Dr. Ir. Ad Stoffelen – fellow IEEE (KNMI – Royal Netherlands Meteorological Institute, Países Bajos)
18 de diciembre de 2024 a las 13hs.

The dynamic response of the coupled atmosphere and ocean system to climate change is challenging to measure, though key to understand flow properties, exchanges of carbon, water vapor, momentum and heat exchange processes between atmosphere and ocean. It is not clear how the response of some major modes of climate variability, such as El Nino, to climate change will be, though it will determine much of the impact on economy and society. Satellite wind measurements help to depict the atmospheric and marine boundary layer flow and have been available since a few decades. How do these measurements inform the atmosphere and ocean models and are the latter adequate to understand dynamical changes in our climate. What more satellite observations can we provide to capture the most important flow aspects of our changing climate?

Ad Stoffelen’s career is dedicated to all aspects of satellite wind measurements. From new concepts, cal/val, wind retrieval optimization, operational production to applications and training in weather nowcasting. It involves data science, machine learning, NWP data assimilation, climate data records, ocean forcing, marine boundary layer and air-sea interaction research. I’m now leading a group on active remote sensing from satellites using radar and lidar for ocean winds, clouds and aerosol, and involved in the ESA Aeolus, EarthCare and HARMONY missions and participating in the EUMETSAT and EU Copernicus ground segment services. https://www.knmi.nl/over-het-knmi/onze-mensen/ad-stoffelen