Heike Kalesse

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Contact

Phone: +49 341/97-36650
heike [dot] kalesse [at] uni [dash] leipzig [dot] de
Institut für Meteorologie
Prager Straße 34, Room 506
04103 Leipzig

Remote sensing of the Arctic climate system
Cloud radar Doppler spectra analysis
Atmospheric retrieval algorithm development
Synergystic profiling with remote sensing instruments for atmospheric research
Microphysics, dynamics, and radiative impact of clouds

Professional career

since 04/2018: Leipzig Institut for Meteorology (LIM), Leipzig University, Germany: W1 Professorship with tenure track
03/2015 - 01/2018: Leibniz Institute for Tropospheric Research (Leipzig, Germany): Scientist
09/2011 - 10/2014: McGill University (Montreal, Canada): Postdoctoral Research Associate
05/2006 - 06/2010: J. Gutenberg University (Mainz, Germany): Doctoral Research Scientist
02/2003 - 04/2006: Leibniz Institute for Tropospheric Research (Leipzig, Germany): Student Research Assistant

Education

05/2006 - 06/2010: Johannes Gutenberg University, Mainz: PhD in Meteorology
10/2000 - 03/2006: University of Leipzig: Diplom in Meteorology (equivalent to Master's degree); Graduated with honours

Bachelor level

Master level

remote sensing of the atmosphere with radar and microwave radiometer (winter semester)
polar latitude climatology (summer semester)

Please note that some articles were published under the maiden name Heike Eichler.
orcID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6699-7040

2020

Foth, A., Zimmer, J., Lauermann, F., and, Kalesse, H.: Evaluation of micro rain radar-based precipitation classification algorithms to discriminate between stratiform and convective precipitation, Atmos. Chem. Phys., https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-2020-290, 2020.
Bromwich, D., Werner, K., Casati, B., Powers, J., Gorodetskaya, I., Massonnet, F., Vitale, V., Heinrich,V., Liggett, D., Arndt, S., Barja, B., Bazile, E., Carpentier, S., Carrasco, J., Choi, T., Choi, Y., Colwell, S., Cordero, R., Gervasi, M., Haiden, T., Hirasawa, N., Inoue, J., Jung, T., Kalesse, H., Kim, SJ., Lazzara, M., Manning, K., Norris, K., Park, S-J., Reid, P., Rigor, I., Rowe, P., Schmithuesen, H., Seifert, P., Sun, Q., Uttal, T., Zannoni, M., and Zou, X.: The Year of Polar Prediction in the Southern Hemisphere (YOPP-SH), Bull. Amer. Meteor. Soc., https://doi.org/10.1175/BAMS-D-19-0255.1, 2020.

2019

Kalesse, H., Vogl, T., Paduraru, C., and Luke, E.: Development and validation of a supervised machine learning radar Doppler spectra peak finding algorithm, Atmos. Meas. Tech., https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-12-4591-2019 , 2019.
Foth, A., Kanitz, T., Engelmann, R., Baars, H., Radenz, M., Seifert, P., Barja, B., Kalesse, H., and Ansmann, A.: Vertical aerosol distribution in the Southern hemispheric Midlatitudes as observed with lidar in Punta Arenas, Chile (53.2° S and 70.9° W) during ALPACA, Atmos. Chem. Phys., https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-19-6217-2019,2019.

2017

Barahona, D.; Molod, A., and Kalesse, H.: Direct Estimation of the global distribution of vertical velocity within cirrus clouds, Nature Scientific Reports, Scientific Reports 7, Article number: 6840 (2017) doi:10.1038/s41598-017-07038-6
P.R. Field, R.P. Lawson, P.R.A Brown, G. Lloyd, C. Westbrook, D. Moisseev, A. Miltenberger, A. Nenes, A. Blyth, T. Choularton, P. Connolly, J. Bühl, J. Croisier, Z. Cui, C. Dearden, P. deMott, A. Flossmann, A. Heymsfield, Y. Huang, H. Kalesse, Z.A., Kanji, A. Korolev, A. Kirchgaessner, S. Lasher-Trapp, T. Leisner, G. McFarquhar, V. Phillips, J. Stith, and S. Sullivan, 2017: Secondary Ice Production: Current State of the Science and Recommendations for the Future, AMS Meteorological Monograph, Ch. 7, 2017. doi.org/10.1175/AMSMONOGRAPHS-D-16-0014.1
J. Bühl, S. Alexander, S. Crewell, A. Heymsfield, H. Kalesse, A. Khain, M. Maahn, K. Van Tricht, and M. Wendisch, 2017: Remote Sensing, AMS Meteorological Monograph, Ch. 10, 2017. doi.org/10.1175/AMSMONOGRAPHS-D-16-0015.1

2016

Kalesse, H.; de Boer, Gijis; Solomon, Amy; Oue, Mariko; Ahlgrimm, Maike; Zhang, Damao; Shupe, Matthew D.; Luke, Edward; Protat, Alain, 2016: Understanding rapid changes in phase partitioning between cloud liquid and ice in stratiform mixed-phase clouds: An Arctic Case Study, Mon. Wea. Rev., 144. doi:10.1175/MWR-D-16-0155.1
Kalesse, H.; Szyrmer, W.; Kneifel, S.; Kollias, P.; Luke, E., 2016: Fingerprints of a riming event on cloud radar Doppler spectra: observations and modeling , Atm. Chem. and Phys., 16.
Kneifel, S.; Kollias, P.; Battaglia, A.; Leinonen, J.; Maahn, M.; Kalesse, H.; Tridon, F., 2016: First observations of triple-frequency radar Doppler spectra in snowfall: Interpretation and applications , Geophys. Res. Lett., 43.

2015

Zermeño-Díaz, D., C. Zhang, P. Kollias, and H. Kalesse, 2015: The Role of Shallow Cloud Moistening in MJO and Non-MJO Convective Events over the ARM Manus Site. J. Atmos. Sci., 72, 4797–4820.

2014

Muhlbauer, A., H. Kalesse, and P. Kollias, 2014: Vertical velocities in midlatitude anvil cirrus: A comparison between in situ aircraft measurements and ground-based Doppler cloud radar retrievals , Geophys. Res. Lett., 41
Deng, M., P. Kollias, Z. Feng, C. Zhang, C.N. Long, H. Kalesse, A. Chandra, V.V. Kumar, P.A.Protat, 2014. Stratiform and convective precipitation observed by multiple radars during the DYNAMO/AMIE experiment. J. Appl. Met.Clim., 53

2013

Kalesse, H., P. Kollias, W. Szyrmer, 2013. On using the relationship between Doppler velocity and radar reflectivity to identify microphysical processes in midlatitudinal ice clouds. J. Geophys. Res., 118, D020386
Kalesse, H. and P. Kollias, 2013. Climatology of High Cloud Dynamics Using Profiling ARM Doppler Radar Observations. J. Climate, 26, 6340–6359.

2010

Gong, Y., Hu, M., Cheng, Y.F., Su, H., Yue, D., Liu, F., Wiedensohler, A., Wang, Z., Kalesse, H., Liu, S., Wu, Z., Xiao, K., Mi, P., Zhang, Y., 2010. Competition of coagulation sink and source rate: new particle formation in the Pearl River Delta of China. Atmos. Environ., 44, 3278-3285
Schmale, J., Schneider, J., Jurkat, T., Voigt, C., Kalesse, H., Rautenhaus, M., Lichtenstern, M., Schlager, H., Ancellet, G., Arnold, F., Gerding, M., Mattis, I., Wendisch, M., Borrmann, S., 2010. Aerosol layers from the 2008 eruptions of Mount Okmok and Mount Kasatochi: In situ upper troposphere and lower stratosphere measurements of sulfate and organics over Europe. J. Geophys. Res., 115, D00L07 formation in the Pearl River Delta of China. Atmos. Environ., 44, 3278-3285
Schmidt, K. S., P. Pilewskie, B. Mayer, M. Wendisch, B. Kindel, S. Platnick, M. D. King, G. Wind, G. T. Arnold, L. Tian, G. Heymsfield, Kalesse, H., 2010.Apparent Absorption of Solar Spectral Irradiance in Heterogeneous Ice Clouds. J. Geophys. Res.,115
Voigt, C., Schumann, U., Jurkat, T., Schäuble, D., Schlager, H., Petzold, A., Gayet, J.-F., Krämer, M., Schneider, J., Borrmann, S., Schmale, J., Jessberger, P., Hamburger, T., Lichtenstern, M., Scheibe, M., Gourbeyre, C., Meyer, J., Kübbeler, M., Frey, W., Kalesse, H., Butler, T., Lawrence, M., Holzäpfel, F., Arnold, F., Wendisch, M., Döpelheuer, A., Gottschaldt, K., Baumann, R., Zöger, M., Sölch, I., Rautenhaus, M., Dörnbrack, A., 2010. In-situ observations of young contrails - overview and selected results from the CONCERT campaign. Atmos. Chem. Phys., 10, 9039-9056, doi:10.5194/acp-10-9039-2010

2009

Eichler, H., Ehrlich, A., Wendisch, M., Mioche, G., Gayet, J.-F., Wirth, M., Emde, C., Minikin, A., 2009. Influence of ice crystal shape on retrieval of cirrus optical thickness and effective radius: A case study. J. Geophys. Res., 114, D19203
Frey, W., Eichler, H., de Reus, M., Maser, R., Wendisch, M., Borrmann, S., 2009. A new airborne tandem platform for collocated measurements of microphysical cloud and radiation properties. Atmos. Meas. Tech. 2, 147-158, https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-2-147-2009, 2009.

2008

Eichler, H., Cheng, Y.F., Birmili, W., Nowak, A., Wiedensohler, A., Brüggemann, E., Gnauk, T., Herrmann, H., Althausen, D., Ansmann, A., Engelmann, R., Tesche, M., Wendisch, M., Zhang, Y. H., Hu, M., Liu, S., Zeng, L. M., 2008. Hygroscopic properties and extinction of aerosol particles at ambient relative humidity in South-Eastern China. Atmos. Environ., 42, 6321-6334, doi:10.1016/j.atmosenv.2008.05.007
Cheng, Y.F., Wiedensohler, A., Eichler, H., Su, H., Gnauk, T., Brüggemann, E., Herrmann, H., Heintzenberg, J., Slanina, J., Tuch,T., Hu, M., Zhang, Y.H., 2008. Aerosol optical properties and related chemical apportionment at Xinken in Pearl River Delta of China. Atmos. Environ., 42, 6351-6372.
Cheng, Y.F., Wiedensohler, A.,Eichler, H. , Heintzenberg, J., Tesche, M., Ansmann, A., Wendisch, M., Su, H., Althausen, D., Herrmann, H., Gnauk, T., Brüggemann, E., Hu, M., Zhang, Y.H., 2008. Relative humidity dependence of aerosol optical properties and direct radiative forcing in the surface boundary layer of South-Eastern China: an observation based numerical study. Atmos. Environ., 42. 6373-6397.
Wendisch, M., Hellmuth, O., Ansmann, A., Heintzenberg, J., Engelmann, R., Althausen, D., Eichler, H., Müller, D., Hu, M., Zhang, Y., Mao, J., 2008. Radiative and dynamic effects of absorbing aerosol particles over the Pearl River Delta, China. Atmos. Environ., 42, 6405-6416.