Wissenschaftliche Tätigkeiten und universitäre Ausbildung

Arbeits- und Interessen-Schwerpunkte

• Starkregen
• Extremwertstatistik
• Wetterlagen bei Hochwasser
• Impaktmodellierung
• Winterstürme
• Klimaänderung
• Modellierung des Klima-/Erdsystem

2025
K.M. Nissen, M. Wilde, T.M. Kreuzer, B. Damm, U. Ulbrich: The effect of climate change on landslide probability in Germany., Landslides, https://doi.org/10.1007/s10346-025-02555-2, 2025. 2024

D. V. Nguyen, S. Vorogushyn, K. M. Nissen, L. Brunner, B. Merz, A non-stationary climate-informed weather generator for assessing future flood risks, ASCMO, 10, 195–216,  https://doi.org/10.5194/ascmo-10-195-2024, 2024 2023 K.M. Nissen, M. Wilde, T.M. Kreuzer, A. Wohlers, B. Damm, U. Ulbrich: A decrease in rockfall probability under climate change conditions in Germany, Nat. Hazards Earth Syst. Sci., 23, 2737–2748, https://doi.org/10.5194/nhess-23-2737-2023, 2023. X. Guan, K.M. Nissen,  D.V. Nguyen, B. Merz, B. Winter, S. Vorogushyn, Multisite temporal rainfall disaggregation using methods of fragments conditioned on circulation patterns, Journal of Hydrology, 621, 129640, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jhydrol.2023.129640, 2023. F. Tügel,  E. Kronke, K. M. Nissen, P. Gronau,  L. Steffen, U. Ulbrich, R. Hinkelmann, Hydrodynamische N-A-Ensemblesimulationen mit variablen räumlich-zeitlichen Verteilungen von Starkniederschlägen, Forum für Hydrologie und Wasserbewirtschaftung Heft 44.23, 2023.
2022 K.M. Nissen, S. Rupp, T.M. Kreuzer, B. Guse, B. Damm and U. Ulbrich, 2022:
Quantification of meteorological conditions for rockfall triggers in Germany, Nat. Hazards Earth Syst. Sci., 22, 2117–2130, https://doi.org/10.5194/nhess-22-2117-2022. M. Dietze, R. Bell, U.  Ozturk,  K.L. Cook, C. Andermann, A.R. Beer, B. Damm, A. Lucia, F.S. Fauer, K.M. Nissen, T. Sieg, A.H. Thieken, 2022: More than heavy rain turning into fast-flowing water – a landscape perspective on the 2021 Eifel floods, Nat. Hazards Earth Syst. Sci., 22, 1845–1856, https://doi.org/10.5194/nhess-22-1845-2022.

2020 K.M. Nissen, N. Becker, O. Dähne, M. Rabe, J. Scheffler, M. Solle, U. Ulbrich,2020: How does weather affect the use of public transport in Berlin? Environ. Res. Lett. 15, 085001, https://doi.org/10.1088/1748-9326/ab8ec3 2018 Ulbrich, U., K.M. Nissen. 2018: Charakteristika des »normalen« Erdwetters und des Extremwetters. In: Lozán, J. L.S.-W. Breckle, H. Graßl, D. Kasang & R. Weisse (Hrsg.). Warnsignal Klima: Extremereignisse. pp. 21-26. Online:www.klima-warnsig­nale.uni-hamburg.de. doi:10.2312/warnsignal.klima.extremereignisse.03 2017 K.M. Nissen, U. Ulbrich, 2017: Increasing frequencies and changing characteristics of heavy precipitation events threatening infrastructure in Europe under climate change. Nat. Hazards Earth Syst. Sci. ,17, 1177-1190.

2016

Piero Lionello, Isabel F. Trigo, Victoria Gil, Margarida L. R. Liberato, Katrin M. Nissen, Joaquim G. Pinto, Christoph C. Raible, Marco Reale, Annalisa Tanzarella, Ricardo M. Trigo, Sven Ulbrich, and Uwe Ulbrich, 2016: Objective climatology of cyclones in the Mediterranean region: a consensus view among methods with different system identification and tracking criteria, Tellus A: Dynamic Meteorology and Oceanography , Vol. 68 , Iss. 1,2016

2015

Dayan, U.; Nissen, Katrin; Ulbrich, Uwe: Atmospheric conditions inducing extreme precipitation over the eastern and western Mediterranean . Natural Hazards and Earth System Sciences. - 15 (2015), 11, S. 2525-2544 ,ISSN: 1684-9981. - DOI: 10.5194/nhess-15-2525-2015. - URL: http://www.nat-hazards-earth-syst-sci.net/15/2525/2015/. - URN: http://dx.doi.org/10.5194/nhess-15-2525-2015 2014 Manuela Nied, Tobias Pardowitz, Katrin Nissen, Uwe Ulbrich, Yeshewatesfa Hundecha, Bruno Merz, On the relationship between hydro-meteorological patterns and flood types, Journal of Hydrology, Volume 519, 2014, Pages 3249-3262, ISSN 0022-1694, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jhydrol.2014.09.089. (http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0022169414008233) Merz, B., Aerts, J., Arnbjerg-Nielsen, K., Baldi, M., Becker, A., Bichet, A., Blöschl, G., Bouwer, L. M., Brauer, A., Cioffi, F., Delgado, J. M., Gocht, M., Guzzetti, F., Harrigan, S., Hirschboeck, K., Kilsby, C., Kron, W., Kwon, H.-H., Lall, U., Merz, R., Nissen, K., Salvatti, P., Swierczynski, T., Ulbrich, U., Viglione, A., Ward, P. J., Weiler, M., Wilhelm, B., and Nied, M.: Floods and climate: emerging perspectives for flood risk assessment and management, Nat. Hazards Earth Syst. Sci., 14, 1921-1942, doi:10.5194/nhess-14-1921-2014, 2014. Nissen, K.M., U. Ulbrich and G.C. Leckebusch, 2014: Vb cyclones and associated rainfall extremes over Central Europe under present day and climate change conditions, Meteorologische Zeitschrift, DOI: 10.1127/0941-2948/2013/0514 K.M. Nissen, G.C. Leckebusch, J.G,Pinto, U. Ulbrich, 2014: Mediterranean cyclones and windstorms in a changing climate. Reg. Environ. Change, 14:1873, doi: 10.1007/s10113-012-0400-8. 2013 Ulbrich, U., Xoplaki, E., Dobricic, S., Garcia-Herrera, R., Lionello, P., Adani, M., Baldi, M., Barriopedro, D., Coccimiglio, P., Dalu, G., Efthymiadis, D., Gaetani, M., Galati, M.B., Gimeno, L., Goodess, C.M.., Jones, P.D., Kuglitsch, F.G., Leckebusch, G.C., Luterbacher, J., Marcos-Moreno, M., Mariotti, A., Nieto, R., Nissen, K., Pettenuzzo, D., Pinardi, N., 2013: Past and Current Climate Changes in the Mediterranean egion. In: Navarra, A., Tubiana, L., eds: Regional Assessment of Climate Change in the Mediterranean, Springer, Dordrecht, 9-52, ISBN 978-94-007-5780-6 Nissen, K., Ulbrich, U., Leckebusch, G.C., Kuhnel, I., 2013: Decadal windstorm activity in the North Atlantic-European sector and its relationship to the meridional overturning circulation in an ensemble of simulations with a coupled climate model, Climate Dyn.,  1-11 Nissen, K. M., Leckebusch, G.,C., Pinto, J.G., Ulbrich, U., 2013: Mediterranean cyclones and windstorms in a changing climate, Reg. Environ. Change, 2013, 1-18 Gualdi, S., Somot, S., May, W., Castellari, S., Déqué, M., Adani, M., Artale, V., Bellucci, A., Breitgand, J.S., Carillo, A., Cornes, R., Dell'Aquila, A., Dubois, C., Efthymiadis, D., Elizalde, A., Gimeno, L., Goodess, C.M., Harzallah, A., Krichak, S.O., Kuglitsch, F.G., Leckebusch, G.C., Lionello, P., Luterbacher, J., Nissen, K., Ulbrich, U., 2013: Future Climate Projections. In: Navarra, A., Tubiana, L., eds: Regional Assessment of Climate Change in the Mediterranean. Springer, Dordrecht, 53-118, ISBN 978-94-007-5780-6 Held, H., F.-W. Gerstengarbe, T. Pardowitz J.G. Pinto, U. Ulbrich, K. Born, M.G. Donat, M.K. Karremann. G.C. Leckebusch, P. Ludwig, K.M. Nissen, H. Österle, B.F. Prahl P.C. Werner, 2013: Projections of global warming-induced impacts on winter storm losses in the German private household sector, Climatic Change, 121, 195-207. DOI: 10.1007/s10584-013-0872-7 2012 P. Lionello, L. Cavaleri, K.M. Nissen, C. Pino, F. Raicich, U. Ulbrich, 2012: Severe marine storms in the Northern Adriatic: Characteristics and trends, Physics and Chemistry of the Earth, 40-41,93-105. U. Ulbrich, P. Lionello, D. Belusic, J. Jacobeit, P. Knippertz, F.G. Kuglitsch, G.C. Leckebusch, J. Luterbacher, M. Mauden, P. Maheras, K.M. Nissen, V. Pavan, J.G. Pinto, H. Saaroni, S. Seubert, A. Toreti, E. Xoplaki, B. Ziv, 2012: Climate of the Mediterranean: Synoptic Patterns, Temperature, Winds, and Their Extremes, Capter 5 in: The Climate of the Mediterranean Region, Elsevier 2010 K.M. Nissen, G.C. Leckebusch, J. Pinto, D. Renggli, S. Ulbrich, U. Ulbrich, 2010: Cyclones causing wind storms in the Mediterranean: characteristics, trends and links to large-scale patterns, Natural hazards and earth system sciences, 10, 1379-1391. P. Lionello, L. Cavaleri, K.M. Nissen, C. Pino, F. Raicich, U. Ulbrich, 2010: Severe marine storms in the Northern Adriatic: Characteristics and trends. Physics and Chemistry of the Earth, 40-41, 93-105. 2007 K.M. Nissen, K. Matthes, U. Langematz, B. Mayer, 2007: Towards a better representation of the solar cycle in general circulation models, Atmos. Chem. Phys.,7, 5391-5400. 2004 R.N. Bannister, A. O'Neill, A.R. Gregory and K.M. Nissen, 2004: The role of the south-east Asian monsoon and other seasonal features in creating the 'tape recorder' signal in the Unified Model, Q. J. R. Meteorol. Soc, 130, 1531-1554. 2000 K. M. Nissen, P. Braesicke, U. Langematz, 2000: QBO, SAO and tropical waves in the Berlin TSM GCM: Sensitivity to radiation, vertical resolution and convection. J. Geophys. Res.,105, NO.D20, 24771-24790. 1997
K. M. Müller, U. Langematz, S. Pawson, 1997: The stratopause semiannual oscilation in the Berlin troposphere-stratosphere-mesosphere GCM. J. Atmos. Sci., 54, 2749-2759.

Sonstige

J. R. Holton, P. Kushner, K. Müller, K. Semeniuk, D. H. Tran, 1997: Wave-mean-flow interaction, in The Stratosphere and its Role in the Climate System edited by G. Brasseur, Springer, Heidelberg, pp. 47-57.

Diplom

Die Jahres- und Halbjahreswelle im Berliner Klimamodell

Doktorarbeit

Die Bedeutung der Konvektion für die Variabilität in der tropischen Stratosphäre - im Vergleich zur Rolle von vertikaler Auflösung und Strahlung: Simulationen mit einem globalen Zirkulationsmodell