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Research areas in IMPRS-ESM

We distinguish four major research areas within the Earth system: Atmosphere, Land, Ocean, and Human Dimension. Our scientists investigate how these systems operate internally and how they interact to produce or influence climate dynamics. Of particular interest are the sensitivity of the Earth system to perturbations and the predictability of the climate across multiple scales in both time and space.

The MPI-M employs mathematical models as the primary investigative tool in research. Doctoral candidates may apply existing Earth system models, develop new model features, and analyze the outputs of these models.

As a doctoral candidate you are affiliated with research groups of the Max Planck Institute for Meteorology or of the Universität Hamburg. Individual doctoral studies are guided and inspired by the scientific questions of their corresponding research unit. 

In the following, you learn more about our four Earth system components as well as about the respective PhD candidates, their ongoing research topics, and completed publications.

Atmosphere Research

What controls planetary albedo? How do clouds and water vapour regulate energy flows in the atmospheric system? What role does the stratosphere play in the Earth’s climate? These are some of the questions that we investigate in the Atmosphere research area. Studies span from the global to small scales (e.g. turbulent mixing processes) and from multi-annual to hourly processes. We use radiation models, coupled models and satellite observations as part of our research.

Doctoral candidates are affiliated with either the department Climate Physics at the Max Planck Institute for Meteorology or the Meteorological Institute at the Universität Hamburg. Individual research topics are inspired and guided by the interests of the candidate’s host research group.

Name PhDtopic
Bayley, Clara Development of the Superdroplet Model and Understanding its Uncertainties and Influence in Global Climate Simulations
Campos, Hernan Tropical low cloud feedbacks in storm resolving simulations (tentative)
Chan, Kenneth Radiation and Stratocumulus
Deutloff, Jakob Tropical cirrus cloud coverage and its change with warming
Ding, Hairu Factors influencing the subtropical high-pressure zones in the present and changing climate
Dorff, Henning Clouds and Precipitation in Arctic Atmospheric Rivers at the Hectometer Scale using HALO and ICON
Downey, Pierre-Olivier Determining key features of moist physics for atmospheric circulation
Glöckner, Helene Masking and unmasking of the greenhouse effect by clouds
Gnanaraj, Abisha Distribution of Humidity in the Tropics
Guenther, Moritz Volcanic radiative forcing, climate sensitivity and atmospheric feedbacks
Lee, Doseok Oceanic teleconnection pathway from the Southern Ocean to the tropical Pacific
Peinado Bravo, Angel Convergence of the simulated tropical convergence zone and ist reponse to climate change with resolution
Peterhans, Vincent The role of stratified turbulence in mesoscale dynamics in the Middle Atmosphere
Pistor, Raphael Microphysical effects in stratocumulus and their dependence on the structure and dynamics of the subtropical highs
Radke, Tim Visual Analytics of Spatio-temporal Structures of Relevance for Seasonal Predictions using Machine Learning and Explainable Artificial Intelligence
Robbins Blanch, Nina The role of rain evaporation for the energy and radiation budget of the trades
Römer, Florian Radiation Spectrum and Atmospheric Circulation
Schimmer, Rolf Contrasting responses of Walker and Hadley circulations to greenhouse gas forcing
Schulz, Marius Resilience of tropical land precipitation in a warming climate
Tschirschwitz, Janina Water vapor and modelling
Winkler, Marius Boundary layer wind balances and their influence on equatorial sea-surface temperatures
Yoon, Arim Amazon rainforest tipping point
Zhang, Jingzhi Cloud radiative impact on Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation

Ocean Research

The ocean enfolds many dynamic processes that influence climate: large-scale circulation patterns, biogeochemistry and sea ice. In our ocean research area, we investigate these processes at multiple scales, and at different periods in Earth’s history, using coupled ocean-atmosphere models, observational data and statistical analysis.

Doctoral candidates are affiliated with either the department Climate Variability at the Max Planck Institute for Meteorology or the Institute of Oceanography at the Universität Hamburg. Individual research topics are inspired and guided by the interests of the candidate’s host research group.

Name PhD topic
Alastrue de Asenjo, Eduardo Influence of oceanic variations on extreme events over Europe
Andernach, Malena Is the mass loss of the Greenland ice sheet reversible?
Behncke, Jacqueline Quantifying the added value and rate of improvement of underway pCO2 data from sailboats
Breunig, Emelie Investigating the Role of Submesoscale Processes in Modulating the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation
Carnier Casaroli, Lucas Effects of Ocean Mesoscale Processes on Biogeochemistry
Choi, Hwa-Jin Evolution of the ocean’s anthropogenic carbon reservoir under changing emissions
Dietz, Victoria Attribution of the Decadal Variability of European Extreme Heat and Drought
Fiedler, Lukas The impact of climate extremes/abrupt changes on the terrestrial carbon cycle
Filippou, Danai Investigating mechanisms of predictability of compound extreme events in the ocean and their effects on the carbon sink and biogeochemical cycles
Häfele, Sophie Seasonal prediction of compound extreme events in spring and autumn
Hillenkötter, Dominic Different sources for eddy dissipation in the ocean
Heyl, Lara AMOC stability and freshwater transport in the South Atlantic
Karvinen, Mikael Tropical cyclones in a warmer world
Kourkouraidou, Zoi Scattering and Refraction of Low-Mode Internal Tides by Interaction with Mesoscale Eddies
Liu, Zhijun Hydrology-carbon interactions due to permafrost subsidence in past and future climates
Liu, Quan Ocean-atmosphere interactions and their links to weather patterns, teleconnections and climate extremes over the northern hemisphere
Mithal, Vidur Earth system modelling of extreme climate impacts: applications to crop yields
Mosso, Andrea The role of mesoscale eddies on the Meridional Overturning Circulation
Rapanague Sepulveda, Maria Jesus Mechanisms driving variability in Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation
Reinken, Constanze Upscaling High-Latitude Land Processes from Micro-scale to Meso-scale
Salinas Matus, Mariana Eddy-induced heat, carbon, and oxygen transports in the Southern ocean
Zinchenko, Vadim Model-Driven Machine Learning

Land Research

How do different regional habitats – and changes in these habitats – affect the global climate? In our land research area, we investigate the development of mutual interactions between the land surface, climate and human development. We use mathematical models, in situ measurements, and satellite observations as investigative tools.

Doctoral candidates are affiliated with either the working group Climate-Biosphere Interaction at the Max Planck Institute for Meteorology or with the different research areas at the Universität Hamburg: the Meteorological Institute, the Research Unit Sustainability and Global Change or the research group Climate Extremes. Individual research topics are inspired and guided by the interests of the candidate’s host research group.

Ongoing PhD studies related to land research

Name PhD topic
Reinken, Constanze Upscaling High-Latitude Land Processes from Micro-scale to Meso-scale

Human Dimension Research

The multi-disciplinary research groups concerned with the Human Dimension of the Earth system seek to understand the impact of human activities on the Earth system. Central are questions of sustainable development, environmental quality, economic efficiency and social equity. Mathematical modelling techniques help us explore interactions between human-induced environmental change, global climate change, climate variability and the socio-economic impacts of climate projections. We bridge natural and social sciences using diverse methods, for example, dynamic macroeconomics, or agent-based optimization modelling.

Doctoral candidates are affiliated with either the Department of Economics or the Research Unit Sustainability and Global Change, both at the Universität Hamburg. Individual research topics are inspired and guided by the interests of the candidate’s host research group.

Ongoing PhD studies related to to the human dimension

Name PhD topic
Gensch, Luisa Opportunities and Challenges of Large-Scale Organic Agriculture in Europe: An Interdisciplinary Analysis
Grunau, Jonas Essays in Climate Economics
Schaumann, Felix Essays on the Potentials and Limitations of Integrated Assessment Models of Climate Change
Thazhissery Pavanan, Aiswarya The impacts of changes in climate extremes on human capital and socio-economic development over time

Our alumni and their published theses

  • Burt, D. (2024). Unravelling climate conditions preceding the end-Permian mass extinction: insights from latest Permian interannual tropical variability and extreme events. Phd Thesis, Berichte zur Erdsystemforschung, 283. [publisher-version]
  • Fan, H. (2024). Subdecadal variability and predictability of the Subarctic Atlantic Ocean. Phd Thesis, Berichte zur Erdsystemforschung, 285. [publisher-version]
  • Franke, H. (2024). The quasi-biennial oscillation in a warming climate. Phd Thesis, Berichte zur Erdsystemforschung, 278. [publisher-version]
  • Ritschel, M. (2024). A transforming Arctic: unraveling climate change impacts on sea-ice evolution and oceanic pCO2. Phd Thesis, Berichte zur Erdsystemforschung, 281. [publisher-version]
  • Schanz, T. (2024). Quantifying and managing uncertainties: advancing deep learning approaches for earth system sciences. Phd Thesis, Berichte zur Erdsystemforschung, 280. [publisher-version]
  • Schickhoff, M. (2024). Effects of model resolution on Arctic land processes. Phd Thesis, Hamburg: Universität Hamburg. Berichte zur Erdsystemforschung, 277. doi:10.17617/2.3569305 [publisher-version]
  • Schmidt, L. (2024). On the partitioning of tropical precipitation between land and ocean. Phd Thesis, Berichte zur Erdsystemforschung, 282. [publisher-version]
  • Ssebandeke, J. (2024). Quantifying aspects of the ocean's energetics using eddy-resolving simulations. Phd Thesis, Berichte zur Erdsystemforschung, 279. [publisher-version]
  • Beobide-Arsuaga, G. (2023). Linking spring North Atlantic sea surface temperature anomalies to the occurrence of European summer heatwaves. Phd Thesis, Hamburg: Universität Hamburg. Berichte zur Erdsystemforschung, 274. doi:10.17617/2.3556288 [publisher-version]
  • Carvalho Oliveira , J. (2023). Towards improved seasonal climate predictions with artificial intelligence: An application on summer teleconnections. Phd Thesis, Hamburg: Universität Hamburg. Berichte zur Erdsystemforschung, 261. doi:10.17617/2.3489354 [publisher-version]
  • Duque-Villegas, M. (2023). Understanding the dynamics of late Quaternary African humid periods. Phd Thesis, Hamburg: Universität Hamburg. Berichte zur Erdsystemforschung, 272. doi:10.17617/2.3556280 [publisher-version]
  • Gieße, C. (2023). Internal variability of sea ice and surface air temperature in a warming Arctic climate. Phd Thesis, Hamburg: Universität Hamburg. Berichte zur Erdsystemforschung, 260. doi:10.17617/2.3489349 [publisher-version]
  • Keil, P. (2023). Tropical tropospheric temperatures, warming and involved mechanisms. Phd Thesis, Hamburg: Universität Hamburg. Berichte zur Erdsystemforschung, 268. doi:10.17617/2.3509472 [publisher-version]
  • Krieger, D. (2023). Predictability of German Bight storm activity. Phd Thesis, Hamburg: Universität Hamburg. Berichte zur Erdsystemforschung, 275. doi:10.17617/2.3557092 [publisher-version]
  • Kroll, C. (2023). The volcanic impact on moisture fluxes into the stratosphere. Phd Thesis, Hamburg: Universität Hamburg. Berichte zur Erdsystemforschung, 262. doi:10.17617/2.3489355 [publisher-version]
  • Lang, T. (2023). On the uncertainty in modelling tropical relative humidity. Phd Thesis, Hamburg: Universität Hamburg. Berichte zur Erdsystemforschung, 263. doi:10.17617/2.3501977 [publisher-version]
  • Prange, M. (2023). Elevated moist layers – exploring a blindspot in the global satellite observing system. Phd Thesis, Hamburg: Universität Hamnurg. Berichte zur Erdsystemforschung, 264. doi:10.17617/2.3501979 [publisher-version]
  • Radtke, J. (2023). On the relationship between precipitation and spatial organisation in the trades. Phd Thesis, Hamburg: Universität Hamburg. Berichte zur Erdsystemforschung, 269. doi:10.17617/2.3515094 [publisher-version]
  • Ramme, L. (2023). Snowball Earth aftermath: Ocean dynamics and carbon cycling under extreme greenhouse conditions. Phd Thesis, Hamburg: Universität Hamburg. Berichte zur Erdsystemforschung, 265. doi:10.17617/2.3505247 [publisher-version]
  • Ratzke, L. (2023). Assessment of ecosystem services in estuaries and urban areas. Phd Thesis, Hamburg: Universität Hamburg. Berichte zur Erdsystemforschung, 271. doi:10.17617/2.3531745 [publisher-version]
  • Specht, M. (2023). On the spatio-temporal variability of instability waves in the Tropical Atlantic Ocean and their impact on mixing. Phd Thesis, Hamburg: Universität Hamburg. Berichte zur Erdsystemforschung, 267. doi:10.17617/2.3508773 [publisher-version]
  • Specht, N. (2023). Dynamic interaction between climate, lakes and vegetation over North Africa. Phd Thesis, Hamburg: Universität Hamburg. Berichte zur Erdsystemforschung, 270. doi:10.17617/2.3523251 [publisher-version]
  • Strigunova, I. (2023). Signatures of Eurasian heat waves in the global Rossby wave spectra in reanalyses and CMIP models. Phd Thesis, Hamburg: Universität Hamburg. Berichte zur Erdsystemforschung, 266. doi:10.17617/2.3507067 [publisher-version]
  • Wallberg, L. (2023). Sub-decadal variability of European summer heat extremes. Phd Thesis, Hamburg: Universität Hamburg. Berichte zur Erdsystemforschung, 273. doi:10.17617/2.3556285 [publisher-version]
  • Dunkl, I. (2022). Earth System Model-based predictability of land carbon fluxes. Phd Thesis, Hamburg: Universität Hamburg. Berichte zur Erdsystemforschung, 259. doi:10.17617/2.3477022 [publisher-version]
  • Finn, T. (2022). Advancing non-linear methods for coupled data assimilation across the atmosphere-land interface. Phd Thesis, Hamburg: Universität Hamburg. Berichte zur Erdsystemforschung, 251. doi:10.17617/2.3381204 [publisher-version]
  • Hu, P.-h. (2022). Impact of plant functional diversity on climate – a modelling study using JeDI-BACH in ICON-ESM. Phd Thesis, Hamburg: Universität Hamburg. Berichte zur Erdsystemforschung, 256. doi:10.17617/2.3430193 [publisher-version]
  • Kirsch, B. (2022). Illuminating convective cold pools with a dense station network. Phd Thesis, Hamburg: Universität Hamburg. Berichte zur Erdsystemforschung, 257. doi:10.17617/2.3432702 [publisher-version]
  • Kumar, A. (2022). The impact of ocean eddies on tropical cyclone intensity on a global scale and the role of boundary layer dynamics. Phd Thesis, Hamburg: Universität Hamburg. Berichte zur Erdsystemforschung, 258. doi:10.17617/2.3432708 [publisher-version]
  • Nielsen, D. (2022). An earth system modelling perspective on Arctic coastal erosion under climate change. Phd Thesis, Hamburg: Universität Hamburg. Berichte zur Erdsystemforschung, 253. doi:10.17617/2.3390318 [publisher-version]
  • Paccini Pena, L. (2022). Sensitivity of resolved convection to ocean and land surfaces in the Tropical Atlantic and Amazon Basin. Phd Thesis, Hamburg: Universität Hamburg. Berichte zur Erdsystemforschung, 250. doi:10.17617/2.3367420 [publisher-version]
  • Rehder, Z. (2022). Measuring and modeling of methane emissions from ponds in high latitudes. Phd Thesis, Hamburg: Universität Hamburg. Berichte zur Erdsystemforschung, 252. doi:10.17617/2.3384362 [publisher-version]
  • Rohrschneider, T. (2022). A different view on the AMOC and the timing of climate change. Phd Thesis, Hamburg: Universität Hamburg. Berichte zur Erdsystemforschung, 255. doi:10.17617/2.3396792 [publisher-version]
  • George, G. (2021). Observations of meso-scale circulation and its relationship with cloudiness in the Tropics. Phd Thesis, Hamburg: Universität Hamburg. Berichte zur Erdsystemforschung, 246. doi:10.17617/2.3340355 [publisher-version]
  • Hansen, A. (2021). New techniques for ultra-high-resolution circulation model evaluation. Phd Thesis, Hamburg: Universität Hamburg. Berichte zur Erdsystemforschung, 244. doi:10.17617/2.3335522 [publisher-version]
  • Jungandreas, L. (2021). Influence of the representation of convection on the mid-Holocene West African Monsoon. Phd Thesis, Hamburg: Universität Hamburg. Berichte zur Erdsystemforschung, 247. doi:10.17617/2.3357859 [publisher-version]
  • Krönert, L. (2021). A split-explizit time-stepping scheme for ICON-Ocean. Phd Thesis, Hamburg: Universität Hamburg. Berichte zur Erdsystemforschung, 242. doi:10.17617/2.3311083 [publisher-version]
  • Mieslinger, T. (2021). Small and optically thin clouds in the trades. Phd Thesis, Hamburg: Universität Hamburg. Berichte zur Erdsystemforschung, 249. doi:10.17617/2.3357892 [publisher-version]
  • Schulz, H. (2021). Meso-scale patterns of shallow convection in the trades. Phd Thesis, Hamburg: Universität Hamburg. Berichte zur Erdsystemforschung, 248. doi:10.17617/2.3357904 [publisher-version]
  • Spring, A. (2021). Internal variability and potential predictability of the global carbon cycle in a perfect-model framework. Phd Thesis, Hamburg: Universität Hamburg. Berichte zur Erdsystemforschung, 243. doi:10.17617/2.3289580 [publisher-version]
  • Wey, H.-w. (2021). Impact of forest drought response on land-atmosphere interactions. Phd Thesis, Hamburg: Universität Hamburg. Berichte zur Erdsystemforschung, 241. doi:10.17617/2.3311475 [publisher-version]
  • Dacie, S. (2020). Using simple models to understand changes in the tropical mean atmosphere under warming. Phd Thesis, Hamburg: Universität Hamburg. Berichte zur Erdsystemforschung, 233. doi:10.17617/2.3243249 [publisher-version]
  • Erokhina, O. (2020). A new Eulerian iceberg module for climate studies: Formulation and application to the investigation of the sensitivity of the AMOC to iceberg calving. Phd Thesis, Hamburg: Universität Hamburg. Berichte zur Erdsystemforschung, 238. doi:10.17617/2.3270743 [publisher-version]
  • Flach , R. (2020). On the interactions between land and water use in Brazilian rainfed agriculture. Phd Thesis, Hamburg: Universität Hamburg. Berichte zur Erdsystemforschung, 232. doi:10.17617/2.3243042 [publisher-version]
  • Fodor, K. (2020). The influence of large coherent structures on near-surface and entrainment zone properties in convective boundary layers. Phd Thesis, Hamburg: Universität Hamburg. Berichte zur Erdsystemforschung, 227. doi:10.17617/2.3230154 [publisher-version]
  • Heidkamp, M. (2020). Studying land-atmosphere interactions in an Earth system model - The role of canopy heat storage and leaf thermoregulation. Phd Thesis, Hamburg: Universität Hamburg. Berichte zur Erdsystemforschung, 234. doi:10.17617/2.3249212 [publisher-version]
  • Jiménez de la Cuesta Otero, D. (2020). Historical warming and climate sensitivity. Phd Thesis, Hamburg: Universität Hamburg. Berichte zur Erdsystemforschung, 231. doi:10.17617/2.3243040 [publisher-version]
  • Keppler, L. (2020). Variability of the contemporary Southern Ocean carbon fluxes and storage. Phd Thesis, Hamburg: Universität Hamburg. Berichte zur Erdsystemforschung, 235. doi:10.17617/2.3243301 [publisher-version]
  • Kluft, L. (2020). Benchmark calculation of the climate sensitivity of radiative-convective equilibrium. Phd Thesis, Hamburg: Universität Hamburg. Berichte zur Erdsystemforschung, 239. doi:10.17617/2.3274272 [publisher-version]
  • Koul, V. (2020). Decadal prediction of shelf-sea marine ecosystems in the eastern North Atlantic: The role of the Subpolar Gyre. Phd Thesis, Hamburg: Universität Hamburg. Berichte zur Erdsystemforschung, 236. doi:10.17617/2.3249252 [publisher-version]
  • Lang, A. (2020). Extreme high sea levels in the German Bight: Past variability and future changes. Phd Thesis, Hamburg: Universität Hamburg. Berichte zur Erdsystemforschung, 228. doi:10.17617/2.3243031 [publisher-version]
  • Lemburg, A. (2020). On the relationship between the Tropical Easterly Jet over West Africa and Sahel rainfall across various time scales. Phd Thesis, Hamburg: Universität Hamburg. Berichte zur Erdsystemforschung, 226. doi:10.17617/2.3228391 [publisher-version]
  • Lüschow, V. (2020). The deep western boundary current in an eddying ocean. Phd Thesis, Hamburg: Universität Hamburg. Berichte zur Erdsystemforschung, 229. doi:10.17617/2.3243036 [publisher-version]
  • Müller, A. (2020). Evaluating and systematically improving the European Union’s nature protection network towards current and potential ecoregion representation targets. Phd Thesis, Hamburg: Universität Hamburg. Berichte zur Erdsystemforschung, 230. doi:10.17617/2.3243038 [publisher-version]
  • Torres Mendonca, G. (2020). Response characteristics of the global carbon cycle in earth system models. Phd Thesis, Hamburg: Universität Hamburg. Berichte zur Erdsystemforschung, 237. doi:10.17617/2.3264280 [publisher-version]
  • Winkler, A. (2020). The response of global terrestrial photosynthesis to rising CO2. Phd Thesis, Hamburg: Universität Hamburg. Berichte zur Erdsystemforschung, 224. doi:10.17617/2.3190373 [publisher-version]
  • Bruns, H. (2019). Environmental policy: How context affects behaviour. Phd Thesis, Hamburg: Universität Hamburg.
  • Burgard, C. (2019). Rethinking the relationship between the observed, simulated and real Arctic sea-ice evolution. Phd Thesis, Hamburg: Universität Hamburg. Berichte zur Erdsystemforschung, 220. doi:10.17617/2.3165898 [publisher-version]
  • Haghshenas, A. (2019). On entrainment in sheared convective boundary layers. Phd Thesis, Hamburg: Universität Hamburg. Berichte zur Erdsystemforschung, 218. doi:10.17617/2.3065449 [publisher-version]
  • Haufschild, T. (2019). Stratospheric controls on northern hemisphere storm tracks. Phd Thesis, Hamburg: Universität Hamburg. Berichte zur Erdsystemforschung, 216. doi:10.17617/2.3065565 [publisher-version]
  • Kalidindi, S. (2019). Multiple climate states and bifurcations on Earth-like terra-planets. Phd Thesis, Hamburg: Universität Hamburg. Berichte zur Erdsystemforschung, 222. doi:10.17617/2.3167700 [publisher-version]
  • Li, C. (2019). Atmospheric chemistry reactions in a turbulent flow: applications to an urban environment. Phd Thesis, Hamburg: Universität Hamburg. Berichte zur Erdsystemforschung, 217. doi:10.17617/2.3069134 [publisher-version]
  • Milinski, S. (2019). Internal variability in a changing climate: A large ensemble perspective on tropical Atlantic rainfall. Phd Thesis, Hamburg: Universität Hamburg. Berichte zur Erdsystemforschung, 219. doi:10.17617/2.3165869 [publisher-version]
  • Müller, S. (2019). Convectively generated gravity waves and convective aggregation in numerical models of tropical dynamics. Phd Thesis, Hamburg: Universität Hamburg. Berichte zur Erdsystemforschung, 214. doi:10.17617/2.3025587 [publisher-version]
  • Neddermann, N. (2019). Seasonal prediction of European summer climate: a process-based approach. Phd Thesis, Hamburg: Universität Hamburg. Berichte zur Erdsystemforschung, 223. doi:10.17617/2.3175317 [publisher-version]
  • Roshan, E. (2019). Climate-energy-economy integrated assessment of mitigation and solar radiation management. Phd Thesis, Hamburg: Universität Hamburg.
  • Schulz, B. (2019). On the role of wind shear and cloud droplet sedimentation of entrainment in stratocumulus. Phd Thesis, Hamburg: Universität Hamburg. Berichte zur Erdsystemforschung, 215. doi:10.17617/2.3065430 [publisher-version]
  • Suarez-Gutierrez, L. (2019). Internal variability in summertime heat extremes under global warming. Phd Thesis, Hamburg: Universität Hamburg. Berichte zur Erdsystemforschung, 221. doi:10.17617/2.3167683 [publisher-version]
  • Abis, B. (2018). Multiple tree-cover states in the earth system. Phd Thesis, Hamburg: Universität Hamburg. Berichte zur Erdsystemforschung, 207. doi:10.17617/2.2627743 [publisher-version]
  • Becker, T. (2018). On the interaction of precipitating convection with its environment and the role of convective organization. Phd Thesis, Hamburg: Universität Hamburg. Berichte zur Erdsystemforschung, 202. doi:10.17617/2.2525402 [publisher-version]
  • Borchert, L. (2018). Decadal climate predictions in the North Atlantic region: The role of ocean heat transport. Phd Thesis, Hamburg: Universität Hamburg. Berichte zur Erdsystemforschung, 208. doi:10.17617/2.2639896 [publisher-version]
  • Chouksey, M. (2018). Disentangling gravity waves from balanced flow. Phd Thesis, Hamburg: Universität Hamburg. Berichte zur Erdsystemforschung, 210. doi:10.17617/2.3000108 [publisher-version]
  • Cioni, G. (2018). Large-eddy simulations of land-atmosphere interactions and mid-latitude storms: from conceptual models to realistic cases. Phd Thesis, Hamburg: Universität Hamburg. Berichte zur Erdsystemforschung, 206. doi:10.17617/2.2627741 [publisher-version]
  • Egerer, S. (2018). Linking marine dust records to Saharan landscape evolution during the Holocene: a theoretical study. Phd Thesis, Hamburg: Universität Hamburg. Berichte zur Erdsystemforschung, 203. doi:10.17617/2.2552057 [publisher-version]
  • Galfi, V. (2018). Mathematics of extreme events in atmospheric models. Phd Thesis, Hamburg: Universität Hamburg. Berichte zur Erdsystemforschung, 213. doi:10.17617/2.3016821 [publisher-version]
  • Olonscheck, D. (2018). Understanding internal variability of sea ice and surface air temperature. Phd Thesis, Hamburg: Universität Hamburg. Berichte zur Erdsystemforschung, 209. doi:10.17617/2.2639899 [publisher-version]
  • Paulsen, H. (2018). The effects of marine nitrogen-fixing cyanobacteria on ocean biogeochemistry and climate – an Earth system model perspective. Phd Thesis, Hamburg: Universität Hamburg. Berichte zur Erdsystemforschung, 205. doi:10.17617/2.2598976 [publisher-version]
  • Vissio, G. (2018). Statistical mechanical methods for parametrization in geophysical fluid dynamics. Phd Thesis, Hamburg: Universität Hamburg. Berichte zur Erdsystemforschung, 212. doi:10.17617/2.3012736 [publisher-version]
  • Ackmann, J. (2017). Error estimation algorithms for ocean models. Phd Thesis, Hamburg: Universität Hamburg. Berichte zur Erdsystemforschung, 186. doi:10.17617/2.2383652 [publisher-version]
  • Ansorge, C. (2017). Analyses of turbulence in the neutrally and stably stratified planetary boundary layer. Phd Thesis, Cham: Springer International Publ.. Springer Theses. doi:10.1007/978-3-319-45044-5
  • Belaia, M. (2017). Integrated assessment of climate tipping points. Phd Thesis, Hamburg: Universität Hamburg. Berichte zur Erdsystemforschung, 192. doi:10.17617/2.2472743 [publisher-version]
  • Burdanowitz, J. (2017). Point-to-area validation of passive microwave satellite precipitation with shipboard disdrometers. Phd Thesis, Hamburg: Universität Hamburg. Berichte zur Erdsystemforschung, 188. doi:10.17617/2.2385648 [publisher-version]
  • Ferrer-Gonzalez, M. (2017). Climate engineering by enhancement of ocean alkalinity: impacts on the Earth system and a comparison with solar radiation management. Phd Thesis, Hamburg: Universität Hamburg. Berichte zur Erdsystemforschung, 193. doi:10.17617/2.2472753 [publisher-version]
  • Ghosh, R. (2017). Impact of the multidecadal variations in the North Atlantic Sea Surface Temperature on European summer climate. Phd Thesis, Hamburg: Universität Hamburg. Berichte zur Erdsystemforschung, 189. doi:10.17617/2.2391979 [publisher-version]
  • Groner, V. (2017). Effects of plant diversity on simulated climate-vegetation interaction towards the end of the African Humid Period. Phd Thesis, Hamburg: Universität Hamburg. Berichte zur Erdsystemforschung, 195. doi:10.17617/2.2479574 [publisher-version]
  • Hedemann, C. (2017). Conflicting expectations of global surface warming. Phd Thesis, Hamburg: Universität Hamburg. Berichte zur Erdsystemforschung, 196. doi:10.17617/2.2482982 [publisher-version]
  • Klockmann, M. (2017). The AMOC and its sensitivity to different climate forcings in the range of glacial to modern conditions. Phd Thesis, Hamburg: Universität Hamburg. Berichte zur Erdsystemforschung, 194. doi:10.17617/2.2472757 [publisher-version]
  • Mayer, D. (2017). Potentials and side-effects of herbaceous biomass plantations for climate change mitigation. Phd Thesis, Hamburg: Universität Hamburg. Berichte zur Erdsystemforschung, 197. doi:10.17617/2.2479582 [publisher-version]
  • Meraner, K. (2017). Towards modeling climate effects of energetic particle precipitation. Phd Thesis, Hamburg: Universität Hamburg. Berichte zur Erdsystemforschung, 190. doi:10.17617/2.2399968 [publisher-version]
  • Nyawira, S.-S. (2017). Modelling the effects of land use change on soil carbon on global scale. Phd Thesis, Hamburg: Universität Hamburg. Berichte zur Erdsystemforschung, 200. doi:10.17617/2.2503104 [publisher-version]
  • Petrova, I. (2017). Understanding soil moisture - precipitation coupling on mesoscales using observations over North Africa. Phd Thesis, Hamburg: Universität Hamburg. Berichte zur Erdsystemforschung, 191. doi:10.17617/2.2399973 [publisher-version]
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  • Mielke, C. (2015). The North Atlantic deep western boundary current : seasonal cycle, decadal variability and relation to the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation. Phd Thesis, Hamburg: Universität Hamburg. Berichte zur Erdsystemforschung, 166. doi:10.17617/2.2095773 [publisher-version]
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  • Bhattacharya, R. (2014). A two turbulence kinetic energy model for the scale adaptive treatment of the planetary boundary layer. Phd Thesis, Hamburg: Universität Hamburg. Berichte zur Erdsystemforschung, 154. doi:10.17617/2.2043342 [publisher-version]
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  • Glanemann, N. (2014). An economic analysis of the issues and challenges in climate policy decision making. Phd Thesis, Hamburg: Universität Hamburg. [any-fulltext]
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  • Krismer, T. (2014). Wave-mean flow interactions driving the quasi-biennial oscillation in ECHAM6. Phd Thesis, Hamburg: Universität Hamburg. Berichte zur Erdsystemforschung, 149. doi:10.17617/2.2039429 [publisher-version]
  • Lonitz, K. (2014). Susceptibility of trade wind cumulus clouds to precipitation. Phd Thesis, Hamburg: Universität Hamburg. Berichte zur Erdsystemforschung, 147. doi:10.17617/2.2039421 [publisher-version]
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  • Schemann, V. (2014). Towards a scale aware cloud process parameterization for global climate models. Phd Thesis, Hamburg: Universität Hamburg. Berichte zur Erdsystemforschung, 145. doi:10.17617/2.1932864 [publisher-version]
  • Schirber, S. (2014). The role of convectively generated gravity waves in driving the Quasi-Biennial Oscillation. Phd Thesis, Hamburg: Universität Hamburg. Berichte zur Erdsystemforschung, 162. doi:10.17617/2.2075943 [publisher-version]
  • Trapp, N. (2014). The economic impacts of climate change and options for adaptation: A study of the farming sector in the European Union. Phd Thesis, Hamburg: Universität Hamburg. Berichte zur Erdsystemforschung, 161. doi:10.17617/2.2075942 [publisher-version]
  • Ambadan, J.-T. (2013). Evaluation of stochastic kinetic energy backscatter in the GME Ensemble Prediction System. Phd Thesis, Hamburg: Hamburg University. Berichte zur Erdsystemforschung, 124. doi:10.17617/2.1569827 [publisher-version]
  • Bunzel, F. (2013). Numerical studies of stratosphere-troposphere dynamical coupling in a changing climate. Phd Thesis, Hamburg: University of Hamburg. Berichte zur Erdsystemforschung, 137. doi:10.17617/2.1827325 [publisher-version]
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  • Gößling, H. (2013). Continental moisture recycling and evaporation-precipitation coupling : water as passive tracer and as active component. Phd Thesis, Hamburg: Hamburg University. Berichte zur Erdsystemforschung, 128. doi:10.17617/2.1667145 [publisher-version]
  • Maaß, N. (2013). Remote sensing of sea ice thickness using SMOS data. Phd Thesis, Hamburg: University of Hamburg. Berichte zur Erdsystemforschung, 131. doi:10.17617/2.1737721 [publisher-version]
  • Möbis, B. (2013). Factors controlling the position of the inter-tropical convergence zone on an aquaplanet. Phd Thesis, Hamburg: University of Hamburg. Berichte zur Erdsystemforschung, 129. doi:10.17617/2.1695418 [publisher-version]
  • Peng, J. (2013). Estimation of evapotranspiration using satellite TOA radiances. Phd Thesis, Hamburg: Universität Hamburg. Berichte zur Erdsystemforschung, 140. [publisher-version]
  • Radermacher, C. (2013). Causes for regional changes in heavy precipitation over Europe. Phd Thesis, Hamburg: University of Hamburg. Berichte zur Erdsystemforschung, 133. doi:10.17617/2.1746784 [publisher-version]
  • Remedio, A. (2013). Connections of low level jets and mesoscale convective systems in South America. Phd Thesis, Hamburg: Universität Hamburg. Berichte zur Erdsystemforschung, 141. doi:10.17617/2.2049542 [publisher-version]
  • Schubert, S. (2013). Development and evaluation of a double-canyon urban canopy scheme, and estimation of urban heat island mitigation effects. Phd Thesis, Berlin: Freie Universität Berlin. [publisher-version]
  • Schuldt, R. (2013). Modelling interactions between boreal wetlands, carbon cycle and climate. Phd Thesis, Hamburg: University of Hamburg. Berichte zur Erdsystemforschung, 130. doi:10.17617/2.1737723 [publisher-version]
  • Weerasinghe, H. (2013). Designing a dynamically integrated water management scheme as an adaptation strategy for global change induced water stress. Phd Thesis, Hamburg: University of Hamburg. Berichte zur Erdsystemforschung, 134. doi:10.17617/2.1752490 [publisher-version]
  • Ziemen, F. (2013). Glacial climate variability. Phd Thesis, Hamburg: Universität Hamburg. Berichte zur Erdsystemforschung, 139. doi:10.17617/2.1827332 [publisher-version]
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  • Grimm, R. (2012). Simulating the early Holocene eastern Mediterranean sapropel formation using an ocean biogeochemical model. Phd Thesis, Hamburg: Hamburg University. Berichte zur Erdsystemforschung, 123. doi:10.17617/2.1602273 [publisher-version]
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  • Misios, S. (2012). Influences of the 11-year solar cycle on the tropical atmosphere and oceans. Phd Thesis, Hamburg: Hamburg University. Berichte zur Erdsystemforschung, 113. doi:10.17617/2.1404597 [publisher-version]
  • Pavlick, R. (2012). Development and evaluation of a diverse dynamic global vegetation model based on plant functional tradeoffs. Phd Thesis, Hamburg: Universität Hamburg. [publisher-version]
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  • Sudarchikova, N. (2012). Modeling of mineral dust in the Southern Hemisphere with focus on Antarctica for interglacial and glacial climate conditions. Phd Thesis, Hamburg: Hamburg University. Berichte zur Erdsystemforschung, 120. doi:10.17617/2.1539441 [publisher-version]
  • Tietsche, S. (2012). Initialization and predictability of Arctic sea ice in a global climate model. Phd Thesis, Hamburg: Hamburg University. Berichte zur Erdsystemforschung, 115. doi:10.17617/2.1539461 [publisher-version]
  • Winkelmann, R. (2012). The future sea-level contribution from Antarctica: Projections of solid ice discharge (Kumulative Dissertation). Phd Thesis, Potsdam: Universität Potsdam. [publisher-version]
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  • Saeed, S. (2011). Relative contribution of the mid-latitude circumglobal wave train to the South Asian summer monsoon. Phd Thesis, Hamburg: University of Hamburg. Berichte zur Erdsystemforschung, 106. doi:10.17617/2.1404665 [publisher-version]
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  • Gehlot, S. (2010). Feedbacks between convection and climate: Analysis with global modeling and satellite observations. Phd Thesis, Hamburg: Hamburg University. Berichte zur Erdsystemforschung, 81. doi:10.17617/2.993684 [publisher-version]
  • Hernández Deckers, D. (2010). Warming up the atmosphere’s heat engine: atmospheric energetics with higher greenhouse gas concentrations. Phd Thesis, Hamburg: Hamburg University. Berichte zur Erdsystemforschung, 85. doi:10.17617/2.993658 [publisher-version]
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  • Otto, J. (2010). Interactions between climate and vegetation at high northern latitudes during the mid-Holocene. Phd Thesis, Hamburg: Hamburg University. Berichte zur Erdsystemforschung, 80. doi:10.17617/2.993697 [publisher-version]
  • Ross, O. (2010). Simulation of atmospheric krypton-85 transport to assess the detectability of clandestine nuclear reprocessing. Phd Thesis, Hamburg: Hamburg University. Berichte zur Erdsystemforschung, 82. doi:10.17617/2.2166357 [publisher-version]
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  • Teichmann, C. (2010). Climate and air pollution modelling in South America with focus on megacities. Phd Thesis, Hamburg: Hamburg University. Berichte zur Erdsystemforschung, 76. doi:10.17617/2.993870 [publisher-version]
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  • Gupta, S. (2009). A modeling analysis of changing global land use as affected by changing demands for wood products. Phd Thesis, Kassel: Universität Kassel. [publisher-version]
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  • Lessmann, K. (2009). Endogenous technological change in strategies for mitigating climate change. Phd Thesis, Berlin: Technische Universität Berlin. [publisher-version]
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  • Santos, G. (2009). The Effect of Halogens on global tropospheric Ozone. Phd Thesis, Hamburg: University of Hamburg. Berichte zur Erdsystemforschung, 59. doi:10.17617/2.994078 [publisher-version]
  • Schleupner, C. (2009). GIS as integrating tool in sustainability and global change. Phd Thesis, Hamburg: University of Hamburg. Berichte zur Erdsystemforschung, 62. doi:10.17617/2.994096 [publisher-version]
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  • Guglielmo, F. (2008). Global cycling of semivilatile organic compoundsa in the marine and total environment - a study using a comprehensive model. Phd Thesis, Hamburg: University of Hamburg. Berichte zur Erdsystemforschung, 54. doi:10.17617/2.994161 [publisher-version]
  • Hünicke, B. (2008). Atmospheric forcing of decadal Baltic Sea level variability in the last 200 years: a statistical analysis. Phd Thesis, Hamburg: Universität Hamburg. [publisher-version]
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  • Thomas, M. (2008). Simulation of the climate impact of Mt. Pinatubo eruption using ECHAM5. Phd Thesis, Hamburg: University of Hamburg. Berichte zur Erdsystemforschung, 52. doi:10.17617/2.994206 [publisher-version]
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