Dr. Renate Forkel

 Research fields

• Simulation of aerosol-meteorology feedback

• Numerical simulation of the effect of regional climate change on photooxidant formation and air quality

• Air quality simulations for urban agglomerations and surrounding regions with MCCM and WRF/Chem

• Numerical simulation of the emission, chemistry, and vertical transport of biogenic VOC within forest canopies, development of canopy-chemistry model CACHE

Projects

• WRF/Chem simuations for the AQMEII model intercomparison study

• Impact of aerosols on air quality within the region of Augsburg in cooperation with the Institute for Epidemiology of the Research Centre for Environment and Health (GSF), Neuherberg and with the Environment Science Center (WZU) of the University of Augsburg

• Air quality assessment studies in Beijing (cooperation with the Institute of Atmospheric Physics of the Chinese Academy of Science)

• Aerosol modelling for Graz/Austria in cooperation with the Institute for Internal Combustion Engines and Thermodynamics Department Emissions of the TU Graz and the Bundesland Steiermark (http://pminter.eu/de/arbeitspakete/modellierung.html

• Simulations of of in-canopy chemistry as a contribution to project CANOPEE

Selected Publications

Forkel, R., Werhahn, J., Hansen, A.B., McKeen, S., Peckham, S, Grell., G., Suppan, P. (2012)  Effect of aerosol-radiation feedback on regional air quality – A case study with WRF/Chem.  Atmospheric Environment, 53, 202-211, doi:10.1016/j.atmosenv.2011.10.009

Emeis, S., Forkel, R., Junkermann, W., Schäfer, K., Flentje, H., Gilge, S., Fricke, W., Wiegner, M., Freudenthaler, V., Groß, S., Ries, L., Meinhardt, F., Birmili, W., Münkel, C., Obleitner, F., and Suppan, P. (2011), Spatial structure and dispersion of the April 16/17, 2010 volcanic ash cloud over Germany, Atmos. Chem. Phys., 11, 2689-2701, doi:10.5194/acp-11-2689-2011.

Wiegner, M., Gasteiger, J., Groß, S., Schnell, F., Freudenthaler, V., Forkel, R. (2011) Characterization of the Eyjafjallajökull ash-plume: Potential of lidar remote sensing, Physics and Chemistry of the Earth. doi: 10.1016/j.pce.2011.01.006

Forkel, R., Klemm, O. Graus, M., Rappenglück, B., Stockwell, W.R., Grabmer, W., Held, A., Hansel, A, Steinbrecher, R. (2006) Trace gas exchange and gas phase chemistry in a Norway spruce forest: A study with a coupled 1-dimensional canopy atmospheric chemistry emission model, Atmos. Environ., 40, S1, S28-S42, doi:10.1016/j.atmosenv.2005.11.070.

Grell, G. S. Emeis, W.R. Stockwell, T. Schoenemeyer, R. Forkel, J. Michalakes, R. Knoche, W. Seidl (2000) Application of a Multiscale, Coupled MM5/Chemistry Model to the Complex Terrain of the VOTALP Valley Campaign. Atmospheric Environment, 34, 1435-1453, DOI: 10.1016/S1352-2310(99)00402-1

Inclan, M.G., R. Forkel (1995) Comparison of Energy Fluxes Calculated with the Penman-Monteith Equation and the Vegetation Models SiB and Cupid. J. of Hydrology, 166, 193-211.

Forkel R., W. Seidl, A. Ruggaber, R. Dlugi (1995) Fog Chemistry during the EUMAC Joint Cases: Analysis of Routine Measurements, Meteorology and Atmpheric Physics, 57, 61-86.

Forkel, R., W. Seidl, R. Dlugi, E. Deigele (1990) A One-dimensional Numerical Model to Simulate Formation and Balance of Sulfate during Radiation Fog Events. J. Geophys. Res., 95, 18501-18515

Forkel, R., W.G. Panhans, R. Welch und W. Zdunkowski (1984) A One-dimensional Numerical Study to Simulate the Influence of Soil Moisture, Pollution and Vertical Exchange on the Evolution of Radiation Fog. Beitr. Phys. Atmosph., 57, 72-91