Hauke Schmidt

Place of birth
Lübeck, Germany

School
Thomas-Mann-Schule, Lübeck (high school)

University education
University of Cologne, Germany, Diploma in Geophysics, 1996

PhD
University of Cologne, Germany, 1999, Doktorarbeit: Vierdimensionale Datenassimilation nach der Variationsmethode fuer ein mesoskaliges Chemietransportmodell - 4D-Var data assimilation for a mesoscale chemistry transport model, mark: "summa cum laude"

Scientific positions

• Laboratoire de Meteorologie Dynamique, Paris, France, 1999-2001
• National Center for Atmospheric Research, Boulder, CO, USA: Scientific Visitor, Apr  2006 - Mar 2007
• Max Planck Institute for Meteorology, since 2002,
• Apr 2007 - Aug 2018: Head of the "Middle and Upper Atmosphere Modelling Group"
• since Aug 2018: Head of the "Global Circulations and Climate Group"
• since Apr 2010: Deputy director of the department "Atmosphere in the Earth System"

Peer reviewed:

• Günther, M., H. Schmidt, C. Timmreck, & M. Toohey: Why does stratospheric aerosol forcing strongly cool the warm pool?, Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, 24, 7203–7225, 2024.
• Kroll, C., S. Fueglistaler, H. Schmidt, T. Dauhut. and C. Timmreck: The impact of stratospheric aerosol heating on the frozen hydrometeor transport pathways in the tropical tropopause layer,  Environmental Research Letters, 19, 4, 2024.
• Schmidt, H., S. Rast, J. Bao, A. Cassim, S.-W. Fang, D. Jimenez-de la Cuesta, P. Keil, L. Kluft, C. Kroll, T. Lang, U. Niemeier, A. Schneidereit, A. I. L. Williams, and B. Stevens: Effects of vertical grid spacing on the climate simulated in the ICON-Sapphire global storm-resolving model. Geoscientific Model Development, 17, 1563–1584, 2024.
• Crueger, T., H. Schmidt, & B. Stevens: Hemispheric albedo asymmetries across three phases of CMIP. Journal of Climate, 36, 5267-5280, 2023.
• Hohenegger, C. et al.: ICON-Sapphire: simulating the components of the Earth System and their interactions at kilometer and subkilometer scales. Geoscientific Model Development, 16, 779-811, 2023.
• Keil, P., H. Schmidt, B. Stevens, M. Byrne, H. Segura & D. Putrasahan: Tropical tropospheric warming pattern explained by shifts in convective heating in the Matsuno-Gill Model, Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society, 149(756), 2678-2695, 2023.
• Kroll, C., S. Fueglistaler, H. Schmidt, L. Kornblueh & C. Timmreck: The sensitivity of moisture flux partitioning in the cold-point tropopause to external forcing. Geophysical Research Letters, 50: e2022GL102262, 2023.
• Lang, T., A. Naumann, S. Buehler, B. Stevens, H. Schmidt, H. & F. Aemisegger: Sources of uncertainty in mid-tropospheric tropical humidity in global storm-resolving simulations. Journal of Advances in Modeling Earth Systems, 15: e2022MS003443, 2023.
• Schmidt, H., V. Eyring, M. Latif, J. Marotzke, D. Rechid, R. Sausen, Globale Modellierung des Klimawandels. In: Brasseur, G.P., Jacob, D., Schuck-Zöller, S. (eds) Klimawandel in Deutschland. Springer Spektrum, Berlin, Heidelberg, 2023.
• Wallis, S., H. Schmidt & C. von Savigny.: Impact of a strong volcanic eruption on the summer middle atmosphere in UA-ICON simulations. Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, 23, 7001-7014, 2023.
• Fang, S.W., C. Timmreck, J. Jungclaus, K. Krüger, and H. Schmidt: On the additivity of climate responses to the volcanic and solar forcing in the early 19th century, Earth Syst. Dynam., 13, 1535–1555, 2022.
• Günther, M., H. Schmidt, C. Timmreck & M. Toohey: Climate feedback to stratospheric aerosol forcing: the key role of the pattern effect, Journal of Climate, 35, 4303-4317, 2022.
• Jungclaus, J., Lorenz, S., Schmidt, H., Brovkin, V., Brüggemann, N., Chegini, F., Crueger, T., de Vrese, P., Gayler, V., Giorgetta, M., Gutjahr, O., Haak, H., Hagemann , S., Hanke, M., Ilyina, T., Korn, P., Kröger, J., Linardakis, L., Mehlmann, C., Mikolajewicz, U., Müller, W., Nabel, J., Notz, D., Pohlmann, H., Putrasahan, D., Raddatz, T., Ramme , L., Redler, R., Reick, C., Riddick, T., Sam, T., Schneck, R., Schnur, R., Schupfner, M., von Storch, J., Wachsmann, F., Wieners, K.-H., Ziemen, F., Stevens, B., Marotzke, J. & Claussen, M: The ICON Earth System Model Version 1.0. Journal of Advances in Modeling Earth Systems, 14: e2021MS002813, 2022.
• Sinnhuber, M., H. Nesse Tyssoy, T. Asikainen, S. Bender, B. Funke, K. Hendrickx, J. Pettit, T. Reddmann, E. Rozanov, H. Schmidt, C. Smith-Johnsen, T. Sukhodolov, M. E. Szelag, M. van de Kamp, P. T. Verronen, J. M. Wissing, O. S. Yakovchuk: Heppa III Intercomparison Experiment on Electron Precipitation Impacts: 2. Model‐Measurement Intercomparison of Nitric Oxide (NO) During a Geomagnetic Storm in April 2010. Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics 127.1, e2021JA029466, 2022.
• Azoulay, A., Schmidt, H. & Timmreck, C.: The Arctic polar vortex response to volcanic forcing of different strengths. Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres, 126: e2020JD034450, 2021.
• Khabbazan, M. M., M. Stankoweit, E. Roshan, H. Schmidt, and H. Held: How can solar geoengineering and mitigation be combined under climate targets? Earth System Dynamics, 12(4), 1529-1542, 2021.
• Kroll , C., Dacie, S., Azoulay, A., Schmidt, H. & Timmreck, C.: The impact of volcanic eruptions of different magnitude on stratospheric water vapour in the tropics. Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, 21, 6565-6591, 2021.
• Li, C. W. Y., Brasseur, G. P., Schmidt, H., and Mellado, J. P.: Error induced by neglecting subgrid chemical segregation due to inefficient turbulent mixing in regional chemical-transport models in urban environments, Atmos. Chem. Phys., 21, 483–503, 2021.
• Stober, G., Kuchar, A., Pokhotelov, D., Liu, H., Liu, H.-L., Schmidt, H., Jacobi, C., Baumgarten, K., Brown, P., Janches, D., Murphy, D., Kozlovsky, A., Lester, M., Belova, E., Kero, J. & Mitchell, N.: Interhemispheric differences of mesosphere-lower thermosphere winds and tides investigated from three whole-atmosphere models and meteor radar observations. Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, 21, 13855-13902, 2021.
• Bader, J., Jungclaus, J., Krivova, N., Lorenz, S., Maycock, A., Raddatz, T., Schmidt, H., Toohey, M., Wu, C.-J. & Claussen, M.: Global temperature modes shed light on the Holocene temperature conundrum. Nature Communications, 11: 4726, 2020.
• Fiedler, S., Crueger, T., D'Agostino, R., Peters, K., Becker, T., Leutwyler, D., Paccini, L., Burdanowitz, J., Buehler, S., Uribe, A., Dauhut, T., Dommenget, D., Fraedrich, K., Jungandreas, L., Maher, N., Naumann, A., Rugenstein, M., Sakradzija, M., Schmidt, H., Sielmann, F., Stephan, C., Timmreck, C., Zhu , X. & Stevens, B.: Simulated tropical precipitation assessed across three major phases of the Coupled Model Intercomparison Project (CMIP). Monthly Weather Review, 148, 3653-3680, 2020.
• Fröb, F., Sonntag, S., Pongratz, J., Schmidt, H., & Ilyina, T.: Detectability of artificial ocean alkalinization and stratospheric aerosol injection in MPI-ESM. Earth's Future, 8, e2020EF001634, 2020.
• Matthes, K., Biastoch, A., Wahl, S., Harlaß, J., Martin, T., Brücher, T., Drews, A., Ehlert, D., Getzlaff, K., Krüger, F., Rath, W., Scheinert, M., Schwarzkopf, F., Bayr, T., Schmidt, H. & Park, W.: The Flexible Ocean and Climate Infrastructure version 1 (FOCI1): Mean state and variability. Geoscientific Model Development, 13, 2533-2568, 2020.
• Meraner, K., Rast, S. & Schmidt, H.: How useful is a linear ozone parameterization for global climate modeling?. Journal of Advances in Modeling Earth Systems, 12: e2019MS002003, 2020.
• von Savigny, C., Timmreck, C., Buehler, S., Burrows, J., Giorgetta, M., Hegerl, G., Horvath, A., Hoshyaripour, G., Hoose, C., Quaas, J., Malinina, E., Rozanov, A., Schmidt, H., Thomason, L., Toohey, M. & Vogel, B.: The Research Unit VolImpact: Revisiting the volcanic impact on atmosphere and climate – preparations for the next big volcanic eruption. Meteorologische Zeitschrift, 3-18, 2020.
• Stephan, C. C., Schmidt, H., Zülicke, C., & Matthias, V.: Oblique gravity wave propagation during sudden stratospheric warmings. Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres, 125(1), 2020.
• Borchert, S., G. Zhou, M. Baldauf, H. Schmidt, G. Zängl, and D. Reinert: The upper-atmosphere extension of the ICON general circulation model (version: ua-icon-1.0), Geosci. Model Dev., 12, 3541–3569, 2019.
• Dacie, S., L. Kluft, H. Schmidt, B. Stevens, S. A. Buehler, P. J. Nowack, S. Dietmüller, N. L. Abraham, & T. Birner: A 1D RCE study of factors affecting the tropical tropopause layer and surface climate, J. Climate, 32(20), 6769-6782, 2019.
• Kluft, L., Dacie, S., Buehler, S. A., Schmidt, H., & Stevens, B. (2019). Re-Examining the First Climate Models: Climate Sensitivity of a Modern Radiative–Convective Equilibrium Model. Journal of Climate, 32(23), 8111-8125.
• Mauritsen, T., et al.: Developments in the MPI‐M Earth System Model version 1.2 (MPI‐ESM 1.2) and its response to increasing CO2. Journal of Advances in Modeling Earth Systems, 11, 2019.
• Misios, S., L. J. Gray, M. Knudsen, C. Karoff, H. Schmidt, & J. D. Haigh: Slowdown of the Walker circulation at solar cycle maximum. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 201815060, 2019.
• Pfrommer, T., T. Goeschl, A. Proelss, M. Carrier, J. Lenhard, H. Martin, U. Niemeier, H. Schmidt: Establishing causation in climate litigation: admissibility and reliability, Climatic Change, 1-18, 2019.
• Stephan, C. C., C. Strube, D. Klocke, M. Ern, L. Hoffmann, P. Preusse, and H. Schmidt: Gravity waves in global high-resolution simulations with explicit and parameterized convection, J. Geophs. Res. (Atmos.), 124(8), 4446-4459, 2019.
• Stephan, C. C., C. Strube, D. Klocke, M. Ern, L. Hoffmann, P. Preusse, & H. Schmidt: Intercomparison of gravity waves in global convection-permitting models. Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences, 76, 2739-2759, 2019.
• Tegen, I. et al.: The global aerosol–climate model ECHAM6.3–HAM2.3 – Part 1: Aerosol evaluation, Geosci. Model Dev., 12, 1643-1677, 2019
• Toohey, M., K. Krüger, H. Schmidt, C. Timmreck, M. Sigl, M. Stoffel & R. Wilson: Disproportionately strong climate forcing from extratropical explosive volcanic eruptions, Nature Geosciences, 2019.
• Conte, J. F., J. L. Chau, F. I. Laskar, G. Stober, H. Schmidt & P. Brown: Semidiurnal solar tide differences between fall and spring transition times in the Northern Hemisphere, Ann. Geophys., 36, 999-1008, 2018.
• Crueger, T., M. A. Giorgetta, R. Brokopf, M. Esch, S. Fiedler, C. Hohenegger, L. Kornblueh, T. Mauritsen, C. Nam, A. K. Naumann, K. Peters, S. Rast, E. Roeckner, M. Sakradzija, H. Schmidt, J. Vial, R. Vogel, B. Stevens: ICON-A, the atmosphere component of the ICON Earth System Model. Part II: Model evaluation, J. Adv. Model. Earth Syst., 2018.
• Ferrer-Gonzalez, M., T. Ilyina, S. Sonntag & H. Schmidt: Enhanced rates of regional warming and ocean acidification after termination of large-scale ocean alkalinization. Geophys. Res. Lett., 45(14), 7120-7129, 2018.
• Giorgetta, M. A., R. Brokopf, T. Crueger, M. Esch, S. Fiedler, J. Helmert, C. Hohenegger, L. Kornblueh, M. Köhler, E. Manzini, T. Mauritsen, C. Nam, S. Rast, C. Reick, D. Reinert, M. Sakradzija, H. Schmidt, R. Schnur, L. Silvers, H. Wan, G. Zängl, and B. Stevens: ICON-A, the atmosphere component of the ICON Earth System Model. Part I: Model description, J. Adv. Model. Earth Syst., 2018.
• Kravitz, B., P. J. Rasch, H. Wang, A. Robock, C. Gabriel, O. Boucher, J. N. S. Cole, J. Haywood, D. Ji, A. Jones, A. Lenton, J. C. Moore, H. Muri, U. Niemeier, S. Phipps, H. Schmidt, S. Watanabe, S. Yang, and J.-H. Yoon: The climate effects of increasing ocean albedo: an idealized representation of solar geoengineering, Atmos. Chem. Phys., 18, 13097-13113, 2018.
• Klimenko, M. V., Bessarab, F. S., Sukhodolov, T. V., Klimenko, V. V., Koren’kov, Y. N., Zakharenkova, I. E., Chirik, N. V., Vasil’ev, P. A., Kulyamin, D. V., Schmidt, H., Funke, B., and Rozanov, E. V.: Ionospheric effects of the sudden stratospheric warming in 2009: Results of simulation with the first version of the eagle model, Russian Journal of Physical Chemistry B, 12, 760-770, 2018.
• Lawrence, M. G., S. Schäfer, H. Muri, V. Scott, A. Oschlies, N. E. Vaughan, O. Boucher, H. Schmidt, J. Haywood & J. Scheffran: Evaluating climate geoengineering proposals in the context of the Paris Agreement temperature goals, Nature Communications, 9, 3734, 2018.
• Maycock, A. C., Matthes, K., Tegtmeier, S., Schmidt, H., Thiéblemont, R., Hood, L., Akiyoshi, H., Bekki, S., Deushi, M., Jöckel, P., Kirner, O., Kunze, M., Marchand, M., Marsh, D. R., Michou, M., Plummer, D., Revell, L. E., Rozanov, E., Stenke, A., Yamashita, Y., and Yoshida, K.: The representation of solar cycle signals in stratospheric ozone – Part 2: Analysis of global models, Atmos. Chem. Phys., 18, 11323-11343, 2018.
• Meraner, K. & H. Schmidt: Climate impact of idealized winter polar mesospheric and stratospheric ozone losses due to energetic particle precipitation. Atmos. Chem. Phys., 18, 1079–1089, 2018.
• Mikolajewicz, U., Ziemen, F., Cioni, G., Claussen, M., Fraedrich, K., Heidkamp, M., Hohenegger, C., Jimenez de la Cuesta, D., Kapsch, M.-L., Lemburg, A., Mauritsen, T., Meraner, K., Röber, N., Schmidt, H., Six, K. D., Stemmler, I., Tamarin-Brodsky, T., Winkler, A., Zhu, X., and Stevens, B.: The climate of a retrograde rotating Earth, Earth Syst. Dynam., 9, 1191-1215, 2018.
• Pedatella, N., J. Chau, H. Schmidt, L. Goncharenko, C. Stolle, K. Hocke, V. Harvey, B. Funke, & T. Siddiqui: How sudden stratospheric warming affects the whole atmosphere. EOS, 99(6), 35-38, 2018.
• Schultz, M. G., S. Stadtler, S. Schröder, D. Taraborrelli, B. Franco, J. Krefting, A. Henrot, S. Ferrachat, U. Lohmann, D. Neubauer, C. Siegenthaler-Le Drian, S. Wahl, H. Kokkola, T. Kühn, S. Rast, H. Schmidt, P. Stier, D. Kinnison, G. S. Tyndall, J. J. Orlando, and C. Wespes: The Chemistry Climate Model ECHAM6.3-HAM2.3-MOZ1.0, Geosci. Model Dev., 11, 1695-1723, 2018.
• Sonntag, S., M. Ferrer Gonzalez, T. Ilyina, D. Kracher, J. E. M. S. Nabel, U. Niemeier, J. Pongratz, C. H. Reick, & H. Schmidt: Quantifying and comparing effects of climate engineering methods on the Earth system, Earth's Future, 6(2), 149-168, 2018.
• Stjern, C. W., Muri, H., Ahlm, L., Boucher, O., Cole, J. N. S., Ji, D., Jones, A., Haywood, J., Kravitz, B., Lenton, A., Moore, J. C., Niemeier, U., Phipps, S. J., Schmidt, H., Watanabe, S., and Kristjánsson, J. E.: Response to marine cloud brightening in a multi-model ensemble, Atmos. Chem. Phys. 18, 621-634, 2018.
• Thiéblemont, R., Bekki, S., Marchand, M., Bossay, S., Schmidt, H., Meftah, M., & Hauchecorne, A. (2018). Nighttime Mesospheric/Lower Thermospheric Tropical Ozone Response to the 27‐Day Solar Rotational Cycle: ENVISAT‐GOMOS Satellite Observations Versus HAMMONIA Idealized Chemistry‐Climate Model Simulations. Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres, 123(16), 8883-8896, 2018.
• Zülicke, C., E. Becker, V. Matthias, D. H. W. Peters, H. Schmidt, H.-L. Liu, L. de la Torre Ramos, & D. M. Mitchell: Coupling of stratospheric warmings with mesospheric coolings in observations and simulations, J. Climate, 31(3), 1107-1133, 2018.
• Funke, B., W. Ball, S. Bender, A. Gardini, ..., H. Schmidt, ...: HEPPA-II model-measurement intercomparison project: EPP indirect effects during the dynamically perturbed NH winter 2008-2009. Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, 17(5), 3573, 2017.
• Jungclaus, J. H. et al.: The PMIP4 contribution to CMIP6 – Part 3: The last millennium, scientific objective, and experimental design for the PMIP4 past1000 simulations, Geosci. Model Dev., 10, 4005-4033, 2017.
• Niemeier, U. & H. Schmidt: Changing transport processes in the stratosphere by radiative heating of sulfate aerosols. Atmos. Chem. Phys., 17, 14871–14886, 2017.
• Oschlies, A., H. Held, D. Keller, K. Keller, N. Mengis, M. Quaas, W. Rickels & H. Schmidt: Indicators and metrics for the assessment of climate engineering. Earth's Future, 5, 49-58, 2017.
• Schmidt, H., V. Eyring, M. Latif, D. Rechid, and R. Sausen: Globale Sicht des Klimawandels. In: G. P. Brasseur, D. Jacob, and S. Schuck-Zöller (Eds.): Klimawandel in Deutschland. Entwicklung, Folgen, Risiken und Perspektiven, Springer Open, Berlin Heidelberg, 2017.
• Bittner, M., C. Timmreck, H. Schmidt, M. Toohey, M., & K. Krüger: The impact of wave‐mean flow interaction on the Northern Hemisphere polar vortex after tropical volcanic eruptions. Journal of Geophysical Research, 121, 5281–5297, 2016.
• Bittner, M., H. Schmidt, C. Timmreck, & F. Sienz: Using a large ensemble of simulations to assess the Northern Hemisphere stratospheric dynamical response to tropical volcanic eruptions and its uncertainty. Geophysical Research Letters, 43(17), 9324-9332, 2016.
• Meraner, K., H. Schmidt, E. Manzini, B. Funke, and A. Gardini: Sensitivity of simulated mesospheric transport of nitrogen oxides to parameterized gravity waves. Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres, 121(20), 12045–12061, 2016.
• Meraner, K. & H. Schmidt: Transport of Nitrogen Oxides through the winter mesopause in HAMMONIA. Journal of Geophysical Research-Atmospheres, 121, 2556–2570, 2016.
• Pedatella, N. M., T.-W. Fang, H. Jin, F. Sassi, H. Schmidt, J. L. Chau, T. A. Siddiqui, and L. Goncharenko: Multi-model comparison of the ionosphere variability during the 2009 sudden stratosphere warming, JGR, 121(7), 7204-7225, 2016.
• Popp, M., H. Schmidt & J. Marotzke: Transition to a moist greenhouse state possible for both moderate solar and CO2 forcing. Nature Communications, 7, 10627, 2016.
• Sonntag, S., J. Pongratz, C. Reick, H. Schmidt: Reforestation in a high-CO2 world - higher mitigation potential than expected, lower adaptation potential than hoped for, Geophys. Res. Lett., 43(12), 6546-6553, 2016.
• Toohey, M., B. Stevens, B., H. Schmidt, and C. Timmreck: Easy Volcanic Aerosol: an idealized forcing generator for climate simulations. Geoscientific Model Development, 9, 4049-4070, 2016.
• Aaheim, A., B. Romstad, T. Wei, J. E. Kristjánsson, H. Muri, U. Niemeier, H. Schmidt: An economic evaluation of solar radiation management, Science of The Total Environment, 532, 61-69, 2015.
• Hood, L. L., S. Misios, D. M. Mitchell, E. Rozanov, L. J. Gray, K. Tourpali, K. Matthes, H. Schmidt, G. Chiodo, R. Thieblemont, D. Shindell, and A. Krivolutsky: Solar Signals in CMIP-5 Simulations: The Ozone Response, Quart. J. Roy. Met. Soc., 141, 2670-2689, 2015.
• Kristjánsson, J., H. Muri & H. Schmidt: The hydrological cycle response to cirrus cloud thinning. Geophysical Research Letters, 42, 10807-10815, 2015.
• Misios, S., D. M. Mitchell, L. J. Gray, K. Tourpali, K. Matthes, L. Hood, H. Schmidt, G. Chiodo, R. Thieblemont, E. Rozanov, and A. Krivolutsky: Solar Signals in CMIP-5 Simulations: Effects of atmosphere-ocean coupling, Quart. J. Roy. Met. Soc., 2015.
• Mitchell, D.M., S. Misios, L. J. Gray, K. Tourpali, K. Matthes, L. Hood, H. Schmidt, G. Chiodo, R. Thieblemont, E. Rozanov, D. Shindell, and A. Krivolutsky: Solar Signals in CMIP-5 Simulations: The Stratospheric Pathway, Quart. J. Roy. Met. Soc., 141, 2390-2403, 2015.
• Offermann, D., O. Goussev, Ch. Kalicinsky, R. Koppmann, K. Matthes, H. Schmidt, W. Steinbrecht, J. Wintel: A case study of multi-annual temperature oscillations in the atmosphere: Middle Europe, J. Atmos. Sol.-Terr. Phys., 135, 1-11, 2015.
• Tilmes, S., Mills, M. J., Niemeier, U., Schmidt, H., Robock, A., Kravitz, B., Lamarque, J.-F., Pitari, G., and English, J. M.: A new Geoengineering Model Intercomparison Project (GeoMIP) experiment designed for climate and chemistry models. Geosc. Model Develop., 8, 43-49, 2015.
• Verronen, P. and H. Schmidt: Numerical models of atmosphere and ocean, in: Earth's climate response to a changing sun, eds: T. Dudok de Wit et al., 179-186, edp Sciences, Les Ulis, France, 2015.
• Haumann, F. A., Notz, D., and Schmidt, H.: Anthropogenic influence on recent circulation-driven Antarctic sea-ice changes. Geophys. Res. Lett., 41, 8429-8437, 2014.
• Toohey, M., Krüger, K., Bittner, M., Timmreck, C., & Schmidt, H.: The impact of volcanic aerosol on the northern hemisphere stratospheric polar vortex: mechanism and sensitivity to forcing structure. Atmos. Chem. Phys., 14, 13063-13079, 2014.
• Popp, M., H. Schmidt, & J. Marotzke: Initiation of a runaway greenhouse in a cloudy column. J. Atmos. Sci., 72,  452-471,2014.
• Studer, S., Hocke, K., Schanz, A., Schmidt, H., & Kaempfer, N.: A climatology of the diurnal variations in stratospheric and mesospheric ozone over Bern, Switzerland. Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, 14, 5905-5919, 2014.
• Pedatella, N. M., Fuller-Rowell, T., Wang, H., Jin, H., Miyoshi, Y., Fujiwara, H., Shinagawa, H., Liu, H.-L., Sassi, F., Schmidt, H., Matthias, V., & Goncharenko, L.: The neutral dynamics during the 2009 sudden stratosphere warming simulated by different whole atmosphere models. Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics, 119, 1306-1324, 2014.
• Huneeus, N., Boucher, O., Alterskjær, K., Cole, J., Curry, C., Ji, D., Jones, A., Kravitz, B., Kristjánsson, J., Moore, J., Muri, H., Niemeier, U., Rasch, P., Robock, A., Singh, B., Schmidt, H., Schulz, M., Tilmes, S., Watanabe, S., & Yoon, J.-H.: Forcings and feedbacks in the GeoMIP ensemble for a reduction in solar irradiance and increase in CO₂. Journal of Geophysical Research-Atmospheres, 119, 5226-5239, 2014.
• Kishore Kumar, G., Singer, W., Oberheide, J., Grieger, N., Batista, P., Riggin, D., Schmidt, H., & Clemesha, B.: Diurnal tides at low latitudes: Radar, satellite, and model results. Journal of Atmospheric and Solar-Terrestrial Physics, 96, 96-105, 2014.
• Misios, S. and H. Schmidt: The role of the oceans in shaping the tropospheric response to the 11-year solar cycle, Geophys. Res. Lett., 40, 6373-6377, 2013.
• Niemeier, U., H. Schmidt, K. Alterskjær and J. E. Kristjánsson:  Solar irradiance reduction via climate engineering: Impact of different techniques on the energy balance and the hydrological cycle, J. Geophys. Res., 118, 12195–12206, doi: 10.1002/2013JD020445, 2013.  
• Alterskjær, K., J. E. Kristjánsson, O. Boucher, H. Muri, U. Niemeier, H. Schmidt, M. Schulz and C. Timmreck: Sea-salt injections into the low-latitude marine boundary layer: The transient response in three Earth system models, J. Geophys. Res., 118, 12195–12206, doi:10.1002/2013JD020432, 2013.
• B. Kravitz, A. Robock, P. M. Forster, J. M. Haywood, M. G. Lawrence and H. Schmidt: An overview of the Geoengineering Model Intercomparison Project (GeoMIP), J. Geophys. Res., 118, doi: 10.1002/2013JD020569, 2013.
• Schmidt, H., S. Rast, F. Bunzel, M. Esch, M. A. Giorgetta, S. Kinne, T. Krismer, G. Stenchikov, C. Timmreck, L. Tomassini, & M. Walz: The response of the middle atmosphere to anthropogenic and natural forcing in the CMIP5 simulations with the MPI‐ESM.  J. Adv. Model. Earth Syst., 5, 98-116 , 2013.
• Tilmes, S., J. Fasullo, J.-F. Lamarque, D. R. Marsh, M. Mills, K. Alterskjær, H. Muri, J. E. Kristjánsson, O. Boucher, M. Schulz, J. N. S. Cole, C. L. Curry, A. Jones, J. Haywood, P. J. Irvine, D. Ji, J. C. Moore, D. B. Karam, B. Kravitz, P. J. Rasch, B. Singh, J.-H. Yoon, U. Niemeier, H. Schmidt, A. Robock, S. Yang and S. Watanabe: The hydrological impact of geoengineering in the Geoengineering Model Intercomparison Project (GeoMIP), J. Geophys. Res., 118, 11036–11058, doi: 10.1002/jgrd.50868, 2013.
• Jones, A., J. M. Haywood, K. Alterskjær, O. Boucher, J. N. S. Cole, C. L. Curry, P. J. Irvine, D. Ji, B. Kravitz, J. E. Kristjánsson, J. C. Moore, U. Niemeier, A. Robock, H. Schmidt, B. Singh, S. Tilmes, S. Watanabe and J.-H. Yoon: The impact of abrupt suspension of solar radiation management (termination effect) in experiment G2 of the Geoengineering Model Intercomparison Project (GeoMIP), J. Geophys. Res., 118, 9743-9752, : 10.1002/jgrd.50762, 2013.
• B. Kravitz, K. Caldeira, O. Boucher, A. Robock, P. J. Rasch, K. Alterskjær, D. Bou Karam, J. N. S. Cole, C. L. Curry, J. M. Haywood, P. J. Irvine, D. Ji, A. Jones, J. E. Kristjánsson, D. J. Lunt, J. C. Moore, U. Niemeier, H. Schmidt, M. Schulz, B. Singh, S. Tilmes, S. Watanabe, S. Yang, J.-H. Yoon: Climate model response from the Geoengineering Model Intercomparison Project (GeoMIP), J. Geophys. Res., 118, 8320-8332, doi:10.1002/jgrd.50646, 2013.
• Miller, A., H. Schmidt, and F. Bunzel, Vertical coupling of the middle atmosphere during stratospheric warming events, J. Atmos. Sol.-Terr. Phys., 97, 2013.
• Bunzel, F., and H. Schmidt: The Brewer-Dobson circulation in a changing climate, J. Atmos. Sci., 70, 2013.
• Stevens, B., M. Giorgetta, M. Esch, T. Mauritsen, T. Crueger, S. Rast, M. Salzmann, H. Schmidt, J. Bader, K. Block, R. Brokopf, I. Fast, S. Kinne, L. Kornblueh, U. Lohmann, R. Pincus, T. Reichler, E. Roeckner: The atmospheric component of the MPI‐M earth system model: ECHAM6. J. Adv. Model. Earth Syst., 5. 1-27, 2013.
• Giorgetta, M. et al.: Climate and carbon cycle changes from 1850 to 2100 in MPI-ESM simulations for the coupled model intercomparison project phase 5, J. Adv. Model. Earth Syst, 5, 572-597, doi:10.1002/jame.20038, 2013.
• Kinne, S., D. O'Donnel, P. Stier, S. Kloster, K. Zhang, H. Schmidt, S. Rast, M. Giorgetta, T. F. Eck, and B. Stevens: MAC-v1: A new global aerosol climatology for climate studies, J. Adv. Model. Earth Syst, 5, doi:10.1002/jame.20035, 2013.
• Schmidt, H., J. Kieser, S. Misios, and A. N. Gruzdev: The atmospheric response to solar variability: Simulations with a general circulation and chemistry model for the entire atmosphere, in: F.-J. Luebken (ed.): Climate And Weather of the Sun-Earth System (CAWSES): Highlights from a priority program, Springer, Dordrecht, the Netherlands, 2013.
• Mauritsen, T., B. Stevens, E. Roeckner, T. Crueger, M. Esch, M. A. Giorgetta, H. Haak, J. Jungclaus, D. Klocke, D. Matei, U. Mikolajewicz, D. Notz, R. Pincus, H. Schmidt, L. Tomassini: Tuning the climate of a global model. Journal of Advances of Modelling Earth Systems, 4: M00A01. doi:10.1029/2012MS000154, 2012.
• Schmidt, H., K. Alterskjær, D. Bou Karam, O. Boucher, A. Jones, J. E. Kristjansson, U. Niemeier, M. Schulz, A. Aaheim, F. Benduhn, M. Lawrence, and C. Timmreck: Solar irradiance reduction to counteract radiative forcing from a quadrupling of CO₂: climate responses simulated by four earth system models, Earth Syst. Dynam., 3, 63-78, 2012.
• Misios, S. and H. Schmidt, Mechanisms  involved in the amplification of the 11-yr solar cycle signal in the tropical Pacific Ocean, J. Climate, 25(14), 5102-5118, 2012.
• Beig, G., S. Fadnavis, H. Schmidt, and G. P. Brasseur:  Inter-comparison of 11-year solar cycle response in mesospheric ozone and temperature obtained by HALOE satellite data and HAMMONIA model,  J. Geophys. Res., 117, D00P10, doi:10.1029/2011JD015697, 2012.
• Gabriel, A., H. Schmidt, and D.H.W. Peters: Effects of the 11-year solar cycle on middle atmospheric stationary wave patterns in temperature, ozone and water vapor, J. Geophys. Res., 116, D23301, doi:10.1029/2011JD0158252011, 2011.
• Kravitz, B., A. Robock, O. Boucher, H. Schmidt, K. E. Taylor, G. Stenchikov, M. Schulz: The Geoengineering model Intercomparison Project (GEOMIP), Atmos. Sc. Let., 12 (2),162-167, DOI: 10.1002/asl.316, 2011.
• Niemeier, U., H. Schmidt, C. Timmreck: The dependency of geoengineered sulfate aerosol on the emission strategy, Atmos. Sc. Let., 12 (2), 189-194, DOI: 10.1002/asl.304, 2011.
• Wissing, J. M., M.-B. Kallenrode, J. Kieser, H. Schmidt, M. T. Rietveld, A. Strømme, and P. J. Erickson: Atmospheric Ionization Module Osnabrück (AIMOS): 3. Comparison of electron density simulations by AIMOS-HAMMONIA and incoherent scatter radar measurements, J. Geophys. Res., 116, A08305, doi:10.1029/2010JA016300, 2011. 
• Pena-Ortiz, C., H. Schmidt, M. A. Giorgetta, M. Keller: The QBO modulation of the semiannual oscillation in MAECHAM5 and HAMMONIA, J. Geophys. Res., 115, D21106, doi:10.1029/2010JD013898, 2010.
• Schmidt, H., G. P. Brasseur, M. A. Giorgetta: The solar cycle  signal in a general circulation and chemistry model with internally generated QBO, J. Geophys. Res., 115, D00I14, doi:10.1029/2009JD012542, 2010.
• Dikty, S., H. Schmidt, M. Weber, C. von Savigny, and M. G. Mlynczak: Daytime ozone and temperature variations in the mesosphere: a comparison between SABER observations and HAMMONIA model, Atmos. Chem. Phys., 10, 8331–8339, 2010.
• C.-Y. She, D. A. Krueger, R. Akmaev, H. Schmidt, E. Talaat, and S. Yee: Long-term variability in mesopause region temperatures over Fort Collins, Colorado (41°N, 105°W) based on lidar observations from 1990 through 2007, J. Atm. Sol.-Terr. Phys., 71, 1558-1564, 2009.
• Lossow, S., J. Urban, H. Schmidt, D. R. Marsh, J. Gumbel, P. Eriksson, and D. Murtagh: Wintertime water vapour in the polar upper mesosphere and lower thermosphere - First satellite observations by Odin/SMR, J. Geophys. Res.,  doi:10.1029/2008JD011462, D10304, 2009.
• Gruzdev, A., H. Schmidt, G. P. Brasseur: The effect of the solar rotational irradiance variation on the middle and upper atmosphere calculated by a threedimensional chemistry-climate model, Atmos. Chem. Phys., 9, 595-614, 2009.
• Offermann, D., O. Gusev, M.Donner, J.M.Forbes, M.Hagan, M.G.Mlynczak, J.Oberheide, P.Preusse, H.Schmidt, and J.M.Russell III: Relative Intensities of Middle Atmosphere Waves, J. Geophys. Res., 114, D06110, doi:10.1029/2008JD010662., 2009.
• Yuan, T., H. Schmidt, C. Y. She, D. A. Krueger, S. Reising, Seasonal variations of semidiurnal tidal perturbations in mesopause region temperature, zonal and meridional winds above Fort Collins, CO (40.6°N, 105°W), J. Geophys. Res., 113, D20103, doi:10.1029/2007JD009687, 2008.
• Achatz, U., N. Grieger, and H. Schmidt: Mechanisms Controlling the Diurnal Solar Tide: Analysis Using a GCM and a Linear Model, J. Geophys. Res., 113, A08303, doi:10.1029/2007JA012967, 2008.
• Yuan, T., C.-Y. She, D. A. Krueger, F. Sassi, R. Garcia, R. G. Roble, H.-L. Liu, and H. Schmidt: Climatology of mesopause region temperature, zonal wind and meridional wind over Fort Collins, CO (41ºN, 105ºW) and comparison with model simulations, J. Geophys. Res., 113, D03105, doi:10.1029/2007JD008697, 2008.
• Offermann, D., M. Jarisch, H. Schmidt, J. Oberheide, K.U. Grossmann, O. Gusev, J.M. Russell III, and M.G. Mlynczak: The "wave turbopause", J. Atm. Sol.-Terr. Phys., 69, 2139-2158, doi:10.1016/j.jastp.2007.05.012, 2007.
• Elbern, H., A. Strunk, H. Schmidt, and O. Talagrand: Emission rate and chemical state estimation by 4-dimensional variational inversion. Atm. Chem. Phys., 7, 3749-3769, 2007.
• Schmidt, H., G. P. Brasseur, M. Charron, E. Manzini, M. A. Giorgetta, T. Diehl, V. I. Fomichev, D. Kinnison, D. Marsh, and S. Walters:  The HAMMONIA chemistry climate model: Sensitivity of the mesopause region to the 11-year solar cycle and CO2 doubling. J. Climate,  19, 3903-3931, 2006.
• Schmidt, H. and G. P. Brasseur: The response of the middle atmosphere to solar forcing in the Hamburg Model of the Neutral and Ionized Atmosphere. Space Sc. Rev., 125, 345-356, doi:10.1007/s11214-006-9068-z, 2006.
• Schmidt, H. and D. Martin: Adjoint sensitivity of episodic ozone in the Paris area to emissions on the continental scale. JGR, 108, D17, 10.1029/2001JD001583, 2003. 
• Derognat, C., M. Beekmann, M. Baeumle, D. Martin, H. Schmidt: Effect of biogenic VOC emissions on tropospheric chemistry during the ESQUIF campaign in the Ile-de-France region. JGR, 108, D17, 10.1029/2001JD001421, 2003. 
• Duclaux, O., E. Frejafon, H. Schmidt, A. Thomasson, D. Mondelain, J. Yu, C. Guillaumond, C. Puel, F. Savoie, P. Ritter, J. P. Boch, J. P. Wolf: 3D-air quality model evaluation using the Lidar technique. Atmospheric Environment, 36, 5081-5095, 2002. 
• Schmidt, H.: Sensitivity studies with the adjoint of a chemistry transport model for the boundary layer. in: B. Sportisse (ed.), Air pollution modelling and simulation. 400-410, Springer, 2002. 
• Elbern, H. and H. Schmidt: Chemical 4D variational data assimilation and its numerical implications for case study analyses. in: D. P. Chock and G. R. Carmichael (eds.): IMA volumes in Mathematics and its Applications, 103, Atmospheric Modeling. 165-184, Springer, 2001. 
• Schmidt, H., R. Vautard, C. Derognat, and M. Beekmann: A comparison of simulated and observed ozone mixing ratios for the summer of 1998 in western Europe. Atmospheric Environment, 35, 6277-6297, 2001. 
• Elbern, H. and H. Schmidt: Ozone episode analysis by four-dimensional variational chemistry data assimilation. JGR, 106, 3569-3590, 2001. 
• Elbern, H., H. Schmidt, O. Talagrand, and A. Ebel: 4D-variational data assimilation with an adjoint air quality model for emission analysis. Environ. Mod. Software, 15, 539-548, 2001. 
• Elbern, H., H. Schmidt, and A. Ebel: Implementation of a parallel 4d-variational chemistry data-assimilation scheme. Environmental Management and Health, 10, 236-244, 1999 
• Elbern, H. and H. Schmidt: A four-dimensional variational chemistry data assimilation scheme for eulerian chemistry transport modeling. JGR, 104, 18583-18598, 1999. 
• Elbern, H., H. Schmidt, and A. Ebel: Variational data assimilation for tropospheric chemistry modeling. JGR, 102, D13, 15,967-15,985, 1997. 
• Elbern, H., H. Schmidt, and A. Ebel: Adjoint of a gas phase mechanism and assimilation of air quality data for photo-oxidant modeling. Proceedings of the XVIII Quadrennial Ozone Symposium, 703-706, L'Aquila, 1996. 

Other:

• Schmidt, H., N. Harris, K. Matthes, J. Perlwitz, and F. Tummon: WCRP/SPARC Workshop: “Challenges for Climate Science – Synergies between SPARC and the WCRP Grand Challenges”, SPARC Newsletter, 48, 8-10, 2017.
• Dudok de Wit, T., I. Ermolli, M. Haberreiter, H. Kambezidis, M. M. Lam, J. Lilensten, K. Matthes, I. Mironova, H. Schmidt, A. Seppaelae, E. Tanskanen, K. Tourpali, and Y. Yair (eds.): Earth's climate response to a changing sun, 345 p., edp sciences, Les Ulis, France, 2015.
• Schmidt, H. and R. Wolfrum: Gezielte Eingriffe - Climate Engineering aus klimawissenschaftlicher und völkerrechtlicher Perspektive, in: Die Zukunft des Klimas (eds. J. Marotzke and M. Stratmann), C.H. Beck, München, 2015.
• Schäfer, S.; Lawrence, M.; Stelzer, H.; Born, W.; Low, S.; Aaheim, A.; Adriázola, P.; Betz, G.; Boucher, O.; Carius, A.; Devine-Right, P.; Gullberg, A. T.; Haszeldine, S.; Haywood, J.; Houghton, K.; Ibarrola, R.; Irvine, P.; Kristjansson, J.-E.; Lenton, T.; Link, J. S. A.; Maas, A.; Meyer, L.; Muri, H.; Oschlies, A.; Proelß, A.; Rayner, T.; Rickels, W.; Ruthner, L.; Scheffran, J.; Schmidt, H.; Schulz, M.; Scott, V.; Shackley, S.; Tänzler, D.; Watson, M.; Vaughan, N.: The European Transdisciplinary Assessment of Climate Engineering (EuTRACE): Removing Greenhouse Gases from the Atmosphere and Reflecting Sunlight away from Earth. Funded by the European Union’s Seventh Framework Programme under Grant Agreement 306993, 2015.
• Schmidt, H., & Held, H.: Unsicherheiten in numerischen Klimasimulationen im Kontext der Entscheidungssituation. In: Modellierung in der Climate Engineering-Forschung: Aussagekräftig trotz Unsicherheiten (pp. 12-14), 2014.
• Sonntag, S., Ilyina, T., Pongratz, J., & Schmidt, H.: Das Erdsystemmodell MPI-ESM. In: Modellierung in der Climate Engineering-Forschung: Aussagekräftig trotz Unsicherheiten (pp. 18-20), 2014.
• Schmidt, H.: Comparing Earth and Venus. in: Towards understanding the climate of Venus: Application of terrestrial models to our sister planet (eds: L. Bengtsson et al.), pp. 157-167, Springer, New York, 2013.
• Lebonnois, S., C. Lee, M. Yamamoto, J. Dawson, S. R. Lewis, J. Mendonca, P. Read, H.F. Parish, G. Schubert, L. Bengtsson, D. Grinspoon, S. S. Limaye, H. Schmidt, H. Svedhem, D. V. Titov: Models of Venus Atmosphere. in: Towards understanding the climate of Venus: Application of terrestrial models to our sister planet (eds: L. Bengtsson et al.),, pp. 129-156. Springer New York, 2013.
• S. Rast, R. Brokopf, S.-K. Cheedela, M. Esch, V. Gayler, I. Kirchner, L. Kornblüh, A. Rhodin, H. Schmidt, U. Schulzweida, K.-H. Wieners: User manual for ECHAM6, Reports on earth system science, MPI-M, Hamburg, 2013.
• M.A. Giorgetta, E. Roeckner, T. Mauritsen, J. Bader, T. Crueger, M. Esch, S. Rast, L. Kornblueh, H. Schmidt, S. Kinne, C. Hohenegger, B. Möbis, T. Krismer, K.–H. Wieners, B. Stevens: The atmospheric general circulation model ECHAM6 - Model description, Reports on earth system science, MPI-M, Hamburg, 2013.
• Brasseur, G. P., D. Marsh, and H. Schmidt: Solar variability, climate, and atmospheric photochemistry, in: Heliophysics: Evolving solar activity and the climates of space and Earth, eds: C. L. Schrijver and G. L. Siscoe, p. 425-448, Cambridge University Press, 2010. 
• Schmidt, H., G. P. Brasseur and the MEDEC team: Mesospheric dynamics, energetics and chemistry, Final report of the AFO2000-BMBF project, 2005.
• Schmidt, H. and G. P. Brasseur: Simulation of the mesospheric ozone response to natural and anthropogenic climate variability, Proceedings of the Quadrennial Ozone symposium, Kos, Greece, 2004. 
• Schmidt, H., G. P. Brasseur and the MEDEC team: Mesospheric dynamics, energetics and chemistry, AFO2000 newsletter, 3(7), 3-6, 2004. 
• Brasseur, G. P. and H. Schmidt: Ozonabnahme in der Stratosphaere. promet, 30, 106-115, 2004. 
• Schmidt, H., R. Vautard, M. Beekmann, C. Derognat, and N. Blond: Étude de la formation d'ozone à l'échelle continentale. Rapport final du contrat entre ELF-Aquitaine et l'Institut Pierre-Simon-Laplace, Paris, 2002. 
• Elbern, H., H. Schmidt, and A. Ebel: Improving chemical state analysis and ozone forecasts by four-dimensional chemistry data assimilation. In: Proceedings of the third WMO International Symposium on Assimilation of Observations in Meteorology and Oceanography, WMO, Geneva, WMO/TD No. 986, 293-296, 2000. 
• Schmidt, H., H. Elbern, and A. Ebel: Optimisation des concentrations initiales par assimilation 4D-VAR pour la modélisation physico-chimique de la troposphère. Proceedings of Ateliers de modélisation de l'atmosphère, Météo-France, Toulouse, 1999. 
• Elbern, H., H. Schmidt, and A. Ebel: Four-dimensional data assimilation for tropospheric ozone analysis. In: SODA Workshop on Chemical Data Assimilation. Proceedings. KNMI-Publikatie 188, 1999. 
• Schmidt, H.: Vierdimensionale Datenassimilation nach der Variationsmethode für ein mesoskaliges Chemietransportmodell. PhD-thesis, in: M. Kerschgens, F. M. Neubauer, M. Pätzold, P. Speth, and B. Tezkan (eds.): Mitteilungen aus dem Institut für Geophysik und Meteorologie der Universität zu Köln, 132, Köln, 1999. 
• Elbern, H. and H. Schmidt: Four dimensional data assimilation for a eulerian chemistry transport model. In: P. M. Borell and P. Borell (eds.): Proceedings of EUROTRAC Symposium 1998. WITpress, Southampton, 8-12, 1998. 
• Elbern, H., S. Tilmes, and H. Schmidt: Data assimilation for chemistry-transport models. In: P. M. Borell, P. Borell, T. Cvitas und W. Seiler (eds.): Proceedings of the EUROTRAC Symposium 1996, Computational Mechanics Publications, Southampton, 681-685, 1996.

ongoing:

• DFG Research Unit VolImpact - VolDyn (Volcanic impacts on atmospheric dynamics); 2019 -
• DFG Research Unit VolImpact - VolARC (Constraining the effects of volcanic aerosol on radiative forcing and stratospheric composition); 2019 -
• BMBF/ROMIC2 - SOCTOC (Effects of anthropogenic stratospheric ozone changes on climate sensitivity and
  tropospheric oxidation capacity) 2019 -

finalized (at MPI-M):

• DFG Reserach Unit MS-GWAVES - GWING (Gravity Wave Interactions in the Global Atmosphere); 2015 - 2021
• DFG/SPP Climate Engineering - CELARIT (Climate Engineering Liability and Reliability: An Integrated Treatment); 2016 - 2019
• DFG/SPP Climate Engineering - ComparCE (Comparative assessment of potential impacts, side-effects and uncertainties of CE measures and emission-reduction efforts); 2013 - 2019
• BMBF/MiKlip - ALARM (Alert for large volcanic eruptions in medium term climate prediction); 2011 - 2018
• DFG/SPP Climate Engineering - CEIBRAL (Climate Engineering Impacts: Between Reliability and Liability); 2013-2015.
• FP7 - EUTRACE (European Transdisciplinary Assessment of Climate Engineering); 2012 - 2015
• DFG/FG SHARP (Stratospheric Change and its role for climate prediction); 2009 - 2015
• FP7 - IMPLICC (Implications and risks of engineering solar radiation to limit climate change); 2009 - 2012
• DFG/CAWSES - ARTOS (The Atmospheric Response to Solar Variability); 2005 - 2011
• AFO2000 - MEDEC (Mesospheric Dynamics, Energetics and Chemistry); 2000 - 2004

ongoing (PhD):

• Helene Glöckner, Abisha Gnanaraj, Moritz Günther

finished (PhD):

• Paul Keil: "Tropical tropospheric temperatures, warming and involved mechanisms", Univ. of Hamburg, 2023.
• Clarissa Kroll: "The volcanic impact on moisture fluxes into the stratosphere" (Erstbetreuerin: C. Timmreck), Univ. of Hamburg, 2023.
• Sally Dacie:"Using simple models to understand changes in the tropical mean atmosphere under warming.", Univ. of Hamburg, 2019.
• Katharina Meraner: "Towards modeling climate effects of energetic particle precipitation", Univ. of Hamburg, 2017.
• Matthias Bittner: "On the discrepancy between observed and simulated dynamical responses of Northern Hemisphere winter climate to large tropical volcanic eruptions", Univ. of Hamburg, 2015.
• Max Popp: "Climate Instabilities under strong solar forcing" (Erstbetreuer: J. Marotzke), Univ. of Hamburg, 2014.
• Thomas Krismer: "Wave-mean flow interactions driving the quasi-biennial oscillation in ECHAM6" (Erstbetreuer: M. Giorgetta), Univ. of Hamburg, 2014.
• Felix Bunzel: "Numerical studies of stratosphere-troposphere dynamical coupling in a changing climate", Univ. of Hamburg, 2013.
• Stergios Misios: "Influences of the 11-year solar cycle on the tropical atmosphere and oceans", Univ. of Hamburg, 2012.
• Jens Kieser: "The influence of precipitating solar and magnetospheric energetic charged particles on the entire atmosphere - Simulations with HAMMONIA", Univ. of Hamburg, 2011.

ongoing (Master):

• Tomer Yizhak, Ravikiran S. Hegde

finished (Master/Diplom):

• Isaac Baffour: "Impacts of hemispheric surface asymmetries on Earth's hemispheric albedo symmetry", Univ. of Hamburg, 2022.
• Alon Azoulay: "The Arctic polar vortex response to volcanic forcing of different strength", Univ. of Hamburg, 2019.
• Patrick Pieper: "Investigation of spatial sensitivities in an integrated assessment of stratospheric sulfur aerosol solar radiation management respecting regional precipitation guardrails" (Erstbetreuer: H. Held), Univ. of Hamburg, 2015.
• Rabea Athmer: "The atmospheric response to large volcanic eruptions under climate change" (ERstbetreuerin: C. Timmreck), Univ. of Hamburg, 2014.
• Marius Stankoweit: "Climate Engineering: Insights from the Model MIND" (Erstbetreuer: H. Held), Univ. of Hamburg, 2013.
• Andreas Miller: "Middle atmosphere coupling during stratospheric warming events simulated with the HAMMONIA GCM", Univ. of Hamburg, 2011.
• Anna Possner: "The resolution dependency of simulated tracer transport into the Antarctic polar vortex in ECHAM6", Univ. of Edinburgh, 2010 (Erstbetreuer: D. Stevenson)
• M. Keller: "Untersuchung der niederfrequenten Variabilitaet in der tropischen Mesosphaere des Chemie-Klimamodelss HAMMONIA", Univ. of Hamburg, 2008
• Florian Nau: "Planetare Wellen in der MLT im Klimamodell HAMMONIA", Univ. of Osnabrueck, 2008 (Erstbetreuerin: M.-B. Kallenrode)

• since 2019: Member of the Steering Committee of the German National Earth System Modeling initiative “natESM”
• 2020-2023: Member of the group of Regional Focal Points for WCRP Consultations
• 2015-2021: Member of the Scientific Steering Group of the WCRP (World Climate Research Program) core project SPARC (Stratosphere-Troposphere Processes and their Role in Climate)
• 2015-2019: Member of the International Commission on the Middle Atmosphere (ICMA) of the International Association of Meteorology and Atmospheric Science (IAMAS)
• 2009-2018: Member of the steering group of the HAMMOZ chemistry climate model community
• Contributing Author, Climate Change 2013 – The physical science basis, IPCC AR 5 WG1 report, chapter 7: Clouds and Aerosols