Ulrike Lohmann (born 1966[2]) is a climate researcher and professor for atmospheric physics at the ETH Zurich. She is known for her research on aerosol particles in clouds.
Lohmann comes from Kiel as the daughter of a teacher and a politician in the Social Democratic Party of Germany.[3] She did a volunteer year in an SOS Children's Village in Nigeria, and then studied ethnology and geography.[3] Inspired by environmental reports on climate change, she studied meteorology at the University of Mainz from 1988 to 1993.[3][4] She received her doctorate in 1996 at the Max Planck Institute for Meteorology.[5] She initially worked as assistant professor and associate professor for atmospheric sciences at Dalhousie University.[4] She has been a full professor of atmospheric physics at the Institute for Atmosphere and Climate at ETH Zurich since 2004.[4]
Research
Lohmann's research centers on the interactions between global warming, aerosols, and cloud formation. Her early research modeled the influence of cirrus clouds on climate,[6] which she continued in her use of the ECHAM model.[7][8] Her research also considers the global indirect aerosol effects and the connection to climate change.[9] She also deals with the possibility of geoengineering by thinning cirrus clouds.[10] In the 2017 Science article, she notes "for the time being, cirrus cloud thinning should be viewed as a thought experiment that is helping to understand cirrus cloud–formation mechanisms".[10]
Lohmann supports the young people striking to draw attention to climate change,[3] and in 2019 she was one of the scientists signing on to a statement on the school protests for climate protection to draw attention to the climate crisis.[13]
1 2 3 4 5 Martin, Läubli (31 August 2019). "Die Wolkenfrau". Der Bund (in German). Retrieved 10 September 2021.
1 2 3 4 Switzerl, Address ETH Zürich Dep of Environmental Systems Science Prof Dr Ulrike Lohmann Institut für Atmosphäre und Klima CHN O. 11 Universitätstrasse 16 8092 Zürich. "Lohmann, Ulrike, Prof. Dr. | ETH Zurich". usys.ethz.ch. Retrieved 10 September 2021.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
↑ Lohmann, Ulrike (1996). Sensitivität des Modellklimas eines globalen Zirkulationsmodells der Atmosphäre gegenüber Änderungen der Wolkenmikrophysik (Thesis) (in German). Hamburg: Max-Planck-Institut für Meteorologie. OCLC35848750.
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