MAINMENUE:

RESEARCH

Staff

Overview

To describe complex atmospheric processes within the troposphere, model systems of different dimensions and complexities are being developed, tested and applied in the Modeling Department. The model scales range from micro- to mesoscales. In addition to scientific questions the investigations also address air quality problems.

The research area Micro- and mesoscale transport includes process studies of transport and dynamics of trace gases and particles within the troposphere, descriptions of source-receptor relationships for interpreting experimental data, as well as studies on the influence of aerosol particles on the formation of precipitation and the radiation.

Grafic: Microphysical processes in a convective cloud

In the field of tropospheric multiphase processes detailed process models are developed that are applied for process studies as well as for the interpretation of laboratory and field measurements. Furthermore, these models are used for deriving appropriate parameterizations for more complex atmospheric model systems.

In general, modeling complex atmospheric systems is very time-consuming. The models must give sufficiently accurate results, and should run efficiently on the available computer architectures. Therefore, the development and parallelizing of efficient numerical methods plays an important role within the Modeling Department.