Research themes
- Reactive Flows & Explosions
- Thermal & Materials Processes
- Multi-Phase Flows
- Clouds, Climate and Air Quality
- Computational Reactor Engineering
Clouds, Climate and Air Quality
Clouds, Climate & Air Quality is guided by Prof. Dr. Harm Jonker
Clouds & Climate
Clouds play a crucial role in Climate
The response of couds in a changing climate is one of the most pressing unknowns (see the IPCC report).
- Objective: Fundamental research on cloud dynamics and cloud microphysics to improve parameterizations in weather and climate models.
- Methodology: Detailed numerical simulation, laboratory experiments, analysis of aircraft, and satellite observations.
Air Quality
Particulate Matter (Fine Dust) is recently recognized as a major threat to public health
- Objective: Develop computational methods to predict atmospheric dispersion in urban areas. The focus is on street scale.
- Methodology: Detailed numerical simulation, laboratory experiments, CFD
Methods
Numerical
LES (cumulus cloud)
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DNS (Rayleigh-Benard convection)
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Virtual reality
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Laboratory Experiments
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Convection Tank (entertainment)
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Observational
- Atmospheric Laser Doppler
