Cathy Hohenegger
Office
Email: cathy.hohenegger[at]zmaw.de
Phone: +49-40-41173-302
Fax: +49-40-41173-298
Office Z411
Mailing Address
Max Planck Institute for Meteorology
Bundesstr. 53
D-20146 Hamburg
Germany
Department
Atmosphere in the Earth System
Research Group
Clouds and Convection (also a member of the Hans Ertel Centre for Weather Research), group leader
Research interests
My research interests are geared towards moist convective processes. Atmospheric convection profoundly affects the global energy and water balance of our planet by the release of latent heat and the transport of momentum, heat and moisture. Convective clouds and their associated precipitation can be found both over the Tropics and over mid-latitude area, over land and over ocean, during day and during nighttime. Due to their different characteristics and the involved complex scale interactions, they are difficult to predict.
Currently, I am working on following aspects of the convective life cycle:
- Preconditioning of tropical deep convection
- Convective parameterization development
- Interactions between soil moisture and convection over mid-latitude continental area.
Projects
Clouds and Convection (Hans Ertel Centre for Weather Research)
Basic concepts for convection parameterization in weather forecast and climate models (COST Action ES0905)