On-going Ph.D. Thesis Projects
- Topic/Title: Innovative methods for empirical-statistical downscaling and error correction for extreme precipitation over the Alpine region
Ph.D. thesis of S. Tani (WegCenter & IGAM/IP, Univ. of Graz)
Status: On-going, finalization expected 2019 (co-supervision A. Gobiet, ZAMG)
- Topic/Title: Generation of high-resolution wind fields from WegenerNet data and a spatial evaluation of regional climate models
Ph.D. thesis of C. Schlager (WegCenter, Univ. of Graz)
Status: On-going, finalization expected 2019
- Topic/Title: Radio occultation excess phase processing with integrated uncertainty estimation and evaluation towards tracing climate change
Ph.D. thesis of J. Innerkofler (WegCenter & DK Climate Change, Univ. of Graz)
Status: On-going, finalization expected 2019 (co-supervision M. Schwaerz)
- Topic/Title: Uncertainties and thresholds of hydrological changes in south-eastern Austria in a warming climate
Ph.D. thesis of C. Hohmann (WegCenter & DK Climate Change, Univ. of Graz)
Status: On-going, finalization expected 2019 (co-supervision S. Birk, DK Climate Change)
- Topic/Title: Planetary boundary layer experiments in regional climate models
Ph.D. thesis of A. Csáki (WegCenter & IGAM/IP, Univ. of Graz)
Status: On-going, finalization expected 2020 (co-supervision H. Truhetz and D. Maraun)
- Topic/Title: Hydrological intensification and damage risks due to extreme convective precipitation in a warming climate: Analysis in the southeastern Alpine forelands
Ph.D. thesis of M. H. Kabir (WegCenter & DK Climate Change, Univ. of Graz)
Status: On-going, finalization expected 2022 (co-supervision R. Baumgartner, DK Climate Change)
- Topic/Title: Preparing for hydrological hazards in torrential catchments in Styria/Austria under conditions of uncertainty
Ph.D. thesis of P. Krenn (DK Climate Change & Doctoral School Geography, Univ. of Graz)
Status: On-going, finalization expected 2022 (co-supervision O. Sass, Univ. of Bayreuth, DE)
- Topic/Title: Automatic differentiation for adjoint modeling and application to error propagation and sensitivity studies
Ph.D. thesis of M. Pock (WegCenter & IGAM/IP, Univ. of Graz)
Status: On-going, finalization expected 202N
- Topic/Title: Modellsimulationen zur Bildung und Ausbreitung von primären und sekundären Feinstaubaerosolen im Grazer Becken
Ph.D. thesis of S. Jost (WegCenter, Univ. of Graz, and Institute for Internal Combustion Engines and Thermodynamics, TU Graz)
Status: On-going, finalization expected 202N (supervised together with P. Sturm, Inst. for Internal Combustion Engines and Thermodynamics/Branch Traffic and Environment, TU Graz)
- Topic/Title: Tropospheric water vapor profiling from GPS radio occultation and its utility for climate applications
Ph.D. thesis of B. Biadeglgne (BOM-Bureau of Meteorol. and RMIT-SPACE, Melbourne, AUS; supported by WegCenter, Univ. of Graz, AT)
Status: On-going, finalization expected 202N (supervised together with K. Zhang, RMIT-SPACE, and J. Le Marshall, BOM)
Univ.-Prof. Dr.
Gottfried Kirchengast
Brandhofgasse 5, A-8010 Graz