The Atmospheric Processes research cluster investigates how physical processes interact across scales to form clouds and modulate precipitation patterns in East Antarctica with particular attention to the occurrence and sequencing of weather events with a strong and persistent impact on the surface mass balance.
Field work will be conducted at Neumayer-III and Troll stations through a coordinated effort across six Swiss research groups, combining expertise in cloud and aerosol microphysics, boundary layer processes, large-scale dynamics, and in-situ and remote-sensing observations supported by advanced multiscale modelling. Such a collaborative effort is indispensable for understanding how precipitation patterns evolve with the ongoing warming of the Antarctic.
Research Cluster PI
- Franziska Aemisegger, Uni Bern
Research Cluster Participants
- Alexis Berne, EPFL
- Sergi Gonzalez-Herrero, WSL/SLF
- Jan Henneberger, ETH Zurich
- Ulrike Lohmann, ETH Zurich
- Julia Schmale, EPFL
- Iris Thurnherr, ETH Zurich
- Heini Wernli, ETH Zurich
Links with Participants of other Research Clusters
- Benjamin Walter, WSL/SLF
- Ruzica Dadic, WSL/SLF
- Hendrik Huwald, EPFL, WSL/SLF
Swiss and International Partners
- Cécile Agosta, LSCE
- Melanie Behrens, AWI
- Mathieu Casado, LSCE
- Natalie Ceperley, Uni Bern
- Silvia Henning, TROPOS
- Maria Hörhold, AWI
- Christian Kühnlein, ECMWF
- Amaelle Landais, LSCE
- Martin Radenz, TROPOS
- Markus Rex, AWI
- Patric Seifert, TROPOS
- Sonja Wahl, UiB (NO), LSCE (FR)
- Birgit Wehner, TROPOS
- Martin Werner, AWI
- Zsofia Yuranyi, AWI