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Heike Kalesse
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
Research interests
- 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
Projects
CV
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
Teaching at University of Leipzig
Bachelor level
Master level
- remote sensing of the atmosphere with radar and microwave radiometer (winter semester)
Publications
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.
2006
- Cheng, Y.F., Eichler, H., Wiedensohler, A., Heintzenberg, J., Zhang, Y.H., Hu, M., Herrmann, H., Zeng, L.M., Liu, S., Gnauk, T., Brüggemann, E., He, L.Y., 2006. The mixing state of black carbon and non-light-absorbing aerosol components derived from in situ particle optical properties at Xinken in Pearl River Delta of China. J. Geophys. Res. 111, D20204, doi:10.1029/2005JD006929.
- Müller, D., Tesche, M., Eichler, H., Engelmann, R., Althausen, D., Ansmann, A., Cheng, Y.F., Zhang, Y.H., Hu, M., 2006. Strong particle light absorption over the Pearl River Delta (south China) and Beijing (north China) determined from combined Raman lidar and Sun photometer observations. Geophys. Res. Lett., 33, L20811, DOI:10.1029/2006GL027196.
- Pahlow, M., Müller, D., Tesche, M., Eichler, H., Feingold, G., Eberhard, W. L., Cheng, Y.F., 2006. Retrieval of aerosol properties from combined multiwavelength lidar and sunphotometer measurements. Appl. Opt., 45, 7429-7442.
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