Research

Projections of climate change rely on an adequate representation of UTLS processes and their feedbacks in climate models. In the Collaborative Research Centre TPChange this is addressed by a combination of field measurements, laboratory studies, theoretical approaches, and multiscale numerical modelling. Based on an improved understanding of relevant processes at different scales, we will develop parameterisations to improve state-of-the-art climate models. Our goal is to specify the impact of UTLS processes on composition, dynamics and ultimately on future climate and climate variability.

Research Areas

The scientific projects in TPChange are organised in three main research areas:

Research Area A, B and C.

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Field Campaigns

Field Campaigns are one major source of data used in TPChange. TPEx (TropoPause compositon gradients and mixing Experiment) is the central field campaign of the TPChange research center.

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Data

TPChange brings together scientists who use a wide range of data products: laboratory, airborne, surface-based and spaceborne measurements on the one hand, and numerical model data of varying complexity on the other.

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Publications

A quite reasonable number of papers has already been published within TPChange: