Frontiers in Earth Science (Oct 2022)
Swabian MOSES 2021: An interdisciplinary field campaign for investigating convective storms and their event chains
- Michael Kunz,
- Syed S. Abbas,
- Matteo Bauckholt,
- Alexander Böhmländer,
- Thomas Feuerle,
- Philipp Gasch,
- Clarissa Glaser,
- Jochen Groß,
- Irena Hajnsek,
- Irena Hajnsek,
- Jan Handwerker,
- Frank Hase,
- Dina Khordakova,
- Peter Knippertz,
- Martin Kohler,
- Diego Lange,
- Melissa Latt,
- Johannes Laube,
- Lioba Martin,
- Matthias Mauder,
- Matthias Mauder,
- Ottmar Möhler,
- Susanna Mohr,
- René W. Reitter,
- Andreas Rettenmeier,
- Christian Rolf,
- Harald Saathoff,
- Martin Schrön,
- Claudia Schütze,
- Stephanie Spahr,
- Stephanie Spahr,
- Florian Späth,
- Franziska Vogel,
- Ingo Völksch,
- Ute Weber,
- Andreas Wieser,
- Jannik Wilhelm,
- Hengheng Zhang,
- Peter Dietrich,
- Peter Dietrich
Affiliations
- Michael Kunz
- Institute of Meteorology and Climate Research, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), Karlsruhe, Germany
- Syed S. Abbas
- Institute of Physics and Meteorology, University of Hohenheim, Stuttgart, Germany
- Matteo Bauckholt
- Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research GmbH—UFZ, Leipzig, Germany
- Alexander Böhmländer
- Institute of Meteorology and Climate Research, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), Karlsruhe, Germany
- Thomas Feuerle
- Institute of Flight Guidance, Technische Universität Braunschweig, Braunschweig, Germany
- Philipp Gasch
- Institute of Meteorology and Climate Research, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), Karlsruhe, Germany
- Clarissa Glaser
- Department of Geosciences, University of Tübingen, Tübingen, Germany
- Jochen Groß
- Institute of Meteorology and Climate Research, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), Karlsruhe, Germany
- Irena Hajnsek
- Institute of Environmental Engineering, ETH Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
- Irena Hajnsek
- German Aerospace Center, Microwaves and Radar Institute, Oberpfaffenhofen, Germany
- Jan Handwerker
- Institute of Meteorology and Climate Research, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), Karlsruhe, Germany
- Frank Hase
- Institute of Meteorology and Climate Research, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), Karlsruhe, Germany
- Dina Khordakova
- Institute of Energy and Climate Research (IEK-7), Forschungszentrum Jülich, Jülich, Germany
- Peter Knippertz
- Institute of Meteorology and Climate Research, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), Karlsruhe, Germany
- Martin Kohler
- Institute of Meteorology and Climate Research, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), Karlsruhe, Germany
- Diego Lange
- Institute of Physics and Meteorology, University of Hohenheim, Stuttgart, Germany
- Melissa Latt
- Institute of Meteorology and Climate Research, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), Karlsruhe, Germany
- Johannes Laube
- Institute of Energy and Climate Research (IEK-7), Forschungszentrum Jülich, Jülich, Germany
- Lioba Martin
- Institute of Meteorology and Climate Research, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), Karlsruhe, Germany
- Matthias Mauder
- Institute of Meteorology and Climate Research, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), Karlsruhe, Germany
- Matthias Mauder
- Faculty of Environmental Sciences, Institute of Hydrology and Meteorology, Technische Universität Dresden, Dresden, Germany
- Ottmar Möhler
- Institute of Meteorology and Climate Research, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), Karlsruhe, Germany
- Susanna Mohr
- Institute of Meteorology and Climate Research, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), Karlsruhe, Germany
- René W. Reitter
- 0Deutscher Wetterdienst (DWD), Offenbach am Main, Germany
- Andreas Rettenmeier
- 1Center for Solar Energy and Hydrogen Research Baden-Württemberg (ZSW), Stuttgart, Germany
- Christian Rolf
- Institute of Energy and Climate Research (IEK-7), Forschungszentrum Jülich, Jülich, Germany
- Harald Saathoff
- Institute of Meteorology and Climate Research, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), Karlsruhe, Germany
- Martin Schrön
- Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research GmbH—UFZ, Leipzig, Germany
- Claudia Schütze
- Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research GmbH—UFZ, Leipzig, Germany
- Stephanie Spahr
- Department of Geosciences, University of Tübingen, Tübingen, Germany
- Stephanie Spahr
- 2Leibniz Institute of Freshwater Ecology and Inland Fisheries (IGB), Berlin, Germany
- Florian Späth
- Institute of Physics and Meteorology, University of Hohenheim, Stuttgart, Germany
- Franziska Vogel
- Institute of Meteorology and Climate Research, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), Karlsruhe, Germany
- Ingo Völksch
- Institute of Meteorology and Climate Research, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), Karlsruhe, Germany
- Ute Weber
- Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research GmbH—UFZ, Leipzig, Germany
- Andreas Wieser
- Institute of Meteorology and Climate Research, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), Karlsruhe, Germany
- Jannik Wilhelm
- Institute of Meteorology and Climate Research, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), Karlsruhe, Germany
- Hengheng Zhang
- Institute of Meteorology and Climate Research, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), Karlsruhe, Germany
- Peter Dietrich
- Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research GmbH—UFZ, Leipzig, Germany
- Peter Dietrich
- Department of Geosciences, University of Tübingen, Tübingen, Germany
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.3389/feart.2022.999593
- Journal volume & issue
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Vol. 10
Abstract
The Neckar Valley and the Swabian Jura in southwest Germany comprise a hotspot for severe convective storms, causing tens of millions of euros in damage each year. Possible reasons for the high frequency of thunderstorms and the associated event chain across compartments were investigated in detail during the hydro-meteorological field campaign Swabian MOSES carried out between May and September 2021. Researchers from various disciplines established more than 25 temporary ground-based stations equipped with state-of-the-art in situ and remote sensing observation systems, such as lidars, dual-polarization X- and C-band Doppler weather radars, radiosondes including stratospheric balloons, an aerosol cloud chamber, masts to measure vertical fluxes, autosamplers for water probes in rivers, and networks of disdrometers, soil moisture, and hail sensors. These fixed-site observations were supplemented by mobile observation systems, such as a research aircraft with scanning Doppler lidar, a cosmic ray neutron sensing rover, and a storm chasing team launching swarmsondes in the vicinity of hailstorms. Seven Intensive Observation Periods (IOPs) were conducted on a total of 21 operating days. An exceptionally high number of convective events, including both unorganized and organized thunderstorms such as multicells or supercells, occurred during the study period. This paper gives an overview of the Swabian MOSES (Modular Observation Solutions for Earth Systems) field campaign, briefly describes the observation strategy, and presents observational highlights for two IOPs.
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