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:


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
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