2016

Presentations

Year 2016

Presentations at International Conferences/Workshops/Seminars

Brunner, L., G. C. Hegerl, and A. K. Steiner
Linking atmospheric blocking in spring to European temperature extremes
presented at the AGU Fall Meeting, San Francisco, USA, Dec. 2016

Brunner, L., A. K. Steiner, B. Scherllin-Pirscher, and M. W. Jury
Blocking detection and analysis with GPS radio occultation observations
presented at the OPAC-IROWG 2016 International Workshop, Seggau Castle, Austria, Dec. 2016

Ladstädter, F., A. K. Steiner, B. Angerer, and H. Wilhelmsen
Vertically resolved trends and imprints of recent record years in the UTLS from GPS RO (poster)
presented at the AGU Fall Meeting, San Francisco, USA, Dec. 2016
Presenter: A. K. Steiner

O, S., and P.-E. Kirstetter
Evaluation of the GPM IMERG precipitation estimates over complex terrain in the United States (poster)
presented at the AGU Fall Meeting, San Francisco, USA, Dec. 2016

Schröer, K., and G. Kirchengast
Variability of temperature sensitivity of extreme precipitation from a regional-to-local impact scale perspective (poster)
presented at the AGU Fall Meeting, San Francisco, USA, Dec. 2016

Schröer, K., and M. Tye
Assessing changes in extreme convective precipitation from a damage perspective (poster)
presented at the AGU Fall Meeting, San Francisco, USA, Dec. 2016

Steiner, A. K., and the ARSCliSys group
Recent advances in climate monitoring with GNSS radio occultation capturing atmospheric variability and trends (invited poster)
presented at the AGU Fall Meeting, San Francisco, USA, Dec. 2016

Angerer, B., F. Ladstädter, B. Scherllin-Pirscher, M. Schwärz, and A. K. Steiner
Quality aspects of the WEG multi-satellite RO record (poster)
presented at the OPAC-IROWG 2016 International Workshop, Seggau Castle, Austria, Sep. 2016

Biondi, R., A. K. Steiner, and G. Kirchengast
GPS radio occultation for studying extreme atmospheric events: demonstrated utility and future prospects (oral)
presented at the OPAC-IROWG 2016 International Workshop, Seggau Castle, Austria, Sep. 2016

Gorbunov, M. E., and G. Kirchengast
Regression-based bias correction of GPS radio occultation data
presented at the OPAC-IROWG 2016 International Workshop, Seggau Castle, Austria, Sep. 2016

Hierro, R., A. K. Steiner, A. de la Torre, and P. Llamedo
Gravity waves and convective systems over the Alps and Andes (poster)
presented at the OPAC-IROWG 2016 International Workshop, Seggau Castle, Austria, Sep. 2016
Presenter: A. de la Torre

Innerkofler, J., C. Pock, G. Kirchengast, M. Schwärz, A. Jäggi, Y. Andres, C. Marquardt, and J. Schwarz
SI-traceable radio occultation excess phase processing with integrated uncertainty estimation for climate applications
presented at the OPAC-IROWG 2016 International Workshop, Seggau Castle, Austria, Sep. 2016

Kirchengast, G., A. Loescher, and A. von Engeln
Progress in LEO-LEO occultation: results from the May 2016 interagency workshop on cooperation options towards a LEO-LEO mission
presented at the OPAC-IROWG 2016 International Workshop, Seggau Castle, Austria, Sep. 2016

Kirchengast, G., M. Schwärz, J. Schwarz, B. Scherllin-Pirscher, C. Pock, J. Innerkofler, V. Proschek, A. K. Steiner, J. Danzer, F. Ladstädter, and U. Foelsche
The reference occultation processing system approach to interpret GNSS radio occultation as SI-traceable planetary system refractometer
presented at the OPAC-IROWG 2016 International Workshop, Seggau Castle, Austria, Sep. 2016

Li, Y., G. Kirchengast, B. Scherllin-Pirscher, M. Schwärz, J. K. Nielsen, and Y. B. Yuan
A new algorithm for the retrieval of atmospheric profiles from GNSS radio occultation data in moist air conditions
presented at the OPAC-IROWG 2016 International Workshop, Seggau Castle, Austria, Sep. 2016

Liu, C. L., G. Kirchengast, Y. Q. Sun, W. H. Bai, Q. F. Du, J. Fritzer, M. Schwärz, K. Zhang, R. Norman, and S. Q. Wu
Effects of large scale ionospheric structure on RIEs in bending angles based on ray tracing simulations
presented at the OPAC-IROWG 2016 International Workshop, Seggau Castle, Austria, Sep. 2016

Pisoft, P., P. Sacha, B. Scherllin-Pirscher, and U. Foelsche
Quantification of information loss in the GPS RO dry temperature profiles
presented at the OPAC-IROWG 2016 International Workshop, Seggau Castle, Austria, Sep. 2016

Rieckh, T., R. Anthes, W. Randel, S.-P. Ho, and U. Foelsche
Tropospheric dry Layers in the Tropical Western Pacific: A comparison of Multiple Data Sets
presented at the OPAC-IROWG 2016 International Workshop, Seggau Castle, Austria, Sep. 2016

Sacha, P., B. Scherllin-Pirscher, C. Jacobi, U. Foelsche, and P. Pisoft
Analysis of internal gravity wave and planetary wave activity using GPS RO data
presented at the OPAC-IROWG 2016 International Workshop, Seggau Castle, Austria, Sep. 2016

Scherllin-Pirscher, B., W. J. Randel, and J. Kim
Temperature variability and Kelvin wave activity in the equatorial region observed with GPS radio occultation
presented at the OPAC-IROWG 2016 International Workshop, Seggau Castle, Austria, Sep. 2016

Schwarz, J., G. Kirchengast, and M. Schwärz
Uncertainty propagation in the Reference Occultation Processing System (rOPS): on-going work and results for levels 1b and 2a
presented at the OPAC-IROWG 2016 International Workshop, Seggau Castle, Austria, Sep. 2016

Schwärz, M., G. Kirchengast, B. Scherllin-Pirscher, F. Ladstädter, and A. Dehn
Validation of thermodynamic profiles from MIPAS against GPS radio occultation and high-quality radiosondes
presented at the OPAC-IROWG 2016 International Workshop, Seggau Castle, Austria, Sep. 2016

Steiner, A. K., B. Scherllin-Pirscher, F. Ladstädter, R. Klingler, B. Angerer, C. Ao, H. Gleisner, D. Hunt, T. Schmidt, A. von Engeln, U. Foelsche, S-P. Ho, G. Kirchengast, Y-H. Kuo, K. B. Lauritsen, A. J. Mannucci, C. Marquardt, W. Schreiner, S. Syndergaard, and J. Wickert
Consistency of multi-satellite RO records from different data centers: First results (oral)
presented at the OPAC-IROWG 2016 International Workshop, Seggau Castle, Austria, Sep. 2016

Steiner, A. K., B. Scherllin-Pirscher, F. Ladstädter, H. Wilhelmsen, and B. Angerer
Vertically resolved atmospheric trends from the RO record 2001 to 2016 (oral)
presented at the OPAC-IROWG 2016 International Workshop, Seggau Castle, Austria, Sep. 2016

von Engeln, A., D. Ector, T. Mannucci, S. Healy, and U. Foelsche
The IROWG: The past and what’s coming up (panel discussion)
presented at the OPAC-IROWG 2016 International Workshop, Seggau Castle, Austria, Sep. 2016

Wilhelmsen, H., B. Scherllin-Pirscher, F. Ladstädter, and A. K. Steiner
Atmospheric QBO indices from GPS radio occultation (poster)
presented at the OPAC-IROWG 2016 International Workshop, Seggau Castle, Austria, Sep. 2016

Kirchengast, G., M. Schwärz, J. Schwarz, B. Scherllin-Pirscher, C. Pock, J. Innerkofler, V. Proschek, A. K. Steiner, J. Danzer, F. Ladstädter, and U. Foelsche
Using GNSS radio occultation as insitu-typeSI-traceable planetary system refractometer: a new benchmark for monitoring the climate (invited)
presented at the 13th Annual Meeting Asia Oceania Geosciences Society (AOGS 2016), Beijing, China, Aug. 2016

Kirchengast, G.
Monitoring of climate change and greenhouse gases by LEO-LEO microwave and IR-laser occultation: exciting science and cooperation opportunities (invited)
presented at the International Guest Seminar, Beijing, China, Aug. 2016

Kirchengast, G.
NSSC-WEGC LEO-LEO MWO demonstration mission ACCURATE-1: on a concept for a pioneering small satellite LEO-LEO microwave occultation mission (invited)
presented at the International Guest Seminar, Beijing, China, Aug. 2016

Kirchengast, G.
WEGC’s GNSS RO activities towards EOPAC - the European Occultation Processing and Analysis Center for Cal/Val and Climate (invited)
presented at the International Guest Seminar, Beijing, China, Aug. 2016

Kirchengast, G., and A. K. Steiner
GNSS radio occultation for climate: new results and advances for monitoring variability, trends, and extreme events (invited)
presented at the IAG/CPGPS International Conference on GNSS+ (ICG+2016), Shanghai, China, Jul. 2016

Foelsche, U., S. Healy, and T. Mannucci
Radio Occultation and IROWG matters (invited)
presented at the 44th plenary session of the Coordination Group for Meteorological Satellites (CGMS), Biot, France, Jun. 2016
Presenters: Foelsche, U. and T. Mannucci

Schröer, K.
Variability of temperature sensitivity of extreme precipitation (oral)
presented at the HOBE Young Hydrologist Workshop, Salten Skov, Denmark, Jun. 2016

Kirchengast, G.
Reference Occultation Processing System (rOPS) work at WEGC: development status and steps towards EOPAC (invited)
presented at the 3rd RO-SAG Meeting, Darmstadt, Germany, May 2016

Brunner, L., A. K. Steiner, G. Hegerl, B. Scherllin-Pirscher, M. W. Jury
Blocking detection and analysis with GPS radio occultation observations (oral)
presented at the Workshop on Atmospheric Blocking, Reading, UK, Apr. 2016

Innerkofler, J., C. Pock, G. Kirchengast, M. Schwärz, A. Jäggi, and J. Schwarz
Towards SI-traceable radio occultation excess phase processing with integrated uncertainty estimation for climate applications (poster)
presented at the EGU General Assembly 2016, Vienna, Austria, Apr. 2016

Hohmann, C., G. Kirchengast, and S. Birk
A vulnerability analysis for a drought vulnerable catchment in south-eastern Austria (poster)
presented at the EGU General Assembly 2016, Vienna, Austria, Apr. 2016

Hohmann, C., G. Kirchengast, and S. Birk
Vulnerabilität eines dürregefährdeten Einzugsgebiets im Südosten der Steiermark unter sich ändernden Umweltbedingungen (poster)
presented at the 17. Österr. Klimatag, Graz, Austria, P06, Apr. 2016

Foelsche, U., A. K. Steiner, B. Scherllin-Pirscher, J. Danzer, F. Ladstädter, M. Schwärz, T. Rieckh, J. Schwarz, R. Klinger, R. Biondi, L. Brunner, J. Fritzer, and G. Kirchengast
Beobachtung von klimatischen Veränderungen und atmosphärischen Prozessen mittels GPS Radio-Okkultation (poster)
presented at the 17. Österr. Klimatag, Graz, Austria, Apr. 2016

Fuchsberger, J., G. Kirchengast, C. Schlager, T. Kabas, and C. Bichler
WegenerNet climate station networks: overview and examples (poster)
presented at the 17. Österr. Klimatag, Graz, Austria, P07, Apr. 2016

Kirchengast, G., M. Schwärz, J. Schwarz, B. Scherllin-Pirscher, C. Pock, J. Innerkofler,
V. Proschek, A. K. Steiner, J. Danzer, F. Ladstaedter, and U. Foelsche
Employing GNSS radio occultation for solving the global climate monitoring problem for the fundamental state of the atmosphere (oral)
presented at the EGU General Assembly 2016, Vienna, Austria, Apr. 2016

O, S., U. Foelsche, G. Kirchengast, and J. Fuchsberger
First results from comparison of rainfall estimations by GPM IMERG with rainfall measurements from the WegenerNet high density network (poster)
presented at the EGU General Assembly 2016, Vienna, Austria, Apr. 2016

O, S., U. Foelsche, G. Kirchengast, and J. Fuchsberger
The WegenerNet high density network as a tool to explore uncertainties in measured extreme rainfall events (poster)
presented at the 17. Österr. Klimatag, Graz, Austria, P09, Apr. 2016

Schlager, C., G. Kirchengast, and J. Fuchsberger
Generation of high-resolution wind fields from the dense meteorological station network WegenerNet in South-Eastern Austria (poster)
presented at the EGU General Assembly 2016, Vienna, Austria, Apr. 2016

Schröer, K., and G. Kirchengast
Temperature sensitivity of extreme precipitation events in the south-eastern Alpine forelands (poster)
presented at the EGU General Assembly 2016, Vienna, Austria, Apr. 2016

Schröer, K., and G. Kirchengast
Temperatursensitivität von Niederschlagsereignissen im südöstlichen Alpenvorland (poster)
presented at the 17. Österr. Klimatag, Graz, Austria, P12, Apr. 2016

Steiner, A. K., B.C. Lackner, M. A. Ringer, and G. Kirchengast
Model evaluation with GPS radio occultation observations in the UTLS (oral)
presented at the SPARC ATC Activity Workshop Atmospheric Temperature Changes and their Drivers, Graz, Austria, Apr. 2016

Foelsche, U.
Report of the CGMS International Radio Occultation Working Group – IROWG (invited)
presented at the 6th Meeting of Joint CEOS/CGMS Working Group on Climate, Paris, France, Mar. 2016

Steiner, A. K., R. Biondi, G. Kirchengast, and T. Rieckh
Characterization of cyclones and volcanic clouds with GPS radio occultation (oral)
presented at the 3rd International Conference on GPS Radio Occultation (ICGPSRO), Taipeh, Taiwan, Mar. 2016

Kirchengast, G.
GNSS radio occultation and LEO microwave occultation: accurate profiling of tropospheric water vapor, water clouds, and thermodynamic structure (invited)
presented at the ISSI Workshop on Shallow Clouds, Water Vapor, Circulation and Climate Sensitivity, Berne, Switzerland, Feb. 2016

Selected Further Presentations
(at Meetings of Int'l Bodies, Universities, Public Symposia, etc.)

Kirchengast, G.
Herausforderung Klimawandel: können wir den nötigen Klimaschutz noch schaffen? (invited)
presented at the Reihe ALL-Tage Kunst-Wissen-Technologie 2016/17 - UCI Kinowelt Annenhof, Graz, Austria, Nov. 2016

Kirchengast, G.
Klimawandel - Verursachung, Verstrickung, Verantwortung (invited)
presented at the ?denkzeitraum 2016/17 - Wem gehört das Klima?, Graz, Austria, Nov. 2016

Maycock, A. C., A. K. Steiner, and W. Randel
Atmospheric temperature changes and their drivers – SPARC ATC activity
presented at the SPARC 24th Scientific Steering Group meeting, Berlin, Germany, Nov. 2016

Hohmann, C.
Sensitivity analysis of a drought endangered catchment in South-Eastern Austria during environmental changes (WaSiM) (invited)
presented at the PhD Seminar, Munich, Germany, Oct. 2016

Kirchengast, G.
Herausforderung Klimaschutz – können wir den Klimawandel noch einbremsen? (invited)
presented at the Montagsakademie, Graz, Austria, Oct. 2016

Brunner, L., G. C. Hegerl, and A. K. Steiner
Linking atmospheric blocking in spring to European temperature extremes (poster)
presented at the Summer School on Coping with Climate Change, Reinischkogel, Austria, Sep. 2016

Foelsche, U.
Von der Erdoberfläche zum erdnahen Weltraum – geophysikalische Forschung am Institut für Physik der Universität Graz (invited keynote)
presented at the Jahrestagung des Österreichischen Nationalkomitees der IUGG (International Union of Geodesy and Geophysics), Kapfenstein, Austria, Sep. 2016

Foelsche, U.
Klimakonferenz Paris 2015 — Herausforderungen und Lösungsansätze, Podiumsdiskussion (invited)
presented at the Arbeitskreis Energie der Österreichischen Physikalischen Gesellschaft, Vienna, Austria, Jun. 2016

Steiner, A. K., A. C. Maycock, and W. Randel
Atmospheric Temperature Changes and their Drivers (ATC) – New Avenues of the Stratospheric Temperature Trends Activity (oral)
presented at the SPARC ATC Activity Workshop Atmospheric Temperature Changes and their Drivers, Graz, Austria, Apr. 2016

Kirchengast, G.
Der Klimawandel – aktueller Wissensstand, Risiken und Chancen (invited)
presented at the LV Physik in Natur und Technik Gastvortrag, Inst. f. Physik/Univ. Graz, Graz, Austria, Apr. 2016

Kirchengast, G.
Wo brennt es? Fakten und Trends zum Klima- und Umweltwandel (invited)
presented at the Spiritueller Montag St. Leonhard Schwerpunktreihe Klimawandel, Graz, Austria, Apr. 2016

Brunner, L., A. K. Steiner, G. Hegerl, B. Scherllin-Pirscher, M. W. Jury
Blocking detection and analysis with GPS radio occultation observations (oral)
presented at the Contemporary climate talk, School of Geosciences, Edinburgh, UK, Mar. 2016

Fuchsberger, J., G. Kirchengast, C. Schlager, T. Kabas, and C. Bichler
WegenerNet climate station networks: overview and examples (poster)
presented at the LTER-Austria Jahreskonferenz 2016, Innsbruck, Austria, Mar. 2016

Kirchengast, G.
Der Klimawandel und seine Risiken und Chancen – was wissen wir 2016 und was ist zu tun? (invited)
presented at the Rotary Club Feldbach Tuesday Meeting, Feldbach, Austria, Mar. 2016

Steiner, A. K.
Einblicke in unsere Atmosphäre mittels GPS Radio-Okkultation: Klimavariabilität, Trends und Extremereignisse (invited)
presented at the Jahreshauptversammlung der Österreichischen Gesellschaft für Meteorologie, ZAMG, Wien, Austria, Mar. 2016

Foelsche, U.
Klimawandel: Lektionen aus der Vergangenheit und Perspektiven für die Zukunft (invited)
presented at the Katholisches Bildungswerk Heiligenkreuz am Waasen, Austria, Feb. 2016