Matthieu Masbou, SFB/TR32 scientific coordinator

Matthieu Masbou, Dr.

Meteorological Insitute
University of Bonn
Meckenheimer Allee 176,
D-53 115 Bonn
Germany
Phone: +49 (0)228 73 5194
Fax: +49 (0)228 73 60633
Email: mmasbou@uni-bonn.de

Research Interests:

Fog dynamics

Atmospheric modeling

Land surface processes

Cloud microphysics

Radiative transfer

Research Projects:

Transregional Collaborative Research Centre 32 - scientific coordinator
"Patterns in Soil-Vegetation-Atmosphere-Systems: Monitoring, Modelling and Data Assimilation"

COSMO-FOG: Development of three-dimensional numerical short range forecast model of fog and visibility

Comparison of 3D fog models and MSG satellite fog/ very low stratus products

More information
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Publications

Scientific papers

Thoma C., Schneider W., Masbou M. & A. Bott, 2011: Integration of Local Observations into the One Dimensional Fog Model PAFOG, Pure and Applied Geophysics, Vol. 169, 881-893. DOI: 10.1007/s00024-011-0357-4.

Müller M.D., Masbou M. & A. Bott, 2011: Three-dimensional fog forecasting in complex terrain, Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society, 136, 2189-2202.

Alberts I., Masbou M. & A. Bott, 2008: Modelling the Impact of Landform Structure on Fog Formation., IN: Landform - Structure, Evolution, Process Control. Proceedings of the International Symposium on Landform organised by the Research Training Group 437. Lectures Notes in Earth Science, Vol. 115.

Benassi A., Szczap F., Davis A., Masbou M., Cornet C. & P. Bleuyard (2004): Thermal radiative fluxes through inhomogeneous cloud fields: a sensitivity study using a new stochastic cloud generator, 72, 291-315.

Other

Masbou, M., 2008: LM-PAFOG - a new three-dimensional fog forecast model with parametrised microphysics, PhD thesis in "co-tutelle" between Meteorologisches Institut der Universität Bonn, Germany, and Laboratoire de Meteorologie Physique, Universite Blaise Pascal, Clermont-ferrand, France (pdf online).

Masbou M., A. Bott, Petithomme H., Petersen C., Nielsen N. W., Seidl H., Kann A., Müller M. D., Cermak J. und W. Adam, 2007: COST 722 Model Intercomparison on Lindenberg area, COST 722 Final Report, pp 286-353 (pdf online).