Dynamical Mesoscale Modeling

Principal Investigator

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Prof. Dorita Rostkier-Edelstein 

dorita.rostkier-edelstein@mail.huji.ac.il

 

Prof. Dorita Rostkier Edelstein

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Mesoscale and Planetary Boundary-Layer Meteorology, Mesoscale Numerical Weather-Prediction (from hours to seasons), Mesoscale Numerical Climate-Prediction, Impact of Weather and Climate on Environmental Applications: Urban Planning, Air Pollution, Dust Storms, Renewable Energies, Water Resources and Agriculture.

Research Methods

Dynamical Mesoscale Modeling:

  • The Weather Research and Forecasting (WRF) limited-area model including the following extensions:

    1. WRF-Chem: On-line coupled meteorology, atmospheric chemistry and mineral dust

    2. WRF-Urban: Detailed urban canopy modules

    3. MAD-WRF: Multi-sensor Advection Diffusion algorithm for advanced satellite cloud-initialization

    4. WRF-SCM: Single Column Model

    5. WRF-3DVAR, WRF-4DVar and WRF-EnKF: data assimilation suites based on 3- and 4-Dimensional Variational and Ensemble Kalman Filter algorithms

  • The Model for Prediction Across Scales (MPAS) global model with high-resolution zoom-in capabilities

Statistical modeling: 

  • Statistical downscaling using analogues and weather-regimes based algorithms

 

Research Students
  • Dr. Anton Gelman: Post-doc position

Subject: Improvement of numerical weather prediction over the Eastern Mediterranean trough clouds-data assimilation and           machine learning techniques

Email: anton.gelman@mail.huji.ac.il

  • Dr. Ilya Livshits: Researcher 

Subject: Development of an advanced model for dust forecasts over the Eastern Mediterranean 

Email: ilivsh@gmail.com

 

  • Borys Beznoshchenko: Ph.D. candidate with Dr. Eran Tas (Faculty of Agriculture) and Prof. Erick Fredj (Love Institute)
 Subject: Study of photochemistry over Israel with advanced modeling tools

 Email: Borys.Beznoshchenko@mail.huji.ac.il

  • Yoav Rubin: Ph.D. candidate with Prof. Pinhas Alpert (TAU)

 Subject: Use of microwave cellular links to measure atmospheric moisture and to improve numerical weather prediction

Email: rubin.yoav@gmail.com

 

 

Contact

Lab Lead: Prof. Dorita Rostkier-Edelstein 

Email: dorita.rostkier-edelstein@mail.huji.ac.il