Search Results - "Kalthoff, N."

Observed spatiotemporal variability of boundary-layer turbulence over flat, heterogeneous terrain by Maurer, V, Kalthoff, N, Wieser, A, Kohler, M, Mauder, M, Gantner, L

“…In the spring of 2013, extensive measurements with multiple Doppler lidar systems were performed. The instruments were arranged in a triangle with edge lengths…”
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The impact of soil moisture modifications on CBL characteristics in West Africa: A case‐study from the AMMA campaign by Kohler, M., Kalthoff, N., Kottmeier, C.

“…Within the framework of the AMMA campaign in 2006, the response of surface properties to precipitation and their effect on the state of the convective boundary…”
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Diagnostic study of a high‐precipitation event in the Western Mediterranean: adequacy of current operational networks by Khodayar, S., Raff, F., Kalthoff, N., Bock, O.

“…To investigate whether the spatial and temporal resolution of current operational observing systems in the Western Mediterranean (WMed) region suffice to…”
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Initiation of deep convection in the Sahel in a convection‐permitting climate simulation for northern Africa by Maurer, V., Bischoff‐Gauß, I., Kalthoff, N., Gantner, L., Roca, R., Panitz, H.‐J.

“…A convection‐permitting climate simulation was performed for Northern Africa for the year of 2006 and a domain of 2561 × 1721 × 50 grid points. The general…”
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Evaluation of wind energy potential over Thailand by using an atmospheric mesoscale model and a GIS approach by Janjai, S., Masiri, I., Promsen, W., Pattarapanitchai, S., Pankaew, P., Laksanaboonsong, J., Bischoff-Gauss, I., Kalthoff, N.

“…The wind energy potential of Thailand was evaluated by using an atmospheric mesoscale model and a Geographic Information System (GIS) approach. The Karlsruhe…”
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A New Airborne Doppler Lidar for Boundary Layer Research & LES-Based Simulation by Gasch, P., Wieser, A., Kalthoff, N., Corsmeier, U., Feuerle, T., Kottmeier, C.

“…Airborne Doppler lidar measurements are a valuable tool in meteorological research. A new airborne Doppler lidar system has been developed jointly by the…”
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Observation of convection initiation processes with a suite of state‐of‐the‐art research instruments during COPS IOP 8b by Behrendt, A., Pal, S., Aoshima, F., Bender, M., Blyth, A., Corsmeier, U., Cuesta, J., Dick, G., Dorninger, M., Flamant, C., Di Girolamo, P., Gorgas, T., Huang, Y., Kalthoff, N., Khodayar, S., Mannstein, H., Träumner, K., Wieser, A., Wulfmeyer, V.

“…In the afternoon of 15 July 2007, a thunderstorm was initiated within a line of cumulus clouds which formed parallel to the crest of the Black Forest mountains…”
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The energy balance, evapo-transpiration and nocturnal dew deposition of an arid valley in the Andes by Kalthoff, N., Fiebig-Wittmaack, M., Meißner, C., Kohler, M., Uriarte, M., Bischoff-Gauß, I., Gonzales, E.

“…The arid Elqui valley, part of the Norte Chico of Chile between 27°S and 33°S latitude, is located south of the hyper-arid Atacama desert. The region is…”
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The impact of convergence zones on the initiation of deep convection: A case study from COPS by Kalthoff, N., Adler, B., Barthlott, Ch, Corsmeier, U., Mobbs, S., Crewell, S., Träumner, K., Kottmeier, Ch, Wieser, A., Smith, V., Di Girolamo, P.

“…During the ‘Convective and Orographically-induced Precipitation Study’ (COPS) performed in summer 2007, deep convection developed on July 15, although…”
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THE SCALEX CAMPAIGN: Scale-Crossing Land Surface and Boundary Layer Processes in the TERENO-preAlpine Observatory by Wolf, B., Chwala, C., Fersch, B., Garvelmann, J., Junkermann, W., Zeeman, M. J., Angerer, A., Adler, B., Beck, C., Brosy, C., Brugger, P., Emeis, S., Dannenmann, M., De Roo, F., Diaz-Pines, E., Haas, E., Hagen, M., Hajnsek, I., Jacobeit, J., Jagdhuber, T., Kalthoff, N., Kiese, R., Kunstmann, H., Kosak, O., Krieg, R., Malchow, C., Mauder, M., Merz, R., Notarnicola, C., Philipp, A., Reif, W., Reineke, S., Rödiger, T., Ruehr, N., Schäfer, K., Schrön, M., Senatore, A., Shupe, H., Völksch, I., Wanninger, C., Zacharias, S., Schmid, H. P.

“…ScaleX is a collaborative measurement campaign, collocated with a long-term environmental observatory of the German Terrestrial Environmental Observatories…”
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Processes driving deep convection over complex terrain: a multi‐scale analysis of observations from COPS IOP 9c by Corsmeier, U., Kalthoff, N., Barthlott, C., Aoshima, F., Behrendt, A., Di Girolamo, P., Dorninger, M., Handwerker, J., Kottmeier, C., Mahlke, H., Mobbs, S.D., Norton, E.G., Wickert, J., Wulfmeyer, V.

“…The ‘Convective and Orographically‐induced Precipitation Study’ (COPS) analyses the processes driving deep convection over complex terrain. Convection…”
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The dependence of convection‐related parameters on surface and boundary‐layer conditions over complex terrain by Kalthoff, N., Kohler, M., Barthlott, C., Adler, B., Mobbs, S.D., Corsmeier, U., Träumner, K., Foken, T., Eigenmann, R., Krauss, L., Khodayar, S., Di Girolamo, P.

“…The field campaign ‘Convective and Orographically‐induced Precipitation Study’ (COPS) was performed in south‐western Germany and eastern France in summer 2007…”
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High-resolution representation of the mechanisms responsible for the initiation of isolated thunderstorms over flat and complex terrains: analysis of CSIP and COPS cases by Khodayar, S., Kalthoff, N., Wickert, J., Kottmeier, Ch, Dorninger, M.

“…Two important measurement campaigns took place in Europe in the last years, the Convective Storm Initiation Project (CSIP) and the Convective and…”
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CORSiCA: a Mediterranean atmospheric and oceanographic observatory in Corsica within the framework of HyMeX and ChArMEx by Lambert, D, Mallet, M, Ducrocq, V, Dulac, F, Gheusi, F, Kalthoff, N

“…CORSiCA (Corsican Observatory for Research and Studies on Climate and Atmosphere-ocean environment) is a project for a multi-site instrumented platform located…”
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Surface energy balance and turbulence network during the Convective and Orographically‐induced Precipitation Study (COPS) by Eigenmann, R., Kalthoff, N., Foken, T., Dorninger, M., Kohler, M., Legain, D., Pigeon, G., Piguet, B., Schüttemeyer, D., Traulle, O.

“…Experimental data of the energy balance and the turbulence network installed during the Convective and Orographically‐induced Precipitation Study (COPS) field…”
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Vehicle-induced turbulence near a motorway by Kalthoff, N., Bäumer, D., Corsmeier, U., Kohler, M., Vogel, B.

“…In spring 2001, turbulence measurements were carried out adjacent to the motorway from Mannheim to Heidelberg in order to determine the intensity and range of…”
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Mechanisms initiating deep convection over complex terrain during COPS by Christoph Kottmeier, Norbert Kalthoff, Christian Barthlott, Ulrich Corsmeier, Joël van Baelen, Andreas Behrendt, Rainer Behrendt, Alan Blyth, Richard Coulter, Susanne Crewell, Paolo di Girolamo, Manfred Dorninger, Cyrille Flamant, Foken

“…Precipitating convection in a mountain region of moderate topography is investigated, with particular emphasis on its initiation in response to boundary-layer…”
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Evolution of the atmospheric boundary-layer structure of an arid Andes Valley by Khodayar, S., Kalthoff, N., Fiebig-Wittmaack, M., Kohler, M.

“…Summary The boundary-layer structure of the Elqui Valley is investigated, which is situated in the arid north of Chile and extends from the Pacific Ocean in…”
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Impact of vegetation changes on a mesoscale convective system in West Africa by Lauwaet, D, van Lipzig, N. P. M, Kalthoff, N, De Ridder, K

“…The evolution of precipitating convective systems in West Africa has been a research topic throughout the past three decades and is considered to be influenced…”
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The influence of a storage lake in the Arid Elqui Valley in Chile on local climate by BISCHOFF-GAUSS, I, KALTHOFF, N, FIEBIG-WITTMAACK, M

“…High-resolution model simulations were performed with the quadruple-nested version of the mesoscale model KAMM to investigate the impact of the new storage…”
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