Ph.D. (Climate Physics), Faculty of Science, University of Potsdam, Potsdam, Germany, 2016. Title: South Asian summer monsoon variability: a modelling study with the atmospheric regional climate model HIRHAM5
M.Sc. (Meteorology), Free University of Berlin, Berlin, Germany, 2012. Title: The ocean-atmosphere coupling of the South Asian Summer Monsoon during the last Millennium
B.Sc. (Meteorology), Free University of Berlin, Berlin, Germany, 2009. Title: Analyse der Verschiebung von Klimazonen nach Köppen in Folge der Erhöhung von Treibhausgaskonzentrationen
Research Interests
Global and regional climate modeling
Tropical rainfall simulation
Asian summer monsoon and tropical convection
Monsoon breaks
Aerosol-cloud-precipitation interactions
Scientific Work Experience
Apr 2016 - present Post-doctoral fellow
International Pacific Research Center (IPRC), School of Ocean and Earth Science and Technology (SOEST), University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa, Honolulu, Hawaii, USA
Oct 2015 - Dec 2015 Research assistant
Alfred Wegener Institute (AWI), Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research (AWI), Climate Sciences / Atmospheric Physics, Research Unit Potsdam, Germany
Field Schools
Sept 13- Sept 28, 2013 Field Assistant
Geomorphology mapping and cosmogenic nuclide sampling in the north-western Himalaya, India
Aug 27 - Sept 13, 2013 Himalaya Field School
Tectonics and Climate in the Indian Himalaya, India
Sept 3 - Sept 12, 2012 Kenya Field School
Tectonics and Climate in the East African Rift, Kenya
Refereed Publications
Hanf, F.S., and H. Annamalai, 2020: Systematic errors in South Asian monsoon precipitation: Process-based diagnostics and sensitivity to entrainment in NCAR models. J. Climate, 33 (7), 2817-2840, doi:10.1175/JCLI-D-18-0495.1. IPRC-1425.
Hanf, F.S., H. Annamalai, A. Rinke, and K. Dethloff, 2017: South Asian summer monsoon breaks: Process-based diagnostics in HIRHAM5. J. Geophys. Res.-Atmos., 122 (9), 4880-4902, doi:10.1002/2016JD025967. IPRC-1249.
Hanf, F.S., 2016: South Asian summer monsoon variability: a modelling study with the atmospheric regional climate model HIRHAM5. Doctoral thesis, Institute of Physics and Astronomy / Faculty of Science / University of Potsdam, urn:nbn:de:kobv:517-opus4-89331.
Hanf, F.S., 2012: The ocean–atmosphere coupling of the South Asian Summer Monsoon during the last Millennium. Master thesis, Interactions in the Climate System of the Earth / Institute of Meteorology / Freie Universität Berlin.
Hanf, F.S., J. Körper, T. Spangehl, and U. Cubasch, 2012: Shifts of climate zones in multi-model climate change experiments using the Köppen climate classification. Meteorologische Zeitschrift, 21 (2), 111-123, doi:10.1127/0941-2948/2012/0344.