1233: MOD: DataWave

Principal investigator: Claudia Stephan

Max-Planck-Institut für Meteorologie (Community project)

Project abstract

Report 1/2022 to 12/2022
Report 1/2023 to 12/2023
Report 1/2024 to 12/2024
Report 1/2025 to 12/2025
Report 1/2026 to 12/2026

Publications

• DOI: 10.1007/s10712-025-09915-6, Stephan, C.C., Liu, H.-L., Liu, H. et al. (2025): Perspectives and challenges in high-resolution whole-atmosphere modeling. Surv. Geophys., doi: 10.1007/s10712-025-09915-6
• DOI: 10.1007/s10712-025-09917-4, Maute, T. Durgonics, J.D. Huba, R. Imam, H.-L. Liu, G. Malhotra, J. Retterer, C.C. Stephan, C. Stolle, E. Yizengaw (2025): Challenges and gaps in understanding and monitoring low latitude F-region plasma irregularities. Surv. Geophys., doi: 10.1007/s10712-025-09917-4
• DOI: 0.1007/s10712-026-09946-7, H. Nesse, T. Asikainen, M. Decotte, B. Funke, L. Harvey, J. Jia., H. Liu, H. Liu, V. Maliniemi, N. Partamies, J. Salice, A. Salminen, A. Seppälä, C.C. Stephan, M. Vokhmyanin (2026): Why is energetic particle precipitation important for climate research and seasonal forecasting? Surv. Geophys., doi: 0.1007/s10712-026-09946-7
• DOI: https://zenodo.org/records/20543287, European Space Agency. (2026). Report for Mission Assessment: Earth Explorer 12 Candidate Mission Keystone (Version 1.0). European Space Agency. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.20543287
• DOI: 10.1007/s00024-026-04106-9, Hupe, P., Pilger, C., Assink, J. et al. Seismoacoustic Analysis of a Falcon 9 Rocket Stage Re-Entry Over Central Europe on 19 February 2025. Pure Appl. Geophys. (2026). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00024-026-04106-9
• DOI: 10.5194/acp-26-9541-2026, Procházková, Z., Mahmoudi, E., Chew, R., Dolaptchiev, S., Stephan, C. C., Völker, G. S., and Achatz, U.: Variability of local gravity wave spectra from data of a high-resolution icosahedral-grid global model, Atmos. Chem. Phys., 26, 9541–9558, https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-26-9541-2026, 2026.
• DOI: 10.5194/amt-19-4277-2026, Huyghebaert, D., Vierinen, J., Gustavsson, B., Latteck, R., Renkwitz, T., Zecha, M., Stephan, C. C., Conte, J. F., Kastinen, D., Kero, J., and Chau, J. L.: Monitoring of lower thermospheric neutral density variations using meteor head echoes, Atmos. Meas. Tech., 19, 4277–4292, https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-19-4277-2026, 2026
• DOI: 10.5194/acp-26-7607-2026, P. Noble, H. Okui, J. Alexander, M. Ern, N. Hindley, L. Hoffmann, L. Holt, A. van Niekerk, R. Plougonven, I. Polichtchouk, C.C. Stephan, M. Bramberger, M. Corcos, W. Putnam, C. Kruse, C. Wright (2026): Stratospheric gravity waves in three high-resolution models and AIRS satellite observations, Atmos. Chem. Phys, 26 (10), 7607—7630, doi: 10.5194/acp-26-7607-2026
• DOI: 10.1038/s43247-025-03154-8, R. Wing, M. Gerding, J. Plane, Y. Morfa, J. Urco, Y. Yamazaki, L. Schulz, J. Höffner, J. Mielich, T. Renkwitz, C.C. Stephan, G. Baumgarten, C. Stolle (2026): Measurement of a lithium plume from the uncontrolled re-entry of a Falcon 9 rocket, Nature Communications Earth & Environment, 7 (161) doi: 10.1038/s43247-025-03154-8
• DOI: 10.1029/2025JD043550, Kumar, A., Stolle, C., Yamazaki, Y., Pedatella, N. M., Kunze, M., Stephan, C. C., et al. (2025). Impact of weak and strong stratospheric polar vortices in the northern and southern hemispheres on solar-migrating semidiurnal tides in UA-ICON. Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres, 130, e2025JD043550. https://doi.org/10.1029/2025JD043550
• DOI: 10.5194/acp-25-1209-2025, Stephan, C. C. and Stevens, B.: Dynamical imprints on precipitation cluster statistics across a hierarchy of high-resolution simulations, Atmos. Chem. Phys., 25, 1209–1226, https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-25-1209-2025, 2025.
• DOI: 10.5194/gmd-18-3359-2025, Kunze, M., Zülicke, C., Siddiqui, T. A., Stephan, C. C., Yamazaki, Y., Stolle, C., Borchert, S., and Schmidt, H.: UA-ICON with the NWP physics package (version ua-icon-2.1): mean state and variability of the middle atmosphere, Geosci. Model Dev., 18, 3359–3385, https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-18-3359-2025, 2025.
• DOI: 10.1038/s41612-025-01104-x, Ricard, L., Beucler, T., Stephan, C.C. et al. A causal intercomparison framework unravels precipitation drivers in Global Storm-Resolving Models. npj Clim Atmos Sci 8, 245 (2025). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41612-025-01104-x
• DOI: 10.1029/2025GL115499, Toghraei, I., Lott, F., Köhler, L., Stephan, C. C., & Alexander, M. J. (2025). Can parameterizations reproduce the gravity wave momentum fluxes and drag simulated by a global high-resolution model? Geophysical Research Letters, 52, e2025GL115499. https://doi.org/10.1029/2025GL115499
• DOI: 10.1175/JAS-D-24-0102.1., Morfa, Y. A., and C. C. Stephan, 2025: Mesoscale Spectral Energy Transfers in Global Storm-Resolving Simulations. J. Atmos. Sci., 82, 2121–2139, https://doi.org/10.1175/JAS-D-24-0102.1.
• DOI: 10.1007/s10712-025-09899-3, Harvey, V.L., Aggarwal, D., Becker, E. et al. Signatures of Polar Vortex Weakening in the MLTI: A Review. Surv Geophys (2025). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10712-025-09899-3
• DOI: 10.5194/egusphere-2025-2323, Huyghebaert, D., Vierinen, J., Gustavsson, B., Latteck, R., Renkwitz, T., Zecha, M., Stephan, C. C., Conte, J. F., Kastinen, D., Kero, J., and Chau, J. L.: Monitoring of Lower Thermospheric Neutral Density Variations Using Meteor Head Echoes, EGUsphere [preprint], https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-2025-2323, 2025.
• DOI: 10.5194/gmd-2024-191, Kunze, M., Zülicke, C., Siddiqui, T. A., Stephan, C. C., Yamazaki, Y., Stolle, C., Borchert, S., and Schmidt, H.: UA-ICON with NWP physics package (version: ua-icon-2.1): mean state and variability of the middle atmosphere, Geosci. Model Dev. Discuss. [preprint], https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-2024-191, accepted, 2024
• DOI: 10.1007/s00024-024-03467-3, Listowski, C., Stephan, C.C., Le Pichon, A. et al. Stratospheric Gravity Waves Impact on Infrasound Transmission Losses Across the International Monitoring System. Pure Appl. Geophys. (2024). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00024-024-03467-3
• DOI: 10.1175/JAS-D-23-0210.1, Achatz, U., and Coauthors, 2024: Atmospheric Gravity Waves: Processes and Parameterization. J. Atmos. Sci., 81 (2), 237 – 262, https://doi.org/10.1175/JAS-D-23-0210.1.
• DOI: 10.1029/2023JD038549, Köhler, L., B. Green and C.C. Stephan (2023): Comparing Loon superpressure balloon observa-tions of gravity waves in the tropics with global storm-resolving models, J. Geophys. Res.: Atmospheres, 128, e2023JD038549, doi: 10.1029/2023JD038549
• DOI: 10.1029/2023JD038549, Köhler, L., B. Green and C.C. Stephan (2023): Comparing Loon superpressure balloon observa-tions of gravity waves in the tropics with global storm-resolving models, J. Geophys. Res.: Atmospheres, 128, e2023JD038549, doi: 10.1029/2023JD038549