Contact details
Biography
- Atmospheric modelling (Weather Research & Forecasting model)
- Remote sensing of clouds & surface characteristics
- Land-atmosphere interactions
- Atmospheric dynamics
- Convection, convective scales and mesoscale storms
- Python / Github
I am interested in how and at which scales surface characteristics may impact deep convection at different degrees of organisation and the factors in atmospheric conditions that control occurrence, maintenance and intensity of convective storms and extreme weather. My research focusses on tropical regions, in particular Africa and tropical South America, where I use a combination of remote sensing data and atmospheric modelling to evaluate how convection and storm characteristics changed in the past decades and what we can expect for the future.
Since Dec 2019: Research Scientist at UKCEH (https://www.amma2050.org/), Post-Doc at University of Innsbruck (https://agroclim-huaraz.info/)
Since March 2016: RA at CEH: land-atmosphere interactions (AMMA-2050 project, West Africa)
2013 - 2016: PhD at the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany, Regional Climate and Hydrology
2006-2013: Diploma degree (Dipl.-Ing.) in Environmental Engineering at TU Berlin, Berlin, Germany
Publications
- Crook, Julia; Klein, Cornelia; Folwell, Sonja; Taylor, Christopher M.; Parker, Douglas J.; Stratton, Rachel; Stein, Thorwald. 2019 Assessment of the representation of West African storm lifecycles in convection‐permitting simulations. Earth and Space Science. https://doi.org/10.1029/2018EA000491
- Taylor, Christopher M.; Fink, Andreas H.; Klein, Cornelia; Parker, Douglas J.; Guichard, Francoise; Harris, Philip P.; Knapp, Kenneth R.. 2018 Earlier seasonal onset of intense mesoscale convective systems in the Congo Basin since 1999. Geophysical Research Letters, 45 (24). 13458-13467. https://doi.org/10.1029/2018GL080516
- Bliefernicht, J.; Berger, S.; Salack, S.; Guug, S.; Hingerl, L.; Heinzeller, D.; Mauder, M.; Steinbrecher, R.; Steup, G.; Bossa, A.Y.; Waongo, M.; Quansah, E.; Balogun, A.A.; Yira, Y.; Arnault, J.; Wagner, S.; Klein, C.; Gessner, U.; Knauer, K.; Straub, A.; Schönrock, R.; Kunkel, R.; Okogbue, E.C.; Rogmann, A.; Neidl, F.; Jahn, C.; Diekkrüger, B.; Aduna, A.; Barry, B.; Kunstmann, H.. 2018 The WASCAL hydrometeorological observatory in the Sudan Savanna of Burkina Faso and Ghana. Vadose Zone Journal, 17 (1), 180065. 20, pp. https://doi.org/10.2136/vzj2018.03.0065
- Heinzeller, Dominikus; Dieng, Diarra; Smiatek, Gerhard; Olusegun, Christiana; Klein, Cornelia; Hamann, Ilse; Salack, Seyni; Bliefernicht, Jan; Kunstmann, Harald. 2018 The WASCAL high-resolution regional climate simulation ensemble for West Africa: concept, dissemination and assessment. Earth System Science Data, 10 (2). 815-835. https://doi.org/10.5194/essd-10-815-2018
- Klein, Cornelia; Belušić, Danijel; Taylor, Christopher M.. 2018 Wavelet scale analysis of mesoscale convective systems for detecting deep convection from infrared imagery. Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres, 123 (6). 3035-3050. https://doi.org/10.1002/2017JD027432
- Visman, Emma; Audia, Camilla; Crowley, Francis; Ilboudo, Justin; Sanou, Patricia; Henley, Edmund; Malick, Victor; Ritchie, Alexander; Fox, Gino; Traore, Maimouna Bologo; Tazen, Fowe; Diarra, Aboulaye; Warnaars, Tanya; Klein, Cornelia; Fitzpatrick, Rory; Pelling, Mark; McOmber, Chesney. 2017 Developing decision-relevant climate information and supporting its appropriate application. London, King's College, 12pp. (Learning Paper 6)
- Klein, Cornelia; Bliefernicht, Jan; Heinzeller, Dominikus; Gessner, Ursula; Klein, Igor; Kunstmann, Harald. 2017 Feedback of observed interannual vegetation change: a regional climate model analysis for the West African monsoon. Climate Dynamics, 48 (9). 2837-2858. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00382-016-3237-x
- Taylor, Christopher M.; Belusic, Danijel; Guichard, Francoise; Parker, Douglas J.; Vischel, Theo; Bock, Olivier; Harris, Phil P.; Janicot, Serge; Klein, Cornelia; Panthou, Geremy. 2017 Frequency of extreme Sahelian storms tripled since 1982 in satellite observations. Nature, 544 (7651). 475-478. https://doi.org/10.1038/nature22069
- Salack, S., Klein C., Giannini A., Sarr B., Worou N.O., Belko N., Bliefernicht J., Kunstmann H. (2016): Global warming induced hybrid rainy seasons in the Sahel, Env. Res. Letters, 11(10)
- Klein C., D. Heinzeller, J. Bliefernicht, H. Kunstmann (2015): Variability of West African monsoon patterns generated by a WRF multi-physics ensemble,Clim.Dyn,45(9-10),2733–2755