Office
Email: ulrike.niemeier@mpimet.mpg.de
Phone: +49-40-41173-130
Fax: +49-40-41173-298
Room no. N421
Mailing Address
Max Planck Institute for Meteorology
Bundesstr. 53
D-20146 Hamburg
Germany
Department
Atmosphere in the Earth System
Research Group
Research interests
Current interests:
- Sulfate aerosols in the stratosphere
- Evolution and transport of sulfur in the stratosphere (aerosol microphysical processes)
- Understanding the micropysical processes after artificial and volcanic injections of sulfur into the stratosphere
- Impact of radiative heating of aerosols on stratospheric dynamics (QBO, meso-cyclone)
- Impact of volcanic eruptions and geoengineering on the climate
- DFG Forschergruppe VolImpact
- Model intercomparison GeoMIP, Member of GeoMIP steering committee, IsaMIP
- Numerical models: ECHAM5-HAM: global with aerosol microphysics, ICON-NWP: global non-hydrostaric, ICON-ART: adds aerosol microphysics to ICON, MPI-ESM: global ESM coupled to ocean
Former working interests:
- Global influence of traffic emissions (road, ship) on the Earth-System
- Simulation of atmospheric chemistry
- EU Project IMPLICC
- DFG special priority program on geoengineering
- Metras non-hydrostatic mesoscale model
Public outreach
- Presentation Dt Telecomstiftung (Lehrerfortbildung)
- Presentations on geoengineering in schools (e.g. Klosterschule Hamburg, Kronwerksgymnasium in Rendsburg)
- Scientific advice for KURZGESAGT: Geoengineering: A Horrible Idea We Might Have to Do
- Max-Wissen Climate Engineering: Ein Plan zur Kühlung der Erde(in German).
- Video of Cedric Engels in der Serie "Wissen Was mit Doktor Whatson": Plan B zur Kühlung der Erde (in German)
- Climate podcast 'Klimabericht' of Der Spiegel: Sollen wir die Sonne verdunkeln?
- ARTE 42: Was wenn es den Staub nicht gaebe?
Physical and chemical experiments with primary school children
- 'Wolkenbruch und Blitzeschein' learning about weather at primary school,
- founded by the Koerber Foundation in the KIWISS program (2007)
Projects and cooperations
- Member of GeoMIP steering comitee
- DFG Forschergruppe VolImpact
- Special priority program of te German Science Foundation: Climate Engineering: Risks, Challenges, Opportunities?
- IMPLICC: Implications and risks of engineering solar radiation to limit climate change; 4 partner institutes: CEA/CNRS Frankreich, Uni Oslo, MPI fuer Chemie