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How does rain form in the first place? Why are extreme events intensifying? How does a weather model work? And what needs to change in politics, planning and society to protect ourselves?
The podcast offers personal insights, scientific background and shows that extreme weather events are no longer an exception - but a growing risk.
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In less than a year from now, the international “North Atlantic Waveguide, Dry Intrusion and Downstream Impact Campaign” (NAWDIC) will take place in North Atlantic-European region (https://www.nawdic.kit.edu/).
During the Dry Run, all participants mimic realistic campaign conditions, which includes setting up detailed flight plans across the North Atlantic for the respective weather conditions. Challenges in the flight mission planning arise due to several reasons. These include uncertainties in the weather forecast, air traffic restrictions, instrument limitations, as well as coordination of the three aircraft. Thanks to the great engagement of all participants, the two weeks were successful - the Dry Run resulted in lots of gained experience, a large number of different mission scenarios, and increased motivation of all participants. We are now looking forward to January 2026 and the start of the NAWDIC campaign.
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A week packed with lectures on mountain meteorology, ground-based and satellite remote sensing techniques and high-resolution modelling for complex terrain with participants from serveral cities in Germany and Italy. This summer school truely contributed to strengthen the IDEA-S4S network, gave us new insights into the fascinating topic of mountain meteorology and brought us together - Master students, PhD candidates, group leaders and professors!
Our group was represented by two talks at the EMS 2024. We look back to an intensive week in Barcelona with many new impressions, ideas and collaborations. Here you find the abstracts of our presentations:
1) Duc Nguyen et al: "Comparison of wind profiles in the operational ICON-D2 analysis with Doppler wind lidar observations in complex topography from the Swabian MOSES 2023 campaign" ➡️ https://doi.org/10.5194/ems2024-486
2) Julia Thomas et al: "A campaign re-analysis for 'Swabian MOSES 2023': how do high-resolution observations change the analysis of a convective-scale data assimilation system?" ➡️ https://doi.org/10.5194/ems2024-853
We thank all our collaborators and look forward to the next conference.
In the last two years, sea surface temperatures in the North Atlantic have been significantly higher than in previous years. Using a case study from February 2019, we investigate how this can affect the weather situation in Europe. A summary of this study is available in IMKTRO News ➡️ https://www.imk-tro.kit.edu/12807.php
On 19 and 20 June, the PhD students of IDEA-S4S met at the DWD for a self-organized workshop. The first day was dedicated to project presentations and happily many DWD staff attended the sessions on site or online! On the second day, there were many inspiring talks from DWD and IDEA-S4S experts on topics such as extreme weather forecasting, verification, data assimilation, remote sensing and the challenges for NWP in complex terrain. We have grown together as a group and look forward to seeing you again at the network's annual meeting in November!
News and short film about the measurement campaign
- Data assimilation: More accurate weather forecasts through additional measurements ➡️ https://www.kit.edu/kit/33018.php
- On the trail of thunderstorms ➡️ https://publikationen.bibliothek.kit.edu/1000162273