RESEARCH FOCI
Impact of regional climate change on terrestrial hydrology
Dynamic and statistical downscaling of meteorological fields
Fully coupled and cross-compartmental regional atmospheric and hydrological modeling
Modeling and observation of water and energy flows
Application of Commercial Microwave Links (CMLs) for precipitation determination
Geostatistic Merging of hydrometeorological Variables
Seasonal predictions

RESEARCH PROJECTS
Current projects
AtmoWater High-resolution atmospheric water vapor based on geodetic satellite measurement, tomographic intersection and atmospheric modeling
Cosmic Ray Neutron Sensing Integrated hydrological modeling and analysis of the interaction between soil moisture and the atmospheric boundary layer
Digital Earth Towards SMART Monitoring and Earth System Integrated Data Exploration - Implementing the Data Science Paradigm
Enershelf High resolution energy meteorological forecasting for improved management of PV-hybrid systems
FOR2131 Combination of observation types for precipitation (rain gauges, commercial microwave links, weather radar) to precipitation fields for use in fully coupled data assimilation systems
HoWa Innovativ More accurate forecasting of floods by improving precipitation measurement using data from commercial microwave links (CMLs)
LandKlif TP-8
Climate and water balance analysis for Bavaria using extremely high-resolution regional earth system modeling

SALDI South Africa Land Degradation Monitor - Land-Atmosphere Interactions: Regional Assessment
Finished projects
BIAS1 Local refinement and bias correction of climate projections
BIAS2 Synthesis of high-resolution regionalization, multivariate stochastic bias correction and optimized hydrological model and process analysis
SYNOPSE Synthetic precipitation time series for the optimal planning and operation of urban drainage systems
WASCAL West African Science Service Center on Climate and Adapted Land Use - Implementation Phase