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October Fieldwork on Kilimanjaro

Last month, Douglas Hardy (U. Mass), Michael Winkler (GeoSphere) and myself (University of Innsbruck) climbed Kilimanjaro to retrieve meteorological data and remove old weather stations from the summit. Read more about our activities in Doug’s blog post. Our fieldwork and research were generously supported by the Austrian Science Fund, the University of Innsbruck and GeoSphereContinue reading “October Fieldwork on Kilimanjaro”

BAYWRF: a convection-resolving, present-day climatological atmospheric dataset for Bavaria

Climate impact assessments require information about climate change at regional and ideally also local scales. In dendroecological studies, this information has traditionally been obtained using statistical methods, which preclude the linkage of local climate changes to large-scale drivers in a process-based way. As part of recent efforts to investigate the impact of climate change onContinue reading “BAYWRF: a convection-resolving, present-day climatological atmospheric dataset for Bavaria”

The Influence of Tropical Cyclones on Circulation, Moisture Transport, and Snow Accumulation at Kilimanjaro During the 2006–2007 Season

Tropical cyclones represent an important component of intraseasonal atmospheric variability in the southwest Indian Ocean, and their landfall can be devastating to coastal communities. However, little is known about their impact on precipitation in the high‐elevation regions of East Africa. Here we combine in situ measurements from the summit of Kilimanjaro and subkilometer atmospheric modelingContinue reading “The Influence of Tropical Cyclones on Circulation, Moisture Transport, and Snow Accumulation at Kilimanjaro During the 2006–2007 Season”