Dr. Michael Jähn

Leibniz Institute for

Tropospheric Research

Permoserstraße 15

04318 Leipzig

 

Phone: +49 341 2717-7039

Mail: jaehn [at] tropos.de  

Room: 103 (Geb. 23.1)

 

Function

Scientist

 

Department

Modeling of Atmospheric Processes

 

Research areas & interests

  • Internal boundary layers and turbulence
  • Cloud microphysics
  • Island effects in the trade wind area
  • Large eddy simulations (YouTube channel)

 

Curriculum vitae

Academic qualification

  • 03/2016: PhD thesis: "Large Eddy Simulation Studies of Island Effects in the Caribbean Trade Wind Region", online available at http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:bsz:15-qucosa-200776
  • 2012-2016: PhD student at TROPOS
  • 03/2011: Diploma thesis at TROPOS: "Die kompressiblen Euler-Gleichungen für die feuchte Atmosphäre"
  • 2005-2011: Student of Meteorology at the University of Leipzig

Research experience

  • since 2011: Research scientist at TROPOS 

Publications

  • Chouza, F., Reitebuch, O., Jähn, M., Rahm, S., and Weinzierl, B. (2016): Vertical wind retrieved by airborne lidar and analysis of island induced gravity waves in combination with numerical models and in-situ particle measurements, Atmos. Chem. Phys., 16, 4675–4692, DOI: 10.5194/acp-16-4675-2016.
  • Jähn, M., Muñoz-Esparza, D., Chouza, F., Reitebuch, O., Knoth, O., Haarig, M., Ansmann, A. (2016): Investigations of boundary layer structure, cloud characteristics and vertical mixing of aerosols at Barbados with large eddy simulations, Atmos. Chem. Phys., 16, 651–674, DOI: 10.5194/acp-16-651-2016.
  • Jähn, M., Knoth, O., König, M., Vogelsberg, U. (2015): ASAM v2.7: a compressible atmospheric model with a Cartesian cut cell approach. Geosci. Model Dev., 8, 317-340, DOI: 10.5194/gmd-8-317-2015.
  • Jähn, M., Wolke, R., Sändig, B. (2013): Detection of odor sources and high concentrations of pollutants in the Ore Mountains by modeling of air mass paths. Meteorol. Z. 22(2), 213–220, DOI: 10.1127/0941-2948/2013/0389.  

Conference contributions

  • Jähn, M., Muñoz-Esparza, D., Chouza, F., Reitebuch, O., Knoth, O., Haarig, M., Ansmann, A., Tegen I. (2016): Investigations of boundary layer structure, cloud characteristics and vertical mixing of aerosols at Barbados with large eddy simulations. EGU General Assembly, Vienna, April 17-22, Poster.
  • Jähn, M., Knoth, O. (2014): Island effect studies on boundary layer modification and cloud street evolution at Barbados using large eddy simulations. 21st Symposium on Boundary Layers and Turbulence, Leeds, June 9-13, Poster.
  • Jähn, M. (2013): Investigations on island effects at Barbados using a non-hydrostatic clould resolving model with 3D orography representation. DACH-Tagung, Innsbruck, September 2-6, Poster.
  • Jähn, M., Knoth, O. (2012): Compressible modeling of a cloudy atmosphere using a general pressure evolution equation. 14th International Conference on Hyperbolic Problems: Theory, Numerics, Applications, Padova, June 25-29, Poster.
  • Jähn, M., Wolke, R., Sändig, B. (2012): Detection of odor sources and high concentrations of pollutants in the Ore Mountains by modeling of the air mass paths. METTOOLS VIII, Leipzig, March 20-22, Poster.