About us
The Transregional Collaborative Research Center “Waves to Weather” (W2W; SFB/TRR165) was established on July 1st 2015 to address the great challenge of identifying the limits of weather predictability in different situations and to produce the best forecasts that are physically possible.
The W2W consortium consists of:
- the Ludwig-Maximilians University (LMU, Munich)
- the Johannes Gutenberg University (JGU, Mainz)
- the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT, Karlsruhe and Garmisch-Partenkirchen), together with
- the Technische Universität München (TUM, Munich)
- the Ruprecht-Karls University (RKU, Heidelberg), and
- the Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt (DLR, Oberpfaffenhofen in the Munich area)
The W2W coordinating team consists of:
| Prof. Dr. George Craig | Speaker, Coordinator Munich, Board member (2015-) |
| Prof. Dr. Volkmar Wirth | Deputy speaker, Coordinator Mainz, Board member (2015-) |
| Prof. Dr. Peter Knippertz | Deputy speaker, Coordinator Karlsruhe, Board member (2015-) |
| PD Dr. Michael Riemer | Coordinator Research Area A, Board member (2016-) |
| Prof. Dr. Bernhard Mayer | Coordinator Research Area B, Board member (2018-) |
| Prof. Dr. Andreas Fink | Coordinator Research Area C, Board member (2015-) |
| PD Dr. Tijana Janjic-Pfander | Board member (2016-) |
| Dr. Audine Laurian | Scientific manager |
| Andrea Schäfer | Administrator |
| Dr. Hans Volkert | Consultant |
Steering Group members, November 2016, Speyer
Former Steering Group members are:
| Dr. Kirstin Kober | Coordinator Research Area A, Board member (2015-2016) |
| Prof. Dr. Peter Spichtinger | Coordinator Research Area B, Board member (2015-2018) |
The bylaws of W2W can be downloaded here (in German).
