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Ulrike Lohmann

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Ulrike Lohmann
Born1966[1]
Alma materMax-Planck-Institut für Meteorologie
Scientific career
InstitutionsETH Zurich
ThesisSensitivität des Modellklimas eines globalen Zirkulationsmodells der Atmosphäre gegenüber Änderungen der Wolkenmikrophysik (1996)

Ulrike Lohmann is a climate researcher and professor for atmospheric physics at the ETH Zurich. She is known for her research on aerosol particles in clouds.

Early life, education, and career

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Lohmann comes from Kiel as the daughter of a teacher and a politician in the Social Democratic Party of Germany.[2] She did a volunteer year in an SOS Children's Village in Nigeria, and then studied ethnology and geography.[2] Inspired by environmental reports on climate change, she studied meteorology at the University of Mainz from 1988 to 1993.[2][3] She received her doctorate in 1996 at the Max Planck Institute for Meteorology.[4] She initially worked as assistant professor and associate professor for atmospheric sciences at Dalhousie University.[3] She has been a full professor of atmospheric physics at the Institute for Atmosphere and Climate at ETH Zurich since 2004.[3]

Research

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Lohmann's research centers on the interactions between global warming, aerosols, and cloud formation. Her early research modeled the influence of cirrus clouds on climate,[5] which she continued in her use of the ECHAM model.[6][7] Her research also considers the global indirect aerosol effects and the connection to climate change.[8] She also deals with the possibility of geoengineering by thinning cirrus clouds.[9] In the 2017 Science article, she notes "for the time being, cirrus cloud thinning should be viewed as a thought experiment that is helping to understand cirrus cloud–formation mechanisms".[9]

She is one of the lead authors on the chapters on Clouds and Aerosols in the fourth and fifth assessment reports of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC),[10] and she shared in the 2007 Nobel Peace Prize for her contribution to the IPCC reports.[11]

Lohmann supports the young people striking to draw attention to climate change,[2] and in 2019 she was one of the scientists signing on to a statement on the school protests for climate protection to draw attention to the climate crisis.[12]

Selected publications

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  • Lohmann, U.; Feichter, J. (2005-03-03). "Global indirect aerosol effects: a review". Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics. 5 (3): 715–737. Bibcode:2005ACP.....5..715L. doi:10.5194/acp-5-715-2005. hdl:20.500.11850/33632. ISSN 1680-7324.
  • Lohmann, Ulrike; Gasparini, Blaž; Haberland, G. (21 July 2017). "A cirrus cloud climate dial?". Science. 357 (6348): 248–249. Bibcode:2017Sci...357..248L. doi:10.1126/science.aan3325. PMID 28729496. S2CID 5090908.
  • Storelvmo, T.; Leirvik, T.; Lohmann, U.; Phillips, P. C. B.; Wild, M. (April 2016). "Disentangling greenhouse warming and aerosol cooling to reveal Earth's climate sensitivity" (PDF). Nature Geoscience. 9 (4): 286–289. Bibcode:2016NatGe...9..286S. doi:10.1038/ngeo2670.
  • Lohmann, Ulrike (2016). An Introduction to Clouds : From the Microscale to Climate. Cambridge. ISBN 9781139087513.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)

Awards

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Personal life

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She lives on Lake Zurich, and her passions are endurance sports and rowing.[2]

References

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  1. ^ "Curriculum Vitae Prof. Dr. Ulrike Lohmann" (PDF). Retrieved September 10, 2021.
  2. ^ a b c d e Martin, Läubli (August 31, 2019). "Die Wolkenfrau". Der Bund (in German). Retrieved 10 September 2021.
  3. ^ a b c d Switzerl, Address ETH Zürich Dep of Environmental Systems Science Prof Dr Ulrike Lohmann Institut für Atmosphäre und Klima CHN O. 11 Universitätstrasse 16 8092 Zürich. "Lohmann, Ulrike, Prof. Dr. | ETH Zurich". usys.ethz.ch. Retrieved 10 September 2021.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  4. ^ Lohmann, Ulrike (1996). Sensitivität des Modellklimas eines globalen Zirkulationsmodells der Atmosphäre gegenüber Änderungen der Wolkenmikrophysik (Thesis) (in German). Hamburg: Max-Planck-Institut für Meteorologie. OCLC 35848750.
  5. ^ Lohmann, Ulrike; Roeckner, Erich (1995). "Influence of cirrus cloud radiative forcing on climate and climate sensitivity in a general circulation model". Journal of Geophysical Research. 100 (D8): 16305. Bibcode:1995JGR...10016305L. doi:10.1029/95JD01383. hdl:21.11116/0000-0001-901F-A. ISSN 0148-0227.
  6. ^ Lohmann, U.; Stier, P.; Hoose, C.; Ferrachat, S.; Kloster, S.; Roeckner, E.; Zhang, J. (2007-07-02). "Cloud microphysics and aerosol indirect effects in the global climate model ECHAM5-HAM". Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics. 7 (13): 3425–3446. Bibcode:2007ACP.....7.3425L. doi:10.5194/acp-7-3425-2007. hdl:20.500.11850/7331. ISSN 1680-7324.
  7. ^ Lohmann, U.; Roeckner, E. (1996-06-01). "Design and performance of a new cloud microphysics scheme developed for the ECHAM general circulation model". Climate Dynamics. 12 (8): 557–572. Bibcode:1996ClDy...12..557L. doi:10.1007/BF00207939. ISSN 1432-0894. S2CID 129250027.
  8. ^ Lohmann, U.; Feichter, J. (2005-03-03). "Global indirect aerosol effects: a review". Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics. 5 (3): 715–737. Bibcode:2005ACP.....5..715L. doi:10.5194/acp-5-715-2005. hdl:20.500.11850/33632. ISSN 1680-7324.
  9. ^ a b Lohmann, Ulrike; Gasparini, Blaž (2017-07-21). "A cirrus cloud climate dial?". Science. 357 (6348): 248–249. Bibcode:2017Sci...357..248L. doi:10.1126/science.aan3325. PMID 28729496. S2CID 5090908.
  10. ^ "IPCC Authors (beta)". archive.ipcc.ch. Retrieved 2021-09-11.
  11. ^ "The Nobel Peace Prize 2007". NobelPrize.org. Retrieved 2021-06-28. the scientific reports it has issued over the past two decades
  12. ^ Rahmstorf, Stefan (2019-03-12). "12 000 Wissenschaftler stellen sich hinter die streikenden Schüler". KlimaLounge (in German). Retrieved 2021-09-11.
  13. ^ "Lohmann". Honors Program. Retrieved 2021-09-10.
  14. ^ "The Golden Tricycle Award". ethz.ch. Retrieved 2021-09-11.
  15. ^ Langholz, Thomas (December 17, 2013). ""Strong performance, high expectations"". ethz.ch. Retrieved 2021-09-11.
  16. ^ "List of Members". Nationale Akademie der Wissenschaften Leopoldina. Retrieved 2021-09-10.
  17. ^ "Peter V. Hobbs Memorial Endowed Lecture in Experimental Meteorology". Department of Atmospheric Sciences. Retrieved 2021-09-11.
  18. ^ "Honorary doctorate for Ulrike Lohmann". ethz.ch. May 8, 2018. Retrieved 2021-09-10.
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