Volkmar Wirth

Institut für Physik der Atmosphäre, Universität Mainz,
Becherweg 21, 55099 Mainz, Germany

Tel.: +49 6131 39 22868
Fax: +49 6131 39 23532
E-mail: vwirth AT uni-mainz.de

Brief CV

• 1987: Physics Diploma (University of Bonn)
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• 1990: Master of Science in Meteorology (M.I.T.)
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• 1992: PhD (University of Munich)  [more]
• 1999: "Habilitation" (University of Munich)  [more]
• 2000: Full Professor (University of Mainz)

Current research interests

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Teaching

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List of publications

• Glatt, I., A. Dörnbrack, S. Jones, J. Keller, O. Martius, A. Müller, D. H. W. Peters, and V. Wirth, 2011: Utility of Hovmöller diagrams to diagnose Rossby wave trains. Tellus, 63A, 991-1006.
• Erler, A., and V. Wirth, 2011: The Static Stability of the Tropopause Region in Adiabatic Baroclinic Life Cycle Experiments. J. Atmos. Sci., 68 1178-1193.
• Reinert, D., and V. Wirth, 2009: A New Large-Eddy Simulation Model for Simulating Air Flow and Warm Clouds Above Highly Complex Terrain. Part II: The Moist Model and its Application to Banner Clouds. Boundary-Layer Meteorology, 133 113-136.
• Wirth, V., and T. J. Dunkerton, 2009: The Dynamics of Eye Formation and Maintenance in Axisymmetric Diabatic Vortices. J. Atmos. Sci, 66, 3601-3620.
• Müller, A., and V. Wirth, 2009: Resolution dependence of the tropopause inversion layer in an idealized model for upper tropospheric anticyclones. J. Atmos. Sci, 66, 3491-3497.
• Reinert, D., and V. Wirth, 2008: The Origin and Dynamics of Banner Clouds: An Analysis Based on Large Eddy Simulations. Proceedings of the 13th Conference of Mountain Meteorology, 11-15 August 2008, Whistler, Canada, 10B4. [reprint]
• Reinert, D., J. Eichhorn, W.-G. Panhans, and V. Wirth, 2007: A new LES model for simulating air flow and warm clouds above highly complex terrain. Part I: The dry model. Boundary Layer Meteorology, 125, 109-132, doi: 10.1007/s10,546-007-9183-8.
• Frueh, B., and V. Wirth, 2007: Convective Available Potential Energy (CAPE) in mixed phase cloud conditions. Q. J. R. Meteorol. Soc., 133, 561-569 .
• Schween, J., J. Kuettner, D. Reinert, J. Reuder, and V. Wirth, 2007: Definition of 'banner clouds' based on time lapse movies. Atmos. Chem. Phys., 7, 2047-2055. [Available online.]
• Wirth, V., and T. Szabo, 2007: Sharpness of the extratropical tropopause in baroclinic life cycle experiments. Geophys. Res. Lett., 34, L02809, doi:10.1029/2006GL028369.
• Früh, B., J. W. Schipper, A. Pfeiffer, and V. Wirth, 2006: A pragmatic approach for downscaling precipitation in alpine-scale complex terrain. Met. Z. (N.F.), 15, 631-646.
• Wirth, V., and T. J. Dunkerton, 2006: A unified perspective on the dynamics of axisymmetric hurricanes and monsoons. J. Amos. Sci, 63, 2529-2547. [preprint]
• Engel, A., and collaborators, 2006: Highly resolved observations of trace gases in the lowermost stratosphere and upper troposphere from the SPURT project: an overview. ACP, 6, 283-301. [Available online.]
• Hegglin, M. I., D. Brunner, Th. Peter, J. Staehelin, V. Wirth, P. Hoor and H. Fischer, 2005: Determination of turbulent diffusivity in the lowermost stratosphere. Geophys. Res. Lett, 32 L13812, doi:10.1029/2005GL022495.
• Wirth, V., H. Borth, J.-F. Lopez, W.-G. Panhans, M. Riemer and T. Szabo, 2005: Dynamics in the Extratropical Tropopause Region: a Case of Transition Between Dynamically Active and Passive Tracer Advection? Q. J. Roy. Met. Soc., 131, 247-258. [preprint]
• Engel, A., et al., 2004: Trace gas transport in the tropopause region (SPURT). AFO 2000 Newsletter, 9, 11-14
• Wirth, V., 2004: Sommerlich Wetterextreme: Zufall oder Zeichen? Forschungsmagazin der Johannes Guternberg-Universität Mainz, 20, 46-51
• Hoor, P., et al., 2004: New insights into upward transport across the extratropical tropopause derived from extensive in-situ measurements during the SPURT project. SPARC Newsletter, 22, 29-31
• Wirth, V., 2004: A Dynamical Mechanism for Tropopause Sharpening. Met. Zeitschrift, 13 , 477-484. [preprint]
• Stohl, A., et al., 2003: Stratosphere-troposphere exchange: A review, and what we have learned from STACCATO. J. Geophys. Res., 108, doi:10.1029/2002JD002490
• Wirth, V., 2003: Static Stability in the Extratropical Tropopause Region. J. Atmos. Sci., 60, 1395-1409. [preprint]
• Zängl, G., and V. Wirth, 2002: Synoptic-scale variability of the polar and subpolar tropopause: Data analysis and idealized PV inversions. Q. J. R. Meteorol. Soc., 128, 2301-2315. [preprint]
• Wirth, V., 2001: Detection of Hidden Regimes in Stochastic Cyclostationary Time Series. Phys. Rev. E, 64, 016136(6). [preprint]
• Hauck, Ch., and V. Wirth, 2001: Diagnosing the impact of stratospheric planetary wave breaking in a linear model. J. Atmos. Sci., 58, 1357-1370.
• Wirth, V., 2001: Cyclone-Anticyclone Asymmetry Concerning the Height of the Thermal and the Dynamical Tropopause. J. Atmos. Sci., 58, 26-37. [preprint]
• Zängl, G., J. Egger, and V. Wirth, 2001: Diurnal winds in the Himalayan Kali Gandaki valley. Part II: modelling. Mon. Wea. Rev., 129, 1062-1080.
• Forster, C., and V. Wirth, 2000: Radiative decay of idealized stratospheric filaments in the troposphere. J. Geophys. Res., 105, 10,169-10,184.
• Wirth, V., 2000: Thermal versus dynamical tropopause in upper tropospheric balanced flow anomalies. Quart. J. Roy. Met. Soc., 126, 299-317.
• Egger, J., et al., 2000: Diurnal winds in the Himalayan Kali Gandaki valley. Part I: observations. Mon. Wea. Rev., 128, 1106-1122.
• Wirth, V., and J. Egger, 1999: Diagnosing extratropical synoptic-scale stratosphere-troposphere exchange: a case study. Quart. J. Roy. Met. Soc., 125, pp. 635-655.
• Wirth, V., 1998: Thermally forced stationary axisymmetric flow on the f-plane in a nearly frictionless atmosphere. J. Atmos. Sci., 55, pp. 3024-3041.
• Zierl, B., and V. Wirth, 1997: The role of radiation for stratosphere-troposphere exchange in an upper tropospheric anticyclone. J. Geophys. Res., 102, pp. 23,883-23,894.
• Wirth, V., Ch. Appenzeller, and M. Juckes, 1997: Signatures of induced vertical air motion accompanying quasi-horizontal roll-up of stratospheric intrusions. Mon. Wea. Rev., 125, pp. 2504-2519.
• Wirth, V., 1996: Quasi-geostrophic dynamics of an upper tropospheric PV anomaly in two idealized high resolution models and related stratosphere-troposphere exchange. Contr. Atmos. Phys., 69, pp. 333-347.
• Wirth, V., 1995: Comments on "A New Formulation of the Exchange of Mass and Trace Constituents between the Stratosphere and Troposphere". J. Atmos. Sci., 52, pp. 2491-2493.
• Wirth, V., 1995: Diabatic heating in an axisymmetric cut-off cyclone and related stratosphere-troposphere exchange. Q. J. R. Meteorol. Soc., 121, pp. 127-147.
• Wirth, V., 1993: Quasi-Stationary Planetary Waves in Total Ozone and Their Correlation With Lower Stratospheric Temperature. J. Geophys. Res., 98, pp. 8873-8882.
• Wirth, V., 1991: What causes the seasonal cycle of stationary planetary waves in the southern stratosphere? J. Atmos. Sci., 48, pp. 1194-1200.
• Wirth, V., 1989: Effective energy resolution and scatter rejection in nuclear medicine. Phys. Med. Biol., 34, pp. 85-90.

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