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Clemens Simmer

Clemens Simmer

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Environmental Sciences

D-Index
56
Citations
10052
World Ranking
3691
National Ranking
252

Overview

Clemens Simmer is affiliated with the University of Bonn in Germany. Their research primarily focuses on Earth and Planetary Sciences, with a significant number of publications in Environmental Science as well. The main subfields covered by their work include Atmospheric Science, Global and Planetary Change, Environmental Engineering, Oceanography, and Aerospace Engineering.

The scientific topics addressed by Clemens Simmer span several areas, including:

  • Meteorological Phenomena and Simulations
  • Soil Moisture and Remote Sensing
  • Climate Variability and Models
  • Precipitation Measurement and Analysis
  • Cryospheric Studies and Observations
  • Atmospheric Aerosols and Clouds
  • Climate Change and Permafrost

Their recent publications demonstrate a focus on atmospheric and precipitation processes. Notable papers include:

  • "The Added Value of Large-eddy and Storm-resolving Models for Simulating Clouds and Precipitation," 2020, Journal of the Meteorological Society of Japan Ser II
  • "Overview: Fusion of radar polarimetry and numerical atmospheric modelling towards an improved understanding of cloud and precipitation processes," 2021, Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics
  • "Multimodel Ensemble Forecasts of Precipitation Based on an Object-Based Diagnostic Evaluation," 2020, Monthly Weather Review
  • "Comparison between precipitation estimates of ground-based weather radar composites and GPM's DPR rainfall product over Germany," 2020, Meteorologische Zeitschrift
  • "Assessing the benefits of specific attenuation for quantitative precipitation estimation with a C-band radar network," 2021, Journal of Hydrometeorology

Frequent publication venues for Clemens Simmer include:

  • Meteorologische Zeitschrift
  • Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics
  • Monthly Weather Review
  • Journal of Hydrometeorology
  • Journal of the Meteorological Society of Japan Ser II

The scientist collaborates regularly with a group of coauthors who contribute to related fields and topics. Frequent coauthors include Silke Trömel, Shaoning Lv, Jun Wen, Yijian Zeng, and Prabhakar Shrestha. Collaboration counts suggest ongoing multi-author research projects and team efforts in atmospheric sciences and related disciplines.

Best Publications

  • A network suitable microwave radiometer for operational monitoring of the cloudy atmosphere

    Thomas Rose;Susanne Crewell;Ulrich Löhnert;Clemens Simmer

  • The Convective and Orographically Induced Precipitation Study. A Research and Development Project of the World Weather Research Program for Improving Quantitative Precipitation Forecasting in Low-Mountain Regions

    Volker Wulfmeyer;Andreas Behrendt;Hans-Stefan Bauer;Christoph Kottmeier

  • PARSIVEL Snow Observations: A Critical Assessment

    Alessandro Battaglia;Elke Rustemeier;Ali Tokay;Ulrich Blahak

  • ISCCP Cloud Algorithm Intercomparison

    W. B. Rossow;F. Mosher;E. Kinsella;A. Arking

  • Changing structure of European precipitation: Longer wet periods leading to more abundant rainfalls

    Olga Zolina;Olga Zolina;Clemens Simmer;Sergey K. Gulev;Stefan Kollet

  • Large-eddy simulations over Germany using ICON: a comprehensive evaluation

    Rieke Heinze;Rieke Heinze;Anurag Dipankar;Cintia Carbajal Henken;Christopher Moseley

  • Proof of concept of regional scale hydrologic simulations at hydrologic resolution utilizing massively parallel computer resources

    Stefan J. Kollet;Reed M. Maxwell;Carol S. Woodward;Steve Smith

  • Changes in the Duration of European Wet and Dry Spells during the Last 60 Years

    Olga Zolina;Clemens Simmer;Konstantin Belyaev;Sergey K. Gulev

  • Potential Utilization of Specific Attenuation for Rainfall Estimation, Mitigation of Partial Beam Blockage, and Radar Networking

    Alexander Ryzhkov;Malte Diederich;Pengfei Zhang;Clemens Simmer

  • The Added Value of Large-Eddy and Storm-Resolving Models for Simulating Clouds and Precipitation

    Bjorn Stevens;Claudia Acquistapace;Akio Hansen;Rieke Heinze

  • Quasi-Vertical Profiles—A New Way to Look at Polarimetric Radar Data

    Alexander Ryzhkov;Pengfei Zhang;Heather Reeves;Matthew Kumjian

  • Remote sensing of cloud liquid water

    U. Karstens;C. Simmer;E. Ruprecht

  • The Influence of Hydrologic Modeling on the Predicted Local Weather: Two-Way Coupling of a Mesoscale Weather Prediction Model and a Land Surface Hydrologic Model

    G. Seuffert;P. Gross;C. Simmer;E. F. Wood

  • Analysis of extreme precipitation over Europe from different reanalyses: a comparative assessment

    Olga Zolina;Alice Kapala;Clemens Simmer;Sergey K. Gulev

  • Improving Estimates of Heavy and Extreme Precipitation Using Daily Records from European Rain Gauges

    Olga Zolina;Clemens Simmer;Konstantin Belyaev;Alice Kapala

  • Seasonally dependent changes of precipitation extremes over Germany since 1950 from a very dense observational network

    Olga Zolina;Olga Zolina;Clemens Simmer;Alice Kapala;Susanne Bachner

  • An Integrated Approach toward Retrieving Physically Consistent Profiles of Temperature, Humidity, and Cloud Liquid Water

    Ulrich Löhnert;Susanne Crewell;Clemens Simmer

  • Radiation physics and modelling for off-nadir satellite sensing of non-Lambertian surfaces

    S A W Gerstl;C Simmer

  • JOYCE: Jülich Observatory for cloud evolution

    U. Löhnert;J. H. Schween;C. Acquistapace;K. Ebell

  • Land-atmosphere coupling in EURO-CORDEX evaluation experiments

    Sebastian Knist;Klaus Goergen;Erasmo Buonomo;Ole Bøssing Christensen

Frequent Co-Authors

Stefan Kollet
Stefan Kollet Forschungszentrum Jülich
Susanne Crewell
Susanne Crewell University of Cologne
Alexander V. Ryzhkov
Alexander V. Ryzhkov University of Oklahoma
Ulrich Löhnert
Ulrich Löhnert University of Cologne
Harry Vereecken
Harry Vereecken Forschungszentrum Jülich
Harrie-Jan Hendricks Franssen
Harrie-Jan Hendricks Franssen Forschungszentrum Jülich
Sergey K. Gulev
Sergey K. Gulev Institute of Oceanology. PP Shirshov Russian Academy of Sciences
Sabine Attinger
Sabine Attinger Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research
Volker Wulfmeyer
Volker Wulfmeyer University of Hohenheim
Harald Kunstmann
Harald Kunstmann Karlsruhe Institute of Technology

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