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Increases in European thunderstorm and hail events


Researchers at the European Severe Storms Laboratory (ESSL), Munich Re, the Ludwig-Maximilians University Munich (LMU) and the German Aerospace Centre (DLR) could show that the number of thunderstorms...
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Investigation of atmospheric gravity waves


Gravity waves are primarily excited in the lower atmosphere, e.g. by flow over mountains. They propagate horizontally and vertically and transport energy and momentum over large distances. Gravity wav...
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ECHAM


The global climate model ECHAM was developed by the Max Planck Institute for Meteorology in Hamburg/Germany and by the University of Hamburg. At present the model version 5 is mainly used at the insti...
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Integrated meteorological advisory system


Weather phenomena like turbulence, wind shear, lightning, heavy precipitation and in-flight icing are major contributors to disruptions of the air transport system. Events like the eruption of the Eyj...
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Related Topics: Air Transportation and Safety Meteorology and Climatology Geophysics

Polarimetric Doppler radar (POLDIRAD)


On the roof of the institute the polarimetric Doppler radar POLDIRAD has been operated since 1986. Measurements of the Doppler velocity are meanwhile standard for operational radars, but in Europe on...
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Living Planet


The European Space Agency ESA is running an Earth observation programme entitled "Living Planet", to study global environmental change. The programme’s key component is a fleet of dedicated satellites...
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Pre-launch campaign in Iceland for the ADM-Aeolus satellite mission


Scientists from the DLR Institute of Atmospheric Physics travelled to Iceland for the last of a series of DLR-led technology demonstration campaigns for ESA’s meteorological satellite mission, ADM-Aeo...
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WAOSS - The Spaceborne Stereo Camera WAOSS for the Mars96 Mission


The Wide-Angle Optoelectronic Stereo Scanner WAOSS is a three CCD line pushbroom stereo camera (see figure 3). It was developed for the Russian Mars96 mission to study the atmosphere and the surface o...
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