The Atmospheric Dynamics working group addresses the following research issues:

• Climatology und variability of the stratosphere and mesosphere
• Chemistry-Climate-Interactions in the stratosphere and mesosphere
• Future development of the stratospheric ozone layer
• Effects of ozone changes on climate
• Influence of the 11-year solar variability on climate
• Modeling the climate of the past
• Stratosphere-troposphere-exchange
• The tropical TTL (Tropopause Transition Layer)
• Validation of Chemistry-Climate-Models
• Valdiation of satellite measurements
• Meteorological support for field measurements

 

For that purpose we use

• Global climate models:

• The ECHAM5-MESSy Climate model with interactive Chemistry (since 2005)
• The Freie Universität Berlin Climate Middle Atmosphere Model with interactive Chemistry (FUB-CMAM-CHEM) (until 2003)
• The Freie Universität Berlin Climate Middle Atmosphere Model (FUB-CMAM) (until 2003)

 

• global observational data sets, e.g.

• FUB Stratosphere analyses
• NCEP/NCAR Reanalyses
• ERA40-Reanalyses
• ERA-Interim
• MERRA

 

Research projects

ROMIC-SOLIC	Role Of the MIddle atmosphere in Climate: Quantification of Uncertainties of Solar Induced Climate variability	2014-
StratoClim	Stratospheric and upper tropospheric processes for better climate predictions	2014-
ISOLAA	Sea-Ice and Stratospheric Ozone-Links and Impact in the Arctic and Antarctic	2012-
MiKlip	Mittelfristige Klimaprognosen	2011-
SHARP	Stratospheric Change and its Role for Climate Prediction	2009-
HGF-Alliance PEL	Helmholtz Alliance 'Planetary Evolution and Life'	2008-2013
ProSECCO	Project on Solar Effects on Chemsitry and Climate Including Ocean Interactions	2005-2010
SOLVO	The Influence of SOLar Variability On Climate)	2004-2008
SCOUT-O3	Stratosphere-Climate Links With Emphasis On The UTLS	2004-2009
SCIA (BMBF)	(Subcontract with the University of Heidelberg) Validation of SCIAMACHY data products by balloon-borne measurements. Meterological support by trajectory calculations, based on ECMWF data.	2001-2006
ENVISAT (BMBF)	Creation and validation of data products from ENVISAT-measurements, and their usage for the investigation of the upper troposphere and stratosphere.	2000-2004
MESA (BMBF)	Model studies to investigate the influence of solar variability on the atmosphere	2000-2003
EuroSPICE (EU)	Investigation of the impact of the increase in greenhouse gases on climate (ozone layer, temperature trends ...)	2000-2003
SOLICE (EU)	Solar Influences on Climate and the Environment	2000-2003