The Environmental Physics Subproject
Prof. Dr. Werner Aeschbach-Hertig
Heidelberg University
Institut für Umweltpysik
Room 434
Im Neuenheimer Feld 229,
D-69120 Heidelberg
Email: aeschbach@iup.uni-heidelberg.de
Werner Aeschbach-Hertig is Professor of Environmental Physics at the University of Heidelberg. He studied physics at ETH Zurich and worked as a Research and Teaching Assistant at the Department of Environmental Physics of Eawag/ETH Zurich and as a Postdoc at LDEO, Columbia University. He was Marsilius Fellow in 2009/2010.
Prof. Dr. Thomas Leisner
Heidelberg University
Institut für Umweltpysik
Im Neuenheimer Feld 229
D-69120 Heidelberg
Email: Thomas.Leisner@iup.uni-heidelberg.de
Thomas Leisner is Professor of Physics of the Atmosphere at the University of Heidelberg and Director at the Institute of Meteorology and Climate Research, KIT, Karlsruhe. He studied physics in Erlangen and Konstanz and worked as Post Doc at the University of New Hampshire as well as a Research Scientist at the Free University in Berlin and a Professor of Environmental Physics at the Technical University of Ilmenau.
Prof. Dr. Ulrich Platt
Heidelberg University
Institut für Umweltpysik
Room 424
Im Neuenheimer Feld 229
D-69120 Heidelberg
Email: ulrich.platt@iup.uni-heidelberg.de
Ulrich Platt is Professor of Experimental Physics, Department of Physics, Heidelberg University. He studied Physics at Heidelberg University (1974-1977) and was research scholar at the Institute for Atmospheric Chemistry, Jülich Research Institute as well as a Visiting Scholar at the “Statewide Air Pollution Research Center” (SAPRC) at the University of California at Riverside. He is Marsilius Fellow in 2010/2011.
Stefan Müller-Klieser, Dipl.-Phys.
Ruprecht-Karls-Universität Heidelberg
Institut für Umweltpysik
Im Neuenheimer Feld 229
D-69120 Heidelberg
Email: stefan.mueller-klieser@kit.edu
Stefan Müller-Klieser studied physics at the University of Heidelberg,
receiving his diploma in 2009. Since October 2009 he has been a PhD
candidate at the Institute of Environmental Physics and a member of the
Marsilius Kolleg project on the “The Global Governance of Climate
Engineering”. In his thesis he is interested in numerical models for
aerosol transportation on a local scale. This ranges from technical
studies to cloud interaction models.
The project in brief:
As it becomes increasingly clear that mitigation measures may not be implemented in time to prevent serious climate change, we cannot afford to ignore the option of climate engineering. Research is needed to objectively assess the potential and risks of climate engineering. The aim of the project in environmental physics is to assess the feasibility and side effects of climate engineering methods, in particular the proposal of "cloud whitening". Based on the expertise of the project participants in aerosol and atmospheric physics as well as hydrological science, the effects of geoengineering measures on radiation transport and the hydrological cycle will be investigated.
Project Description Environmental Physics
Project Publications:
Feichter, Johann/Leisner, Thomas (2010): Climate engineering: A critical review of approaches to modify the global energy balance. In: The European Physical Journal (Special Topics) 147: 1, pp. 81-92. [Abstract]
Leisner, Thomas/Müller-Klieser, Stefan (2010): Aerosolbasierte Methoden des Climate Engineering: Eine Bewertung. In: Technikfolgenabschätzung - Theorie und Praxis 19(2), 25-32.