Project affiliations

1st: A Modelling Approach of Gas Exchange and Surface Heterogeneity in Numerical Weather Prediction Models (DFG)

2nd: Improved Initial Conditions of Soil Moisture for Mesoscale Models using a new Data Assimilation Approach (HErZ)

MGK - Integrated Research Training Group (IRTG) – all doctoral students

Doctoral research topic

Project start date: 07/12

1st: Closing the gap between local scale and catchment scale measurements and moddelling of gas exchange processes over land surfaces

2nd: Retrospective Analysis of Regional Climate

Advisor: Prof. Dr. Clemens Simmer

Other doctoral committee members: Prof. Dr. Stefan Kollet, Dr. Matthieu Masbou

Scientific interests

• Modelling
• Boundary Layer Meteorology
• Hydrology

Education

2004-2012: Diploma, University of Bonn

Thesis title: Implementation and Evaluation of TERRA-ML-SIMTOP into the Weather Prediction Model COSMO

Conference contributions

D. Willms, M. Masbou, D. Schüttemeyer, A. Graf, A. van de Boer, A. Moene, C. Simmer, A Modelling Approach of Gas Exchange and Surface Heterogeneity in Numerical Weather Prediction Models, Workshop: Bridging the Gap, October 2012, Wageningen

D.Willms, J. Keller, M. Masbou, C. Ohlwein, C. Simmer, Improved Initial Conditions of Soil Moisture for Mesoscale Models using a new Data Assimilation Approach, AGU, December 2012, San Francisco

Links

• www.meteo.uni-bonn.de
• www.herz-tb4.uni-bonn.de