Browsing Geophysical Institute by Author "Sprenger, Michael"

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    • Dynamics of concurrent and sequential Central European and Scandinavian heatwaves 

      Spensberger, Clemens; Madonna, Erica; Boettcher, Maxi; Grams, Christian M.; Papritz, Lukas; Quinting, Julian F.; Rothlisberger, Matthias; Sprenger, Michael; Zschenderlein, Philipp (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2020)
      In both 2003 and 2018 a heatwave in Scandinavia in July was followed by a heatwave in Central Europe in August. Whereas the transition occurred abruptly in 2003, it was gradual in 2018 with a 12-day period of concurrent ...

    • Frontal-wave cyclogenesis in the North Atlantic –a climatological characterisation 

      Schemm, Sebastian; Sprenger, Michael (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2015-10)
      The ambient conditions during cyclogenesis on fronts in the North Atlantic (NA) are characterised climatologically in the ERA-Interim dataset. These ‘secondary’ cyclones, which grow from frontal waves, are typically small ...

    • Lagrangian matches between observations from aircraft, lidar and radar in a warm conveyor belt crossing orography 

      Boettcher, Maxi; Schäfler, Andreas; Sprenger, Michael; Sodemann, Harald; Kaufmann, Stefan; Voigt, Christiane; Schlager, Hans; Summa, Donato; DI Girolamo, Paolo; Nerini, Daniele; Germann, Urs; Wernli, Heini (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2021)
      Warm conveyor belts (WCBs) are important airstreams in extratropical cyclones, often leading to the formation of intense precipitation and the amplification of upper-level ridges. This study presents a case study that ...