Research - Working groups - Tropical Meteorology

Running projects of WG Tropical Meteorology
Title	Contact
IAC3: The Impact of Biomass Burning Aerosols on the Diurnal Characteristics of Convection over the Congo Basin	Prof. Dr. P. Knippertz
German Academic Network for Capacity Development in Climate Change Adaptations in Africa - NetCDA II. Subproject: GRP Nigeria (FUTA)	Prof. Dr. Andreas Fink, Dr. Marlon Maranan
Improving our understanding of, and forecasts for, multi-scale extreme weather events in tropical Africa	Prof. Dr. Andreas Fink, Prof. Dr. P. Knippertz (Nominees), Dr. Chris Funk (UCSB, Awardee)
WASA - Networking and Transfer Project WASANet: Main Phase Southern Africa, Subproject 1	Dr. J. Helmschrot
ZukoWa Subproject 2	Prof. Dr. A. Fink Prof. Dr. J. Pinto
FA(ST)2-Africa	Prof. Dr. A. Fink, Dr. J. Helmschrot, P. Kohler
ClimXtreme II A5: Towards an improved description and attribution of the most extreme Central European Heat Waves (DesAttHeat)	Prof. Dr. J. Pinto Prof. Dr. A. Fink
Co-HYDIM-SA: Co-design of a hydro-meteorological information system for sustainable water resources management in southern Africa	Prof. Dr. A. Fink, Dr. Simon Ageet

Completed projects of WG Tropical Meteorology
Title	Contact
NetCDA: European Academic Network for Capacity Development in Climate Change Adaptations in Africa: Sub-project E: GSP1 Nigeria	Prof. Dr. A. Fink, Dr. M. Maranan
FURIFLOOD: Current and future risks of urban and rural flooding in West Africa – An integrated analysis and eco-system-based solutions	Prof. Dr. A. Fink, Dr. M. Maranan
ClimXtreme A5: The role of multi-scale dynamical processes in shaping recent and future extreme heat waves over Germany (DynProHeat)	Prof. Dr. J. Pinto, Prof. Dr. A. Fink, Prof. Dr. S. Pfahl Researcher: F. Becker
ClimXtreme A/B - Phase I	Prof. Dr. J. Pinto H. Feldmann Prof. Dr. Ch. Kottmeier Prof. Dr. A. Fink Prof. Dr. M. Kunz Dr. S. Mohr Dr. A. Voigt
DYVALOCCA - Dynamics, variability and bioclimatic effects of low clouds in western Central Africa	Prof. Dr. A. Fink, Prof. Dr. P. Knippertz Researcher: R. Aellig
REBECCA – Robust river basin planning under extreme climate events and fast socio-economic changes; Sub-project: Extreme weather events in future climate	Prof. Dr. A. Fink,
Waves to Weather	Prof. Dr. P. Knippertz, Prof. Dr. A. Fink
MiKlip - Mittelfristige Klimaprognosen	Prof. Dr. Ch. Kottmeier, Prof. Dr. A. Fink, Dr. G. Schädler
GlobE - Wetlands in East Africa	Prof. Dr. A. Fink Prof. Dr. J. Pinto
FENNEC - Multiskalige und subtropische Steuerung der Intensität und Position des sommerzeitlichen westafrikanischen Hitzetiefs	Prof. Dr. A. Fink
EWATEC COAST - Verbundprojekt Technologien zum nachhaltigen Gewässer- und Umweltschutz von Küstenlandschaften in Vietnam	Prof. Dr. A. Fink
DACCIWA - Dynamics-Aerosol-Chemistry-Cloud Interactions in West Africa	Prof. Dr. P. Knippertz, Prof. Dr. A. Fink, , ,
ViWaT Mekong: Integrated Solutions for Sustainable Development in the Mekong Delta - Land, Water, Energy and Climate	Prof. Dr. A. Fink,

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