Dr. Tanja Schober null

Dr. Tanja Schober

Dr. Tanja C. Schober

Postdoctoral Research Associate

 

Dr. Tanja C. Schober (née Portele) is a meteorologist and hydrologist focused on the co-production of climate services. Her research aims to provide actionable decision support using sub-seasonal to seasonal forecasts to strengthen resilience and reduce the impacts of climate change. She earned her PhD in Climate and Environmental Sciences with highest honors from the University of Augsburg, Germany.

 

At KIT/IMK-IFU, Dr. Schober is actively engaged in international research collaborations, capacity-building efforts, and the supervision of early-career researchers. She has organized multiple international workshops and scientific events. Her interdisciplinary approach bridges atmospheric science, hydrology, economics and stakeholder engagement to support climate adaptation in vulnerable regions. 

Research Fields:

  • Regional atmospheric modeling (dynamical downscaling)
  • Seasonal climate forecasts
  • Hydrological modeling
  • Gravity wave excitation and propagation in the extratropics

Current Project:

  • CONFER - Co-production of climate services for East Africa

Former Projects:

  • SAWAM - Seasonal water resources management in semiarid regions: Application-oriented transfer of regionalized global information
  • DEEPWAVE - DEEP propagating gravity WAVE
  • GW-LCYCLE II - Investigation of the life cycle of internal gravity waves

Recent publications:


Seasonal Water Resources Management for Semiarid Areas: Bias-corrected and spatially disaggregated seasonal forecasts for the Karun Basin (Iran)
Lorenz, C.; Portele, T.; Laux, P.; Kunstmann, H.
2020. doi:10.26050/WDCC/SaWaM_D01_SEAS5_BCSD
Regional water cycle sensitivity to afforestation: synthetic numerical experiments for tropical Africa
Arnault, J.; Mwanthi, A. M.; Portele, T.; Li, L.; Rummler, T.; Fersch, B.; Hassan, M. A.; Bahaga, T. K.; Zhang, Z.; Mortey, E. M.; Achugbu, I. C.; Moutahir, H.; Sy, S.; Wei, J.; Laux, P.; Sobolowski, S.; Kunstmann, H.
2023. Frontiers in Climate, 5, Art.-Nr.: 1233536. doi:10.3389/fclim.2023.1233536
SaWaM region averages for SREP
Portele, T.; Lorenz, C.
2021, June 24. doi:10.35097/441
Interrelations of vegetation growth and water scarcity in Iran revealed by satellite time series
Behling, R.; Roessner, S.; Foerster, S.; Saemian, P.; Tourian, M. J.; Portele, T. C.; Lorenz, C.
2022. Scientific Reports, 12, Art.-Nr.: 20784. doi:10.1038/s41598-022-24712-6
Seasonal sub-basin-scale runoff predictions: A regional hydrometeorological Ensemble Kalman Filter framework using global datasets
Borne, M.; Lorenz, C.; Portele, T. C.; Martins, E. S. P. R.; Vasconcelos Junior, F. das C.; Kunstmann, H.
2022. Journal of Hydrology: Regional Studies, 42, Art.-Nr.: 101146. doi:10.1016/j.ejrh.2022.101146
Publisher Correction: Seasonal forecasts offer economic benefit for hydrological decision making in semi-arid regions
Portele, T. C.; Lorenz, C.; Dibrani, B.; Laux, P.; Bliefernicht, J.; Kunstmann, H.
2021. Scientific reports, 11, Art.-Nr. 17167. doi:10.1038/s41598-021-96668-y
A High-Resolution Regional Climate Model Physics Ensemble for Northern Sub-Saharan Africa
Laux, P.; Dieng, D.; Portele, T. C.; Wei, J.; Shang, S.; Zhang, Z.; Arnault, J.; Lorenz, C.; Kunstmann, H.
2021. Frontiers in Earth Science, 9, 700249. doi:10.3389/feart.2021.700249
Bias-corrected and spatially disaggregated seasonal forecasts: a long-term reference forecast product for the water sector in semi-arid regions
Lorenz, C.; Portele, T. C.; Laux, P.; Kunstmann, H.
2021. Earth system science data, 13 (6), 2701–2722. doi:10.5194/essd-13-2701-2021
Seasonal forecasts offer economic benefit for hydrological decision making in semi-arid regions
Portele, T. C.; Lorenz, C.; Dibrani, B.; Laux, P.; Bliefernicht, J.; Kunstmann, H.
2021. Scientific reports, 11 (1), Art.-Nr.: 10581. doi:10.1038/s41598-021-89564-y
Ensemble-Tailored Pattern Analysis of High-Resolution Dynamically Downscaled Precipitation Fields: Example for Climate Sensitive Regions of South America
Portele, T. C.; Laux, P.; Lorenz, C.; Janner, A.; Horna, N.; Fersch, B.; Iza, M.; Kunstmann, H.
2021. Frontiers in Earth Science, 9, Article no: 669427. doi:10.3389/feart.2021.669427
A semi‐objective circulation pattern classification scheme for the semi‐arid Northeast Brazil
Laux, P.; Böker, B.; Martins, E. S.; Vasconcelos Junior, F.; Moron, V.; Portele, T.; Lorenz, C.; Philipp, A.; Kunstmann, H.
2021. International journal of climatology, 41 (1), 51–72. doi:10.1002/joc.6608
Performance of global seasonal precipitation forecasts across semi-arid regions
Laux, P.; Lorenz, C.; Portele, T.; Samaniego, L.; Shrestha, P.; Thober, S.; Bürger, G.; Bronstert, A.; Bliefernicht, J.; Kunstmann, H.; Martins, E.
2018. European Geosciences Union General Assembly (EGU 2018), Vienna, Austria, April 8–13, 2018