Tobias Zinner

Education

2005	Dr. rer. nat., Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität, München
2001	Diplom Meteorologe, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität, München
	Courses in Physics and Meteorology, TU and LMU München,1995-1999
	Courses in Meteorology, University of Reading, United Kingdom,1999-2000

since 2013	„Akademischer Rat“, Scientist and lecturer, Meteorological Institute Munich, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München
2009-2013	Scientist and lecturer, Meteorological Institute Munich, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München
2007-2009	Postdoc, Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt (DLR) Oberpfaffenhofen, Institute for Atmospheric Physics, Department of Atmospheric Remote Sensing
2006-2007	Visiting Scientist, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Maryland, USA, Climate and Radiation Branch
2005-2006	Postdoc: DLR Oberpfaffenhofen, Institute for Atmospheric Physics, Department of Atmospheric Remote Sensing
2001-2004	Ph.D. student: DLR Oberpfaffenhofen, Institute for Atmospheric Physics, Department of Atmospheric Remote Sensing, Thesis: „Remote Sensing of Inhomogeneous Clouds and their Impact on the Radiation Budget“
2000-2001	Research Assistant: DLR Oberpfaffenhofen, Institute for Atmospheric Physics, Department of Cloud Physics and Traffic Meteorology, Diploma-Thesis: „Analysis and Modelling of Wake Vortex Behaviour in the Atmosphere“

Meteorologisches Institut
Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität
Theresienstr. 37
80333 München

Telefon: +49 (0)89 2180 4289
Telefax: +49 (0)89 28 05 508
Email: Tobias Zinner

Cloud spectrometer specMACS
Cloud radar miraMACS
Cloud side remote sensing of convective cloud microphysics
→ Zinner et al. (2008); Ewald et al. (2013); Ewald et al. (2019); Zinner et al. (2019).
Cb-TRAM: Tracking and nowcasting of thunderstorms and clouds using geostationary satellite data
→ Original version: Zinner et al. (2008)
→ Important updates and validation: Merk and Zinner (2013) and Zinner et al. (2013)
→ Solar irradiance nowcasting: Sirch et al. (2017)
Cloud property retrievals and the impact of inhomogeneities and 3D radiative transfer
→ Zinner and Mayer (2006), Zinner et al. (2006), Zinner et al. (2010); Bugliaro et al (2011), Zinner et al. (2016)

For publications see link to full list on the right.

Downscaling of cloud structures from numerical weather models as input for remote sensing simulations
Statistical analysis & stochastic simulation of cloud structure
Remote sensing of three-dimensional cloud structure
Numerical simulation of radiative transport ( libRadtran, MYSTIC)
Intercomparison of 3D Radiative Transfer Codes