Andreas Hänsler

Office
Email: andreas.haensler@zmaw.de
Phone: +49-40-41173-471
Fax: +49-40-41173-174
Room no. P103
Mailing Address
Max Planck Institute for Meteorology
Bundesstr. 53
D-20146 Hamburg
Germany
Department
Research Group
Research Interests
- Regional Climate Modeling
- Land use and Climate Change
- BIOTA - Project
Publications & Presentations
Journal Articles:
- Haensler, A. Hagemann, S. & Jacob, D. (2010): How the future climate of the southern African region might look like: Results of a high-resolution regional climate change projection. Nova Acta Leopoldina, 112(384), 183-193.
- Haensler, A. Hagemann, S. & Jacob, D. (2010): Dynamical downscaling of ERA40 reanalysis data over southern Africa: added value in the representation of seasonal rainfall characteristics. Accepted by the International Journal of Climatology.
- Haensler, A. Hagemann, S. & Jacob, D.:The role of the simulation setup in a long-term high-resolution climate change projection for the southern African region. Submitted to Theoretical and Applied Climatology, 2010.
- Haensler, A. Hagemann, S. & Jacob, D.: Will the southern African west coast fog be affected by climate change? In preparation for Erdkunde.
- Haensler, A. Hagemann, S. & Jacob, D.: Simulation of thermally induced wind systems with an high-resolution RCM. In preparation.
- Lange, J. & Haensler, A.: Indicators for drought recovery in a forest headwater catchment. Submitted to the Journal of Hydrology, 2010.
Book Contributions:
- Haensler, A., Hagemann, S., Jacob, D. (2010): Climate history of Namibia and western South Africa. – In: Schmiedel, U., Jürgens, N. [Eds.]: Biodiversity in southern Africa. Volume 2: Patterns and processes at regional scale: pp. 2–5, Klaus Hess Publishers, Göttingen & Windhoek.
- Haensler, A., Hagemann, S., Jacob, D. (2010): Surface climate and its simulated change along the BIOTA transects. – In: Schmiedel, U., Jürgens, N. [Eds.]: Biodiversity in southern Africa. Volume 2: Patterns and processes at regional scale: pp. 76–80, Klaus Hess Publishers, Göttingen & Windhoek.
- Haensler, A., Hagemann, S., Jacob, D. (2010): Regional climatological patterns and their simulated change. – In: Schmiedel, U., Jürgens, N. [Eds.]: Biodiversity in southern Africa. Volume 2: Patterns and processes at regional scale: pp. 24–28, Klaus Hess Publishers, Göttingen & Windhoek.
Selected Presentations:
- Haensler, A. et al. (2010): Evaluierung des regionalen Klimamodells REMO für verschiedene CORDEX Regionen Talk at the DACH-Tagung in Bonn, Sep 2010.
- Haensler, A. (2010): Will the southern African west coast fog be affected by climate change? Talk at the Fog, Fog Collection and Dew conference in Muenster, Jul 2010.
- Haensler, A. (2010): A possible future climate scenario for southern Africa: Results from a high-resolution regional climate change projection. Talk at the Continents under Climate Change Conference in Berlin, April 2010.
- Haensler, A. (2009): Regional climate change projections over southern Africa: Benefits of a high resolution climate change simulation. Talk at the AGU FM in San Francisco, Dec 2009.
- Haensler, A. (2009): Challenges in regional climate modeling in Africa. Talk at the 5th EGU Humboldt Conference in Cape Town, Jan 2009.
- Haensler, A. (2008): Regional climate simulations for the BIOTA South region
Model performance and future climate projections. Talk at the "Biodiversity of Africa - Observation and Sustainable Management for our Future!" International Congress, at Spier, RSA, Oct 2008.
Curriculum vitae
Born
12.06.1980 in Wangen im Allgäu
University
Albert-Ludwigs-University in Freiburg, Diploma in Hydrology, 2005
Internships and Employment
National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research (NIWA) in Christchurch, NZ
Jan 2004 - April 2004
University of British Columbia, Depart. of Forest Resources Management and Geography in Vancouver, CA
Oct 2006 - Feb 2007
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Research Assistant, Institute of Hydrology, University of Freiburg
Jan 2006 - Sept 2006
Ph.D.
since April 2007
Title of thesis
Impact of climate change on the prominent land-sea circulation over south-western Africa


