Profile

• Analysis of the climatology and variability of the stratosphere and mesosphere in measurements and model data.
• Provision of daily stratospheric winter diagnostics and meteorological support for measurement campaigns.
• Investigation of radiative, chemical and dynamical processes, and their inter -actions using a state-of-the-art global Chemistry-Climate-Model with focus on:
  • anthropogenic depletion and recovery of stratospheric ozone,
  • interaction between atmosphere and oceans,
  • model projections of future stratospheric change,
  • impact of stratospheric change on tropospheric weather forecast.
• Investigation of solar cycle effects on climate.
• Model simulations of early Earth conditions to study the evolution of life.
• Application of advanced methods of time series analysis to climate research.