Process-level Understanding of Sublimation and Evaporation of Precipitation (E05*)

• Subject Area: Atmospheric Science
• Term: since 2024
• Project identifier: Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG) - Project number 268020496

The vaporation of rain and sublimation of snowfall between cloud base and the surface are common processes in the Arctic. Here, we propose to quantify evaporation and sublimation at different Arctic sites and identify which small and large scale forcings affect the process. We will improve sublimation in atmospheric models and investigate how changes in humidity and temperature profiles caused by sublimation feed back to clouds.

• DFG Programme: CRC/Transregios
• Subproject of: TRR 172: ArctiC Amplification: Climate Relevant Atmospheric and SurfaCe Processes, and Feedback Mechanisms (AC)3
• Applicant Institution: Universität Leipzig
• Project Heads: Dr. Heike Kalesse-Los, since 1/2024; Dr. Maximilian Maahn, since 1/2024