Current projects

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

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) (since 2020), Funding BMBF
Contact: Patrick Laux, Stefan Emeis

Climate Change and Health in Subsaharan Africa: Malaria Early Warning: Hydrometeorological- and Dynamical Malaria Transmission Forecasting (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

South African Land Degradation Monitor (SALDi) (since 2019), Funding BMBF
Contact: Harald Kunstmann,  Patrick Laux

AccHydro (since 2018), Funding DFG
Contact: Harald Kunstmann, Jianhui Wei

VIWAT (since 2018), Funding KAAG
Contact: Patrick Laux, Harald Kunstmann

Seasonal Water Resources Management in Semiarid Regions: Application-oriented Transfer of Regionalized Global Information  (SaWaM)  (since 2017), Funding BMBF
Contact: Harald Kunstmann, Christof Lorenz  

​High-Resolution Atmospheric Water Vapor Fields by Spaceborne Geodetic Sensing, Tomographic Fusion, and Atmospheric Modeling  (AtmoWater) (since 2017), Funding DFG
Contact: Harald Kunstmann

Integrating Microwave Link Data For Analysis of Precipitation in Complex Terrain: Theoretical Aspects and Hydrometeorological Applications (IMAP) (since 2014), Funding DFG
Contact: Harald Kunstmann, Christian Chwala

WRF-Hydro  (since 2012)
Contact: Harald Kunstmann, Benjamin Fersch