Wladimir Peter Köppen Award 2011 for Florian Rauser
For the third time the Cluster of Excellence CliSAP at the KlimaCampus, University of Hamburg, has given recognition to excellent PhD theses. This year there will be two young recipients of the Wladimir Peter Köppen Award for Climate and Earth System Research. "The decision was very hard this year", says jury member Prof. Jürgen Sündermann. "The nominated dissertations all had a very high scientific level. So we decided to honor two young scientists this time, whose theses were particularly innovative and forward-looking." The award will go the physicist Florian Rauser from the Max Planck Institute for Meteorology in Hamburg and geologist Ines Hessler from Marum - Center for Marine Environmental Sciences of the University of Bremen (MARUM).
In his climate modelling work, Max Planck awardee Florian Rauser investigates a key question in geophysical fluid dynamics: how can error be quantified in the numerical simulation of gases and liquids? For this, he employs a new method for model-independent error assessment. His core statement is that grid-based computer models of any complexity can learn for themselves where they produce error using the algorithm developed by him - without the user having to understand the fine details of the model. "Florian Rauser has made a fundamental contribution to the evaluation of the reliability of models in the field of geophysical fluid dynamics. His work is not only methodological but also very innovative scientifically", according to the jury.
The Wladimir Peter Köppen Award for Climate and Earth System Research is presented annually to talented young academics who have completed their PhD work in the German-speaking area. A jury made up of renowned scientists selects excellent dissertations with a clear reference to climate research. The award is endowed with 5,000 Euros. This year's prize winners share the honor but not the award money. Each of them can use the full amount to forward their scientific ambitions.
(Text by KlimaCampus, University of Hamburg / photo by Tobias Rauser)
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