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Topics for B.Sc. and M.Sc. theses

Please contact Prof. Andreas Christen, Prof. Dr. Dirk Schindler, or Prof. Dr. Andreas Matzarakis to inquire about current topics for B.Sc and M.Sc theses.

At the Chair of Environmental Meteorology, you can write your thesis in either German or English (here are the German thesis project titles). Selected topics are available in English only.

The following topics are currently offered at the Chair of Environmental Meteorology (selected topics in collaboration with research, government and industry partners):

Bioclimatology

  • Assessment of indoor heat hot spots in Freiburg's University Hospital based on indoor measurements at 60 locations during summer 2023 (Analysis of existing datasets). B.Sc. Thesis / supervision: Prof. Dr. Andreas Christen and/or Prof. Dr. Andreas Matzarakis, Technical supervision: Markus Sulzer and in collaboration with the Uniklinikum Freiburg.
  • Summertime heat stress on farm animals - comparison of 17 different farms in different altitudes in the Upper Rhine Valley (Analysis of existing datasets). B.Sc. Thesis / supervision: Prof. Dr. Andreas Christen and/or Prof. Dr. Andreas Matzarakis, Technical supervision: Markus Sulzer.

Forest meteorology and hydrology

  • Carbon balance and water use efficieny of a pine forest during the drought summer 2022. (Analysis of existing datasets) B.Sc. Thesis / supervision: Prof. Dr. Andreas Christen in colllaboration with Simon Haberstroh.

Urban climatology 

  • Effects of the urban area on regional wind speed and direction changes  based from ground.based doppler wind LIDAR measurements. B.Sc. Thesis / supervision: Prof. Dr. Andreas Christen (in cooperation with Prof. Dr. Sue Grimmond from the University of Reading, UK).
  • A climatology of regional cloud cover in and around Berlin, Germany and its relation to urban boundary layer effects.B.Sc. Thesis / supervision: Prof. Dr. Andreas Christen and Dr. Nektarios Chrysoulakis (FORTH). Requires familiarity with Google Earth Engine. This thesis is offered in English language only.
  • Urban plume effects on satellite-based aerosol content in and around Berlin, Germany. B.Sc. Thesis / supervision: Prof. Dr. Andreas Christen and Dr. Nektarios Chrysoulakis (FORTH). Requires familiarity with Google Earth Engine. This thesis is offered in English language only.
  • Analysis of Nocturnal Ventilation using measured data from Stuttgart. B.Sc. Thesis / supervision: Prof. Dr. Andreas Christen (in cooperation with the German Weather Service in Offenbach).
  • Assessment of ventilation in a valley by simulations with the cold air drainage model KLAM_21
    B.Sc. Thesis / supervision: Prof. Dr. Andreas Christen (in cooperation with the German Weather Service in Offenbach)
  • Determination of trajectories and cold air currents in Stuttgart using computer simulations of the 3-dimensional urban climate model MUKLIMO_3
    B.Sc. Thesis / supervision: Prof. Dr. Andreas Christen (in cooperation with the German Weather Service in Offenbach)
  • Cold air drainage maps for urban planning based on existing model simulations with MUKLIMO_3
    M.Sc. Thesis / supervision: Prof. Dr. Andreas Christen (in cooperation with the German Weather Service in Offenbach)
  • Determination of the urban heat island intensity in orographically structured terrain using a non-representational station location. B.Sc. Thesis / supervision: Prof. Dr. Andreas Christen (in cooperation with the German Weather Service in Offenbach)
  • Changes in heat island intensities in German cities due to changes in land use and cover. M.Sc. Arbeit / Betreuung: Prof. Dr. Andreas Christen und/oder Prof. Dr. Andreas Matzarakis (in Zusammenarbeit mit dem Deutschen Wetterdienst in Offenbach).

Greenhouse gas emissions

  • Direct emission measurements of methane and nitrous oxide emissions on a tall tower in the city centre of Zurich (Analysis of existing Data). B.Sc. Thesis / supervision: Prof. Dr. Andreas Christen, Technical supervision: Rainer Hilland

Weather forecasting / climate modelling

  • Global verification of convective precipitation representation in weather models. B.Sc. Thesis / supervision: Prof. Dr. Andreas Christen and/or Prof. Dr. D. Schindler (in collaboration with meteoblue AG in Basel, Switzerland).
  • Forecasting high-resolution wind in complex orography using the model WiCoMo. B.Sc. Thesis / supervision: Prof. Dr. D. Schindler (in collaboration with meteoblue AG in Basel, Switzerland).
  • Evaluation of historical climate model simulations with the reanalysis model ERA5 for the period 2006 - 2022. B.Sc. Thesis / supervision: Prof. Dr. D. Schindler (in collaboration with meteoblue AG in Basel, Switzerland).
  • Influence of atmospheric parameters on astronomical seeing data at 20 astronomical telescope locations. B.Sc. Thesis / supervision: Prof. Dr. Andreas Christen (in collaboration with meteoblue AG in Basel, Switzerland).

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