Research Interests

• Extreme meteorological events
• Decadal prediction
• Extra-tropical cyclones and winter wind storms
• Atmospheric energy transport
• Antarctic mass balance

Projects

Publication

Gliksman, D.; Averbeck, P.; Becker, N.; Gardiner, B.; Goldberg, V.; Grieger, J.; Handorf, D.; Haustein, K.; Karwat, A.; Knutzen, F.; Lentink, H. S.; Lorenz, R.; Niermann, D.; Pinto, J. G.; Queck, R.; Ziemann, A. & Franzke, C. L. E. (2022), 'Review Article: Wind and storm damage: From Meteorology to Impacts', Natural Hazards and Earth System Sciences Discussions 2022, 1--47. Pasternack, A.; Grieger, J.; Rust, H. W. & Ulbrich, U. (2021), 'Recalibrating decadal climate predictions – what is an adequate model for the drift?', Geoscientific Model Development 14(7), 4335--4355. Kadow, C.; Illing, S.; Lucio-Eceiza, E. E.; Bergemann, M.; Ramadoss, M.; Sommer, P. S.; Kunst, O.; Schartner, T.; Pankatz, K.; Grieger, J.; Schuster, M.; Richling, A.; Thiemann, H.; Kirchner, I.; Rust, H. W.; Ludwig, T.; Cubasch, U. & Ulbrich, U. (2021), 'Introduction to Freva – A Free Evaluation System Framework for Earth System Modeling', Journal of Open Research Software. Hüschel, I.; Illing, S.; Grieger, J.; Ulbrich, U. & Cubasch, U. (2019), 'On skillful decadal predictions of the subpolar North Atlantic', Meteorologische Zeitschrift 28(5), 417-428. Schuster, M.; Grieger, J.; Richling, A.; Schartner, T.; Illing, S.; Kadow, C.; Müller, W. A.; Pohlmann, H.; Pfahl, S. & Ulbrich, U. (2019), 'Improvement in the decadal prediction skill of the North Atlantic extratropical winter circulation through increased model resolution', Earth System Dynamics 10(4), 901--917. Babian, S.; Grieger, J. & Cubasch, U. (2018), 'A new index for the wintertime southern hemispheric split jet', Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics 18(9), 6749--6760. Grieger, J.; Leckebusch, G. C.; Raible, C. C.; Rudeva, I. & Simmonds, I. (2018), 'Subantarctic cyclones identified by 14 tracking methods, and their role for moisture transports into the continent', Tellus A: Dynamic Meteorology and Oceanography 70(1), 1-18. Grieger, J.; Leckebusch, G. C. & Ulbrich, U., 2016: Net Precipitation of Antarctica: Thermodynamical and Dynamical Parts of the Climate Change Signal, J. Climate 29(3), 907--924 Babian, S.; Rust, H. W.; Grieger, J.; Prцmmel, K. & Cubasch, U. (2016), 'Representation of the Antarctic Oscillation and related precipitation patterns in the MPI Earth System Model', Meteorologische Zeitschrift 25(6), 767-774. Hellmer, H. H.; Rhein, M.; Heinemann, G.; Abalichin, J.; Abouchami, W.; Baars, O.; Cubasch, U.; Dethloff, K.; Ebner, L.; Fahrbach, E.; Frank, M.; Gollan, G.; Greatbatch, R. J.; Grieger, J.; Gryanik, V. M.; Gryschka, M.; Hauck, J.; Hoppema, M.; Huhn, O.; Kanzow, T.; Koch, B. P.; König-Langlo, G.; Langematz, U.; Leckebusch, G. C.; Lüpkes, C.; Paul, S.; Rinke, A.; Rost, B.; van der Loeff, M. R.; Schröder, M.; Seckmeyer, G.; Stichel, T.; Strass, V.; Timmermann, R.; Trimborn, S.; Ulbrich, U.; Venchiarutti, C.; Wacker, U.; Willmes, S. & Wolf-Gladrow, D. (2016), 'Meteorology and oceanography of the Atlantic sector of the Southern Ocean–a review of German achievements from the last decade', Ocean Dynamics 66(11), 1379--1413. Grieger, J.; Leckebusch, G. C., Donat, M. G., Schuster, M. & Ulbrich, U., 2014: Southern Hemisphere winter cyclone activity under recent and future climate conditions in multi-model AOGCM simulations, Int. J. Climatol., 34(12), 3400-3416, DOI: 10.1002/joc.3917 Ulbrich, U., Leckebusch, G. C., Grieger, J., Schuster, M., Akperov, M., Bardin, M., Feng, Y., Gulev, S., Inatsu, M., Keay, K., Kew, S. F., Liberato, M. L. R., Lionello, P., Mokhov, I. I., Neu, U., Pinto, J. G., Raible, C. C., Reale, M., Rudeva, I., Simmonds, I., Tilinina, N. D., Trigo, I. F., Ulbrich, S., Wang, X. L., Wernli, H., 2013: Are Greenhouse Gas Signals of Northern Hemisphere winter extra-tropical cyclone activity dependent on the identification and tracking algorithm?, Meteorol. Z., 22 (1), 61-68, DOI: 10.1127/0941-2948/2013/0420 Neu, U., Akperov, M. G., Bellenbaum, N., Benestad, R., Blender, R., Caballero, R., Cocozza, A., Dacre, H. F., Feng, Y., Fraedrich, K., Grieger, J., Gulev, S., Hanley, J., Hewson, T., Inatsu, M., Keay, K., Kew, S. F., Kindem, I., Leckebusch, G. C., Liberato, M. L. R.; Lionello, P.; Mokhov, I. I.; Pinto, J. G.; Raible, C. C.; Reale, M.; Rudeva, I.; Schuster, M.; Simmonds, I., Sinclair, M., Sprenger, M., Tilinina, N. D., Trigo, I. F., Ulbrich, S., Ulbrich, U., Wang, X. L. & Wernli, H., 2013: IMILAST - a community effort to intercompare extratropical cyclone detection and tracking algorithms, Bull. Amer. Meteor. Soc., 94 (4), 529-547, DOI: 10.1175/BAMS-D-11-00154.1

Tagungsbeiträge

2014

Schuster, M., Donat, M. G., Grieger, J., Leckebusch, G. C. & Ulbrich, U., 2014: Climate change of Southern Hemisphere cyclone activity and its possible mechanisms, Geophysical Research Abstracts, EGU General Assembly, Vienna, EGU2014-4041-1

2013

Neu, U. & the IMILAST team (including Grieger, J.), 2013: Intercomparison of mid latitude storm diagnostics (IMILAST) - project update, Geophysical Research Abstracts, EGU General Assembly, Vienna, EGU2013-1541

2012

Leckebusch, G. C., Wang, X. L., Kew, S. F., Grieger, J., Schuster, M., Ulbrich, U., Gulev, S. & the IMILAST team 2012: Trends and interannual variability of extra-tropical cyclones derived from different diagnostic methods, Geophysical Research Abstracts, EGU General Assembly, Vienna, EGU2012-12234. Grieger, J., Leckebusch, G. C. & Ulbrich, U., 2012: Dynamical Impacts on Change of Net Precipitation over Antarctica in an A1B Scenario, Geophysical Research Abstracts, EGU General Assembly, Vienna, EGU2012-2868

2011

Leckebusch, G. C., Langematz, U., Grieger, J., Abalichin, J., Schuster, M., Lange, J., Ulbrich, U. & Cubasch, U., 2011: Entwicklung extra-tropischer Zyklonenaktivität, die damit verbundenen Auswirkungen auf den Antarktischen Kontinent und der Bezug zum stratosphärischen Ozonloch, DFG SPP 1158, Workshop 2011, Bad Münster am Stein Neu, U., Gulev, S., Wang, X., Leckebusch, G. & the IMILAST team (including Grieger, J.), 2011: The IMILAST project: Intercomparison of mid-latitude storm diagnostics - background and aims of the project, WCRP 2011, Denver, CO, USA Neu, U., Leckebusch, G., Grieger, J., Schuster, M., Keay, K., Ulbrich, U. & the IMILAST team, 2011: The IMILAST project: Natural variability in cyclone characteristics and its method dependent asseccment in the Southern Hemisphere, WCRP 2011, Denver, CO, USA Grieger, J., Leckebusch, G. C., Schuster, M., Lange, J. & Ulbrich, U., 2011: Southern Hemisphere Cyclone Development and its Impacts on Net Precipitation under Recent and Anthropogenic Climate Conditions, EMS Annual Meeting Abstracts, EMS Annual Meeting, Berlin, EMS2011-563 Grieger, J., Leckebusch, G. C., Schuster, M. & Ulbrich, U., 2011: Southern Hemisphere cyclone development and transient moisture flux under recent and anthropogenic climate conditions, Geophysical Research Abstracts, EGU General Assembly, Vienna, EGU2011-1316

2010

Grieger, J., Leckebusch, G. C., Schuster, M. & Ulbrich, U. 2010: Entwicklung südhemisphärischer Zyklonen unter anthropogenem Klimawandel und deren Auswirkung auf den Feuchtetransport in die Antarktis, Kurzfassungen der Meteorologentagung DACH, DACH Meteorologentagung, Bonn, DACH2010-114 Schuster, M., Wild, S., Leckebusch, G. C., Grieger, J., Ulbrich, S., Pinto, J. & Ulbrich, U. 2010, Comparison of Southern Hemisphere cyclone tracks in ERA40 and ERA-Interim data, Geophysical Research Abstracts, EGU General Assembly, Vienna, EGU2010-12706 Abalichin, J., Kubin, A., Grieger, J., Langematz, U., Leckebusch, G. C., Joeckel, P. & Bruehl, C., 2010: Stratospheric ozone loss and Antarctic climate change: an update from a stratosphere resolving Chemistry Climate Model simulation, Geophysical Research Abstracts, EGU General Assembly, Vienna, EGU2010-918-1

2009

Leckebusch, G. C., Langematz, U., Grieger, J., Abalichin, J., Schuster, M., Ulbrich, U. & Cubasch, U., 2009: The shift of the Southern Hemisphere Storminess under Anthropogenic Climate Change around Antarctica and its Impacts, DFG SPP 1158, Workshop 2009, Hamburg Grieger, J., Leckebusch, G. C., Schuster, M. & Ulbrich, U., 2009: Southern Hemisphere Storminess under recent and anthropogenic climate conditions based on a multi model ensemble analysis, EMS Annual Meeting Abstracts, EMS Annual Meeting, Toulouse, EMS2009-282