Current projects

Harald Kunstmann

Climate Adaptation Scenarios To Reduce the Impacts of Extreme Events (ACTUATE) (since 2025)
Contact: Benjamin Fersch, Harald Kunstmann

Land Atmosphere Feedback Initiative (LAFI, DFG Research Unit) – Project P9: Impact of terrestrial hydrology on L-A feedbacks and isotope signatures (since 2024)
Contact: Joel Arnault, Harald Kunstmann

Merging of rain rate estimates from opportunistic sensors and geostationary satellites (MERGOSAT) Funding DFG
Contact: Christian Chwala

Development and transfer of a Seamless Prediction System for decision support in transboundary water management of the Blue Nile (SPS Blue Nile) (since 2023), Funding BMBF
Contact: Harald Kunstmann, Christof Lorenz

Development of an Operational, mUlTi-sectoral globaL drought hAzard forecasting SysTem (OUTLAST) (since 2023), Funding BMBF
Contact: Harald Kunstmann

Robust Environmental Sensor data using Explainable data-driven Anomaly Detection (RESEAD) (since 2022), Funding HelmholtzAI
Contact: Christian Chwala

Storyline scenarios of extreme weather, climate, and environmental events along with their impacts in a warmer world (SCENIC) (since 2022), Funding Helmholtz Innopool
Contact: Benjamin Fersch, Harald Kunstmann

Boosting technologies of orphan legumes towards resilient farming systems in the Greater Mediterranean Region: from bench to open field (BENEFIT-Med) (since 2022), Funding PRIMA (EU)
Contact: Patrick Laux

Mitigating the risk of compound extreme flooding events: a trade-off analysis framework for coastal metropolises and its application (MitRiskFlood) (since 2021), Funding BMBF
Contact: Patrick Laux

Klimawandelanpassung auf regionaler Ebene: ansteigende Starkregenrisiken am Beispiel des bayerischen Oberlands (KARE) (Phase I since 2020, since 2024 Phase II), Funding BMBF
Contact: Gamze Koc, Harald Kunstmann

Climate Change and Health in Subsaharan Africa: Malaria Early Warning: Hydrometeorological- and Dynamical Malaria Transmission Forecasting (Phase I since 2019), Funding DFG
Contact: Diarra Dieng, Harald Kunstmann

Near-Realtime Quantitative Precipitation Estimation and Prediction (RealPEP) (since 2019), Funding DFG
Contact:  Christian Chwala, Harald Kunstmann