nonlinear Data Analysis Tipping Elements Complex Networks Energy Germany Asia Machine Learning Atmosphere RD4 - Complexity Science Brandenburg
Kilian Kuhla
Postdoctoral Researcher
Transformation Pathways , Transformationspfade
Food / Agriculture Complex Networks Qualitative Methods Climate impacts Agent-based Models Acclimate Extremes Economics
Jonas Jägermeyr
Senior Scientist
Climate Resilience
Planetary Boundaries Food / Agriculture Climate impacts RD2 - Climate Resilience Model Intercomparison Adaptation Extremes LPJmL Global Sustainable Development
Philipp Hess
Postdoctoral Researcher
Complexity Science
Extremes Weather Machine Learning
Jens Heinke
Postdoctoral Researcher
Climate Resilience
Food / Agriculture Climate impacts MAgPIE RD2 - Climate Resilience Freshwater Ecosystems Extremes LPJmL Global
Markus Drüke
Scientist
Earth System Analysis
South America Planetary Boundaries Tipping Elements Climate impacts POEM Land Use Biodiversity RD1 - Earth System Analysis Extremes LPJmL Global
Jonathan Donges
Senior Scientist
Global POEM Ice Nonlinear Dynamics Paleoclimate Decarbonization PISM-PIK Security / Migration Open Source Software Sustainable Development Nonlinear Data Analysis Planetary Boundaries Tipping Elements Complex Networks Science Unit - Earth Resilience (ERSU) Machine Learning copan:CORE Agent-based Models Extremes RD1 - Earth System Analysis
Dominik Paprotny
Postdoctoral Researcher
Transformation Pathways
Extremes Europe RD3 - Transformation Pathways Quantitative Methods
Iulii Didovets
Postdoctoral Researcher
Climate Resilience
Europe Climate impacts RD2 - Climate Resilience SWIM Freshwater Extremes Africa Asia
Cornelia Auer
Senior Scientist
Policy Unit
REMIND Climate impacts Nonlinear Dynamics Mitigation Energy FutureLab - Security, Ethnic Conflicts and Migration Open Source Software Extremes RD3 - Transformation Pathways
Sophie von Loeben
Scientist
Climate Resilience
Food / Agriculture RD2 - Climate Resilience Adaptation Extremes Africa Climate Policy
Stefanie Heinicke
Postdoctoral Researcher
Transformation Pathways
Food / Agriculture Climate impacts Model Intercomparison Extremes RD3 - Transformation Pathways Global
Shraddha Gupta
Postdoctoral Researcher
Complexity Science
CO2 Removal Nonlinear Data Analysis Complex Networks Nonlinear Dynamics Monsoon Land Use Model Intercomparison RD4 - Complexity Science Extremes Asia Global
Ottmar Edenhofer
Europe Atmosphere Carbon Pricing Global Commons Director Edenhofer Germany Economics Climate Policy
Dánnell Quesada Chacón
Postdoctoral Researcher
Transformation Pathways
Machine Learning Climate impacts Biodiversity Extremes RD3 - Transformation Pathways
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Publications

Predicting tipping phenomenon in a conceptual airfoil structure under extreme flight environment
Journal of Sound and Vibration
Ma, Jinzhong, Li, Dengyan, Wang, Ruifang, Liu, ...
Computing extreme storm surges in Europe using neural networks
Natural Hazards and Earth System Sciences
Hermans, Tim H. J., Ben Hammouda, Chiheb, Treu,...
Shifting dominant periods in extreme climate impacts under global warming
Nature Communications
Zantout, Karim, Balkovic, Juraj, Billing, Maik,...
Cause specific mortality risks associated with tropical cyclones in multiple countries and territ...
BMJ: British Medical Journal
Huang, Wenzhong, Xu, Rongbin, Yang, Zhengyu, Ot...
Analyzing spatiotemporal patterns of extreme precipitations in North America using complex networ...
Journal of Hydrology
Oladoja, Victor, Jamali, Tayeb, Ghanbarian, Beh...
Projecting Future Flood Losses to Company Assets in Europe: The Role of Precautionary Measures
Earth's Future
Devadas, Bhadra, Paprotny, Dominik, Kreibich, H...
Influence of extreme events modeled by Lévy flight on Atlantic meridional overturning circulation...
Physica D: Nonlinear Phenomena
Tesfay, Daniel, Serdukova, Larissa, Zheng, Yayu...
PseudospectralNet: Toward Hybrid Atmospheric Models for Climate Simulations
Journal of Advances in Modeling Earth Systems
Gelbrecht, Maximilian, Klöwer, Milan, Boers, Ni...
ClimBurst: A Novel Method to Detect Climatological Anomalies Over Time and Space
Geophysical Research Letters
Brouillet, Audrey, Coulaud, Guillaume, Shasha, ...
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