Universität Augsburg
Institut für Geographie
Lehrstuhl für Regionales Klima und Hydrologie
Address
Alter Postweg 118
86159 Augsburg
Deutschland
GERiT
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86159 Augsburg
Projects
Research Units
Current projects
Cosmic Sense – Hydrological Modeling: Coupled distributed modeling of soil moisture, snow and atmosphere interaction – tuned by cosmic-ray neutron sensing
(Applicants
Hendricks-Franssen, Harrie-Jan
;
Kunstmann, Harald
)
FOR 2694: Large-Scale and High-Resolution Mapping of Soil Moisture on Field and Catchment Scales - Boosted by Cosmic-Ray Neutrons
(Spokesperson
Oswald, Sascha E.
)
FOR 5639: Land-Atmosphere Feedback Initiative (LAFI)
(Spokesperson
Wulfmeyer, Volker
)
Impact of terrestrial hydrology on L-A feedbacks and isotope signatures
(Applicant
Kunstmann, Harald
)
Physics-based QPE using polarimetric radars and commercial microwave links
(Applicants
Chwala, Christian
;
Trömel, Ph.D., Silke
)
Completed projects
FOR 2936: Climate Change and Health in Sub-Saharan Africa
(Spokesperson
Danquah, Ina
)
Merging precipitation data from rain gauge-, microwave link-, and radar measurements for incorporation into a fully coupled data assimilation framework
(Applicant
Kunstmann, Harald
)
Subseasonal to seasonal hydrometeorological- and dynamical Malaria transmission forecasting over Sub-Saharan Africa
(Applicant
Kunstmann, Harald
)
Research Grants
Current projects
Energy landscapes of less than two degrees global warming - modelling regional strategies for the expansion of renewable energies with special consideration of national and international climate protection goals
(Applicants
Bosch, Stephan
;
Kunstmann, Harald
)
Merging of rain rate estimates from opportunistic sensors and geostationary satellites
(Applicants
Chwala, Christian
;
Siart, Uwe
)
Completed projects
High-Resolution Atmospheric Water Vapor Fields by Spaceborne Geodetic Sensing, Tomographic Fusion, and Atmospheric Modeling
(Applicants
Hinz, Stefan
;
Kunstmann, Harald
;
Kutterer, Hansjörg
)
How Does Global Warming Accelerate the Hydrological Cycle in the East Asian Monsoon Region? Atmospheric- and Terrestrial Moisture Pathways Analysis in a Regional Earth System Model
(Applicant
Kunstmann, Harald
)
Integrating Microwave Link Data For Analysis of Precipitation in Complex Terrain: Theoretical Aspects and Hydrometeorological Applications (IMAP)
(Applicants
Kunstmann, Harald
;
Siart, Uwe
)
Investigating southern African Holocene climate - bridging from the early Holocene to today
(Applicants
Arnault, Ph.D., Joel
;
Jung, Gerlinde
)
Long Term Land Use - Precipitation Feedbacks in the Hai River and Poyang Lake Regions
(Applicant
Kunstmann, Harald
)
Spatial rainfall estimates using improved observations from commercial microwave links and statistical data fusion
(Applicants
Chwala, Christian
;
Siart, Uwe
)
Priority Programmes
Completed projects
The global continental water budget using GRACE spaceborne gravimetry and high-resolution consistent geodetic-hydrometeorological data analysis
(Applicants
Bárdossy, András
;
van Dam, Tonie
;
Kunstmann, Harald
;
Sneeuw, Nico
)
CRC/Transregios
Completed projects
The role of soil moisture and surface- and subsurface water flows on predictability of convection
(Project Heads
Kober, Kirstin
;
Kunstmann, Harald
)
Emmy Noether Independent Junior Research Groups
Completed projects
Global Assessment of Water Stress in Karst Regions in a Changing World
(Applicant
Hartmann, Andreas
)
