Sebastian's Website
Research Interests
Projects
Meteor Crater Experiment (METCRAX 2006)
METCRAX
was designed to study the formation and development of cold air pools
in an idealized topography - in Arizona's Meteor Crater. For more
information, visit the METCRAX website of Prof. C. David Whiteman and the project websites of NCARs ISFF or ISS.
METCRAX is a 3-year program financed by the US National Science
Foundations. My postdoctoral study within the project is partially (1st
year) financed by the Swiss National Science Foundation
My personal interest in the project is to evaluate radiative effects in the evolution of inversions, such as the
- Radiation (and energy-) balance near the crater surface.
- Radiative flux divergence in the near surface boundary layer.
ETH Greenland Summit Experiment
The
ETH Greenland Summit project was designed to study the climate of
the dry snow zone of the Greenland Ice Sheet. My contribution to
this project as a PhD student at the Institute for Atmospheric and Climate Science IACETH at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETH) was to evaluate the surface energy
balance and to study the divergence of longwave radiation in the stably stratified
boundary layer.
An overview of the project can be found here. My doctoral thesis can be downloaded at the ETH E-collection.
Personal Interests
I very much
enjoy the outdoors, experiencing nature. I often try to capture my view
on things using the means of photography. Various photo albums can be
found here.