Ulrike Lohmann

Ulrike Lohmann is a climate researcher and professor for atmospheric physics at the ETH Zurich. She is known for her research on aerosol particles in clouds.

Ulrike Lohmann
Born	1966^[1]
Alma mater	Max-Planck-Institut für Meteorologie
Scientific career
Institutions	ETH Zurich
Thesis	Sensitivität des Modellklimas eines globalen Zirkulationsmodells der Atmosphäre gegenüber Änderungen der Wolkenmikrophysik (1996)

Early life, education, and career

Lohmann comes from Kiel as the daughter of a teacher and a politician in the Social Democratic Party of Germany.^[2] She did a volunteer year in an SOS Children's Village in Nigeria, and then studied ethnology and geography.^[2] Inspired by environmental reports on climate change, she studied meteorology at the University of Mainz from 1988 to 1993.^[2][3] She received her doctorate in 1996 at the Max Planck Institute for Meteorology.^[4] She initially worked as assistant professor and associate professor for atmospheric sciences at Dalhousie University.^[3] She has been a full professor of atmospheric physics at the Institute for Atmosphere and Climate at ETH Zurich since 2004.^[3]

Research

Lohmann's research centers on the interactions between global warming, aerosols, and cloud formation. Her early research modeled the influence of cirrus clouds on climate,^[5] which she continued in her use of the ECHAM model.^[6][7] Her research also considers the global indirect aerosol effects and the connection to climate change.^[8] She also deals with the possibility of geoengineering by thinning cirrus clouds.^[9] In the 2017 Science article, she notes "for the time being, cirrus cloud thinning should be viewed as a thought experiment that is helping to understand cirrus cloud–formation mechanisms".^[9]

She is one of the lead authors on the chapters on Clouds and Aerosols in the fourth and fifth assessment reports of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC),^[10] and she shared in the 2007 Nobel Peace Prize for her contribution to the IPCC reports.^[11]

Lohmann supports the young people striking to draw attention to climate change,^[2] and in 2019 she was one of the scientists signing on to a statement on the school protests for climate protection to draw attention to the climate crisis.^[12]

Selected publications

• Lohmann, U.; Feichter, J. (2005-03-03). "Global indirect aerosol effects: a review". Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics. 5 (3): 715–737. Bibcode:2005ACP.....5..715L. doi:10.5194/acp-5-715-2005. ISSN 1680-7324.
• Lohmann, Ulrike; Gasparini, Blaž; Haberland, G. (21 July 2017). "A cirrus cloud climate dial?". Science. 357 (6348): 248–249. Bibcode:2017Sci...357..248L. doi:10.1126/science.aan3325. PMID 28729496. S2CID 5090908.
• Storelvmo, T.; Leirvik, T.; Lohmann, U.; Phillips, P. C. B.; Wild, M. (April 2016). "Disentangling greenhouse warming and aerosol cooling to reveal Earth's climate sensitivity" (PDF). Nature Geoscience. 9 (4): 286–289. Bibcode:2016NatGe...9..286S. doi:10.1038/ngeo2670.
• Lohmann, Ulrike (2016). An Introduction to Clouds : From the Microscale to Climate. Cambridge. ISBN 9781139087513.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)

Awards

• Henry G. Houghton Award, American Meteorological Society (2007)^[3]
• Fellow, American Geophysical Union (2008)^[13]
• The Golden Tricycle from ETH Zurich for family-friendly leadership (2013)^[14][15]
• Elected member, German National Academy of Sciences, Leopoldina (2014)^[16]
• Peter Hobbs Memorial lecture, University of Washington (2016)^[17]
• Honorary doctorate from Stockholm University (2018)^[18]

Personal life

She lives on Lake Zurich, and her passions are endurance sports and rowing.^[2]

References

1. "Curriculum Vitae Prof. Dr. Ulrike Lohmann" (PDF). Retrieved September 10, 2021.
2. Martin, Läubli (August 31, 2019). "Die Wolkenfrau". Der Bund (in German). Retrieved 10 September 2021.
3. Switzerl, Address ETH Zürich Dep of Environmental Systems Science Prof Dr Ulrike Lohmann Institut für Atmosphäre und Klima CHN O. 11 Universitätstrasse 16 8092 Zürich. "Lohmann, Ulrike, Prof. Dr. | ETH Zurich". usys.ethz.ch. Retrieved 10 September 2021.
4. Lohmann, Ulrike (1996). Sensitivität des Modellklimas eines globalen Zirkulationsmodells der Atmosphäre gegenüber Änderungen der Wolkenmikrophysik (Thesis) (in German). Hamburg: Max-Planck-Institut für Meteorologie. OCLC 35848750.
5. Lohmann, Ulrike; Roeckner, Erich (1995). "Influence of cirrus cloud radiative forcing on climate and climate sensitivity in a general circulation model". Journal of Geophysical Research. 100 (D8): 16305. Bibcode:1995JGR...10016305L. doi:10.1029/95JD01383. hdl:21.11116/0000-0001-901F-A. ISSN 0148-0227.
6. Lohmann, U.; Stier, P.; Hoose, C.; Ferrachat, S.; Kloster, S.; Roeckner, E.; Zhang, J. (2007-07-02). "Cloud microphysics and aerosol indirect effects in the global climate model ECHAM5-HAM". Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics. 7 (13): 3425–3446. Bibcode:2007ACP.....7.3425L. doi:10.5194/acp-7-3425-2007. hdl:20.500.11850/7331. ISSN 1680-7324.
7. Lohmann, U.; Roeckner, E. (1996-06-01). "Design and performance of a new cloud microphysics scheme developed for the ECHAM general circulation model". Climate Dynamics. 12 (8): 557–572. Bibcode:1996ClDy...12..557L. doi:10.1007/BF00207939. ISSN 1432-0894. S2CID 129250027.
8. Lohmann, U.; Feichter, J. (2005-03-03). "Global indirect aerosol effects: a review". Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics. 5 (3): 715–737. Bibcode:2005ACP.....5..715L. doi:10.5194/acp-5-715-2005. ISSN 1680-7324.
9. Lohmann, Ulrike; Gasparini, Blaž (2017-07-21). "A cirrus cloud climate dial?". Science. 357 (6348): 248–249. Bibcode:2017Sci...357..248L. doi:10.1126/science.aan3325. PMID 28729496. S2CID 5090908.
10. "IPCC Authors (beta)". archive.ipcc.ch. Retrieved 2021-09-11.
11. "The Nobel Peace Prize 2007". NobelPrize.org. Retrieved 2021-06-28. the scientific reports it has issued over the past two decades
12. Rahmstorf, Stefan (2019-03-12). "12 000 Wissenschaftler stellen sich hinter die streikenden Schüler". KlimaLounge (in German). Retrieved 2021-09-11.
13. "Lohmann". Honors Program. Retrieved 2021-09-10.
14. "The Golden Tricycle Award". ethz.ch. Retrieved 2021-09-11.
15. Langholz, Thomas (December 17, 2013). ""Strong performance, high expectations"". ethz.ch. Retrieved 2021-09-11.
16. "List of Members". Nationale Akademie der Wissenschaften Leopoldina. Retrieved 2021-09-10.
17. "Peter V. Hobbs Memorial Endowed Lecture in Experimental Meteorology". Department of Atmospheric Sciences. Retrieved 2021-09-11.
18. "Honorary doctorate for Ulrike Lohmann". ethz.ch. May 8, 2018. Retrieved 2021-09-10.