Heinseberg Programm

Research grants

Data assimilation on convective scale based on first physical principles, DFG funded Heisenberg Award


Representing model error and observation error uncertainty for data assimilation of polarimetric radar measurements (REDPOL) DFG project funded as part of the SPP 2115 Fusion of radar polarimetry and numerical atmospheric modelling towards an improved understanding of cloud and precipitation processes (PROM)


New data assimilation approaches to better predict tropical convection DFG project funded as part of the transregio Waves to Weather


Past research grants

Convective-scale data assimilation, ensemble generation and predictability, Hans Ertel Centre for Weather Research phase 2 proposal funded by Federal Ministry of Transport and Digital Infrastructure


Parameter estimation using a data assimilation system for improved representation of clouds DFG project funded as part of the transregio Waves to Weather


Conservation laws and ensemble Kalman filter algorithms DFG Research Grant


High-resolution ensemble data assimilation system for the aviation forecasts Federal Ministry of Transport and Digital Infrastructure Grant


Fellowships/Awards

Heisenberg Award, 2018: ``Data assimilation on convective scale based on first physical principles''

Max Kade Foundation Fellowship, 2012: ``Preservation of physical properties during data assimilation with ensemble based Kalman filter algorithms''


The National Academies (USA), National Research Council Postdoctoral Fellowship Research Associateship Award, 2003: Stipend to work at NASA Goddard Space Flight Center from December 2003 till December 2004 on the project entitled: ``Error due to Unresolved Scales in Estimation Problems for Atmospheric Data Assimilation''


DFG research grant (PI, self funded position), 2002: Stipend for the project entitled ``High-Resolution Studies of Transport Processes in the Atmospheric Boundary Layer using the Synergy of Large Eddy Simulation and Measurements of Advanced Lidar Systems''


Smaller grants

Funding for writing the documentation of data assimilation system of DWD, 2013: Documentation of the DWD data assimilation system.


COSMO activity funding the third ISDA symposium at LMU, 2014: International Symposium for Data Assimilation (ISDA) 2014.


COSMO activity funding, 2013: Radar data assimilation exchange with DWD.