2002 - Dr. rer. nat. (Ph.D.): Meteorology, University Karlsruhe,
Karlsruhe, Germany
1998 - Diplom (M.S.): Meteorology, University Karlsruhe,
Karlsruhe, Germany
1994 - Vordiplom (B.S.): Meteorology, University Karlsruhe,
Karlsruhe, Germany
Research Interests
Climate modeling and climate change
Meteorology and chemistry of the stratosphere
Remote sensing of stratospheric trace constituents with infrared
spectrometers
Scientific Work Experience
Postdoctoral Fellow, International Pacific Research Center (IPRC),
SOEST, University of Hawaii, USA, October 2003 – February 2007
Research Assistant, Forschungszentrum Karlsruhe fuer Technik und
Umwelt, Karlsruhe, Germany, 1998 – 2003.
Awards and Honors
Elsa und Walter Hermann-Preis for the best PhD thesis of the year 2003 at the
research center Karlsruhe, 2004
Nominee for WMO Norbert Gerbier - MUMM International Award, 2002
Winner of a competition of the Deutsche Börse AG:
Best prediction of European weather indices, 2001
Selected Publications
Stowasser, M., Y. Wang, and K. Hamilton: Tropical cyclone
changes in the western North Pacific in a global warming scenario.
J. Climate, in press.
Boer, G.J., M. Stowasser, and K. Hamilton, 2007: Inferring climate
sensitivity from volcanic events. Clim. Dyn., 28 (5), 481 – 502.
Stowasser, M., and K. Hamilton, 2006: Relationships between cloud
radiative forcing and local meteorological variables compared in
observations and several global climate models. J. Climate, 19,
4344 – 4359.
Stowasser, M., K. Hamilton, and G.J. Boer, 2006: Local and global
climate feedbacks in models with differing climate sensitivities. J. Climate, 19,
193 – 209.
Evans, J.T., M.P. Chipperfield, H. Oelhaf, M. Stowasser, and G.
Wetzel, 2003: Effect of Near-IR Photolysis of HO2NO2
on Stratospheric Chemistry. Geophys. Res. Lett.,30 (5),
1223, doi:10.1029/2002GL016470.
Kanzawa, H., T. Sugita, H. Nakajima, A. Engel, U. Schmidt, S.
Aoki, T. Nakazawa, C. Camy-Peyret, S. Payan, P. Jeseck, H. Oelhaf, M.
Stowasser, W.A. Traub, K. Jucks, D.G. Johnson, G.C. Toon, I. Murata,
H. Fukunishi, H. Kuellmann, J.H. Park, G. Bodeker, L. Pan, T. Yokota,
M. Suzuki, M. Shiotani, and Y. Sasano, 2003: Validation and data
characteristics of nitrous oxide and methane profiles observed by the
Improved Limb Atmospheric Spectrometer (ILAS) and processed with
Version 5.20 algorithm. J. Geophys. Res., 108 (D16),
doi:10.1029/2002JD002458.
Stowasser, M., et al., 2003: The variation of NOy
species around sunrise at mid-latitudes as measured by MIPAS-B and
calculated by KASIMA. Geophys. Res. Let., 30(8),
doi:10.1029/2002GL016727.
Kanzawa, H., C. Schiller, J. Ovarlez, C. Camy-Peyret, S. Payan, P.
Jeseck, H. Oelhaf, M. Stowasser, W.A. Traub, K.W. Jucks, D.G. Johnson,
G.C. Toon,B. Sen, J.-F. Blavier, J.H. Park, G.E. Bodeker, L.L. Pan, T.
Sugita, H. Nakajima, T. Yokota, M. Suzuki, M. Shiotani, and Y. Sasano,
2002: Validation and data characteristics of water vapor profiles
observed by the Improved Limb Atmospheric Spectrometer (ILAS) and
processed with the Version 5.20 algorithm. J. Geophys. Res., 108 (D24),
8217, doi:10.1029/2001JD000881.
Stowasser, M., et al., 2002: A Characterization of the warm 1999
Arctic winter, by observations and modeling: NOy
partitioning and dynamics. J. Geophys. Res., 107 (D19),
4376, doi: 10.1029/2001JD001217.
Stowasser, M., 2002: Ozone chemistry process studies in middle and
high latitudes based on MIPAS-B data. Wissenschaftliche Berichte,
FZKA 6781, ISSN 0947 – 8620.
Wetzel, G., H. Oelhaf, R. Ruhnke, F. Friedl-Vallon, A. Kleinert,
W. Kouker, G. Maucher, Th. Reddmann, M. Seefeldner, M. Stowasser, O.
Trieschmann, T. von Clarmann, and H. Fischer, 2002: NOy
partitioning and budget and its correlation with N2O in the
Arctic vortex and in summer mid-latitudes in 1997. J. Geophys. Res.,
107 (D16), 4280, doi: 10.1029/2001JD000916.
Stowasser, M., et al., 1999: Simultaneous measurements of HDO, H2O
and CH4 with MIPAS-B: Hydrogen budget and indication of
dehydration inside the polar vortex. J. Geophys. Res., 104,
19,213 –19,255.