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Overview

Norbert Kalthoff is affiliated with the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology in Germany. Their research spans multiple disciplines within environmental and earth sciences, focusing primarily on atmospheric and planetary studies.

The main fields of study for Kalthoff include:

  • Environmental Science
  • Earth and Planetary Sciences

Their subfields emphasize various atmospheric and environmental engineering topics, including:

  • Atmospheric Science
  • Global and Planetary Change
  • Environmental Engineering
  • Aerospace Engineering
  • Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis

Kalthoff's research covers a range of topics related to meteorology and atmospheric processes. These main topics of their work involve:

  • Meteorological Phenomena and Simulations
  • Atmospheric aerosols and clouds
  • Wind and Air Flow Studies
  • Climate variability and models
  • Atmospheric chemistry and aerosols
  • Plant Water Relations and Carbon Dynamics
  • Air Quality and Health Impacts

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Kalthoff include:

  • Bianca Adler
  • Manuela Lehner
  • Andreas Wieser
  • Olga Kiseleva
  • Fabienne Lohou

Kalthoff has contributed to a number of publications across different journals. The most frequent publication venues are:

  • Meteorologische Zeitschrift
  • Atmospheric chemistry and physics
  • Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society
  • Atmospheric measurement techniques
  • Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society

Among recent papers authored or co-authored by Kalthoff are:

  • 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
  • CROSSINN: A Field Experiment to Study the Three-Dimensional Flow Structure in the Inn Valley, Austria, 2020, Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society
  • A Collaborative Effort to Better Understand, Measure, and Model Atmospheric Exchange Processes over Mountains, 2022, Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society
  • Observation of sensible and latent heat flux profiles with lidar, 2020, Atmospheric measurement techniques
  • An LES-based airborne Doppler lidar simulator and its application to wind profiling in inhomogeneous flow conditions, 2020, Atmospheric measurement techniques

Kalthoff has also contributed to book publications, including a work published by innsbruck university press eBooks:

  • Multi-scale transport and exchange processes in the atmosphere over mountains, 2020

Best Publications

  • HyMeX-SOP1: The Field Campaign Dedicated to Heavy Precipitation and Flash Flooding in the Northwestern Mediterranean

    Véronique Ducrocq;Isabelle Braud;Silvio Davolio;Rossella Ferretti

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

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

  • Measured and simulated vertical profiles of nitrous acid—Part I: Field measurements

    Jörg Kleffmann;Ralf Kurtenbach;Jutta Lörzer;Peter Wiesen

  • The Convective and Orographically-induced Precipitation Study (COPS): the scientific strategy, the field phase, and research highlights

    Volker Wulfmeyer;Andreas Behrendt;Christoph Kottmeier;Ulrich Corsmeier

  • Exchange Processes in the Atmospheric Boundary Layer Over Mountainous Terrain

    Stefano Serafin;Bianca Adler;Joan Cuxart;Stephan F. J. De Wekker

  • Moist Orographic Convection: Physical Mechanisms and Links to Surface-Exchange Processes

    Daniel J. Kirshbaum;Bianca Adler;Norbert Kalthoff;Christian Barthlott

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

    Bjorn Stevens;Claudia Acquistapace;Akio Hansen;Rieke Heinze

  • The energy balance, evapo-transpiration and nocturnal dew deposition of an arid valley in the Andes

    N. Kalthoff;M. Fiebig-Wittmaack;C. Meißner;M. Kohler

  • The Convective Storm Initiation Project

    Keith A. Browning;Alan M. Blyth;Peter A. Clark;Ulrich Corsmeier

  • The DACCIWA project: Dynamics-aerosol-chemistry-cloud interactions in West Africa

    Peter Knippertz;Hugh Coe;J. Christine Chiu;Mat J. Evans

  • Ozone concentration jump in the stable nocturnal boundary layer during a LLJ-event

    U. Corsmeier;N. Kalthoff;O. Kolle;M. Kotzian

  • Mechanisms initiating deep convection over complex terrain during COPS

    Christoph Kottmeier;Norbert Kalthoff;Christian Barthlott;Ulrich Corsmeier

  • Aspects of the convective boundary layer structure over complex terrain

    M. Kossmann;R. Vögtlin;U. Corsmeier;B. Vogel

  • Observation of convection initiation processes with a suite of state‐of‐the‐art research instruments during COPS IOP 8b

    A. Behrendt;S. Pal;F. Aoshima;M. Bender

  • The impact of convergence zones on the initiation of deep convection: A case study from COPS

    N. Kalthoff;B. Adler;Ch. Barthlott;U. Corsmeier

  • Mesoscale Wind Regimes in Chile at 30°S

    Norbert Kalthoff;Inge Bischoff-Gauß;Melitta Fiebig-Wittmaack;Franz Fiedler

  • Temporal evolution and spatial variation of the boundary layer over complex terrain

    N. Kalthoff;H.-J. Binder;M. Kossmann;R. VÖgtlin

  • Influence of valley winds on transport and dispersion of airborne pollutants in the Freiburg‐Schauinsland area

    N. Kalthoff;V. Horlacher;U. Corsmeier;A. Volz-Thomas

  • Observations of handover processes between the atmospheric boundary layer and the free troposphere over mountainous terrain

    M Kossmann;U Corsmeier;S. F. J De Wekker;F Fiedler

  • The HD(CP)2 Observational Prototype Experiment (HOPE) - An overview

    Andreas Macke;Patric Seifert;Holger Baars;Christian Barthlott

  • The Dynamics–Aerosol–Chemistry–Cloud Interactions in West Africa Field Campaign: Overview and Research Highlights

    Cyrille Flamant;Peter Knippertz;Andreas H. Fink;Aristide Akpo

Frequent Co-Authors

Ulrich Corsmeier
Ulrich Corsmeier Karlsruhe Institute of Technology
Christoph Kottmeier
Christoph Kottmeier Karlsruhe Institute of Technology
Andreas Behrendt
Andreas Behrendt University of Hohenheim
Susanne Crewell
Susanne Crewell University of Cologne
Bernhard Vogel
Bernhard Vogel Karlsruhe Institute of Technology
Volker Wulfmeyer
Volker Wulfmeyer University of Hohenheim
Alan M. Blyth
Alan M. Blyth University of Leeds
Peter Knippertz
Peter Knippertz Karlsruhe Institute of Technology
Cyrille Flamant
Cyrille Flamant Sorbonne University
Christian Hauck
Christian Hauck University of Fribourg

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