Britta Schäfer

Research interests

• Mixed-phase clouds at middle and high latitudes
• Small-scale dynamics and horizontal structures in mixed-phase clouds (pockets of single-phased cells)
• Remote sensing of clouds with lidar
• In-situ measurements with aircraft
• High-resolution modeling of mixed-phase clouds with WRF
• Noctilucent clouds (NLC)

Background

• 2019-: PhD student, University of Oslo
• 2016-2019: M.Sc. Physics, University of Rostock, Leibniz-Institute of Atmospheric Physics Kühlungsborn, thesis title: “Small-scale wave signatures in noctilucent clouds analyzed by lidar and camera”
• 2014-2016: B.Sc. Physics, University of Rostock
• 2013-2014: Physics studies (bachelor level), Goethe-University Frankfurt/Main
• 2015-2019: Bachelor of Music, Rostock University of Music and Drama
• 2017: Exchange student in the ERASMUS program, Norwegian Academy of Music, Oslo

Teaching

• GEO2300 – Physical Processes in the Geosciences