Peer-reviewed journal publications Bellouin, N, Quaas, J., Gryspeerdt, E., Kinne, S., Stier, P., Watson-Parris, D., Boucher, O., Carslaw, K.S., Christensen, M., Daniau, A.-L., Dufresne, J.-L.,…
Despite the implication of aerosols for the radiation budget, there are persistent differences in data for the aerosol optical depth (τ) for 1998–2019. This study…
Model estimates of expected photovoltaic (PV) power production rely on accurate irradiance data. Reanalysis and satellite products freely provide irradiance data with a high temporal and spatial resolution including…
Based on the numerical weather prediction model COSMO of Germany’s national meteorological service (Deutscher Wetterdienst, DWD), regional reanalysis datasets have been developed with grid spacing…
Many applications require wind gust estimates at very different atmospheric height levels. For example, the renewable energy sector is interested in wind and gust predictions…
The increasing use of wind and solar power requires interventions to balance the associated variability in energy production. One option to reduce the costly interventions…
RESEARCHERS SHOW HOW CLIMATE-NEUTRAL ENERGY SUPPLY IS POSSIBLE EVEN UNDER EXTREME WEATHER CONDITIONS
Scientists at the University of Cologne are investigating how an energy system with a high share of renewables can work even in extreme weather situations.…
We show how changes in the global distribution of anthropogenic aerosols favor different spatial patterns in the North Atlantic sea-surface temperature (NASST). The NASSTs largely…
Spring 2020 broke sunshine duration records across Western Europe. The Netherlands recorded the highest surface irradiance since 1928, exceeding the previous extreme of 2011 by…
The pandemic in 2020 caused an abrupt change in the emission of anthropogenic aerosols and their precursors. We estimate the associated change in the aerosol…
Wahl, S., Bollmeyer, C., Crewell, S., Figura, C., Friederichs, P., Hense, A., Keller, J.D., Ohlwein, C. (2017) in Meteorologische Zeitschrift, 26, 345–361 Link to article AbstractAtmospheric reanalyses…
Keller, J.D., Delle Monache, L., Alessandrini, S. (2017) in J. Appl. Meteor. Climatol., 56, 2081–2095 Link to article AbstractThis study explores the first application of an analog-based method…
Frank, C. W., Wahl, S., Keller, J. D., Pospichal, B., Hense, A., Crewell, S. (2018) in Solar Energy, 164, 12–24 Link to article AbstractOne of the major…