Deutsch Intern
Professorship of Climatology

Dr. Katrin ZIEGLER

Tel.: +49 931 31-89200
Fax: +49 931 31-85544
E-Mail: katrin.ziegler@uni-wuerzburg.de

Institute of Geography and Geology
Working group Climatology - Team Climate
Am Hubland
97074 Wuerzburg

Campus Hubland South
Geography Building
Room 125

https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9152-3135
https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Katrin_Ziegler

  • regional and global climate modeling
  • effects of climate change
  • applied and multivariate statistics
  • geo-information systems

LANDSURF / WASCAL WRAP 2.0 - Land surface processes as a determinant of climate change in Africa – scenarios, high-resolution modeling and development of a stakeholder data portal - subproject 1

  • sub project
    Klimaveränderungenssignale und -extreme, Entwicklung DSS-Web-Portal
  • funding
    BMBF / Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt e.V.
  • duration
    06/2021 - 12/2024
  • project leader
    Univ.-Prof. Dr. Heiko Paeth
  • project staff
    Dr. Daniel Abel
    Dr. Katrin Ziegler
  • project partner    
    Dr. Michael Thiel – Institute of Geography and Geology, University of Würzburg (UNIWUE-R)  
    Dr. Insa Otte – Institute of Geography and Geology, University of Würzburg (UNIWUE-R)   
    Dr. Torsten Weber – Helmholtz-Zentrum Geesthacht, Climate Service Centre Germany, Hamburg (HZG-GERICS)   
    Prof. Dr. Christopher Conrad – Institute of Geosciences and Geography, University of Halle-Wittenberg (UNIHAL)  
    Dr. Benewinde Jean-Bosco Zoungrana – University Ouagadougou 1 Prof. Joseph Ki-Zerbo (UNIOUA), Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso
    Dr. Ferdinand Tornyie (ehemals Dr. Gerald Forkuor) – United Nations University (UNU), Accra, Ghana  
    Prof. Dr. Vincent Ajayi und Dr. Imoleayo Ezekiel Gbode – Federal University of Technology Akure (FUTA), Akure, Nigeria  
    Dr. Seydou B. Traore – AGRHYMET, Niamey, Niger
  • further information
    WASCAL-website
    project description
    funding measure

Big Data@Geo - Big Data in the field of Geography – Advanced environmental technologies using AI in the Web

REMOLAND

ZIEGLER, Katrin (2022):
Implementation of improved land surface parameters and processes for the high-resolution climate model REMO
(URN: urn:nbn:de:bvb:20-opus-261285)
Examiner: Univ.-Prof. Dr. Heiko Paeth, Prof. Dr. Daniela Jacob (GERICS), Univ.-Prof. Dr. Hubert Job
Mentors: Univ.-Prof. Dr. Heiko Paeth, Prof. Dr. Daniela Jacob (GERICS), Prof. Dr. Christopher Conrad (Martin-Luther-Universität Halle-Wittenberg)

since 01/2018
Academic staff member at the Institute for Physical Geography at the University of Würzburg in the working group "climatology"

03/2022
PhD (Title of the thesis: Implementation of improved land surface parameters and processes for the high-resolution climate model REMO, https://doi.org/10.25972/OPUS-26128)

01/2018 - 06/2021
PhD student at the Institute for Physical Geography at the University of Würzburg in the working group "climatology", mentors: Univ.-Prof. Dr. Heiko Paeth, Prof. Dr. Christopher Conrad (Martin-Luther-Universität Halle-Wittenberg), Prof. Dr. Daniela Jacob (GERICS)

2014 - 2017
Master of Science (M. Sc.) "Applied Physical Geography - Geosystemwandel und Geosystemschutz" at the University of Würzburg (Emphases: Climate modeling/ climate change, statistics and remote sensing), Master thesis: "Statistische Modellierung der Phänologie anhand von verschiedenen meteorologischen Parametern in Bayern" (Statistical modeling of phenology with different meteorological parameters in Bavaria)

08/2015 - 10/2015
Trainee at the Statistical Office in Würzburg's city hall (Emphasis: Compilation, plausibility checks and analysis of sociodemographic parameters and their development)

03/2014 - 11/2014
Trainee and subsequent student assistant for Bavarian State Institute for Viticulture and Horticulture in Veitshöchheim (Emphases: Frost hazard and damage for viticulture, data analysis and comparison of meteorological stations in Lower Franconia's vineyards)

2011 - 2014
Combined bachelor's degree programme (B. Sc.) with main subject "Physical Geography" and subsidiary subject "Mathematics" at the University of Würzburg, Bachelor thesis: "Statistische Modellierung der photosynthetisch aktiven Strahlung und der Sonnenscheindauer auf Basis der Globalstrahlung anhand von Wetterstationsdaten in Unterfranken" (Statistical modeling of the photosynthetically active radiation and the sunshine duration based on global radiation using meteorological data from stations in Lower Franconia)

03/2013
Trainee at the land surveying office in Kitzingen (Emphases: Registration of spatial data infrastructure, cadastral and property surveying)