Oscar Ritter

Leibniz Institute for Tropospheric Research

Phone: +49 341 2717-7448

Mail: oscar.ritter[at]tropos.de

Adress: Permoserstraße 15, 04318 Leipzig

Room: 1.08 (Geb. 23.5)

 

Function 

PhD Student

PhD Representative

 

Department

Remote Sensing of Atmospheric Processes

 

Team

Clouds, Aerosol and Radiation 

 

Research Activities:

  • Small-scale variability of physical cloud properties and radiation
  • Use of high-resolution satellite observations (Sentinel-2) for cloud remote sensing
  • Exploration of the urban heat island with mobile weather stations and Citizen Science

 

Current Projects

Object-based characterization of shallow cumulus clouds over the Southern Great Plains combining decameter-scale observations

 

Past Projects

“Meteorologie hautnah”: Website

Characterization of the macrophysical properties of trade wind cumulus during EUREC4A campaign

 

Curriculum vitae

Since 2022 PhD Student Leibniz Institute for Tropospheric Research
04/2019 - 06/2022 M.Sc. Meteorology University of Leipzig
10/2015 - 01/2019 B.Sc. Meteorology University of Leipzig

Publications

Overview of Publications: ORCID-ID

 

Theses

Master thesis: “Characterisation of the properties of trade wind cumulus clouds with Sentinel-2 observations, including cloud cover, cloud height, cloud size distribution and their radiative effects” → PDF