Maximilian Graf M.Sc.
Research foci
- Rainfall estimation with opportunistic sensors like commercial microwave links and private weather stations
- Spatio-temporal variability of precipitation
- Land-surface - atmosphere interactions
- Boundary layer meteorology and thermal circulation systems
Research Projects
Recent projects:
HoWa-PRO: Innovative Methoden der Niederschlagsmessung und -vorhersage im Einsatz für die Hochwasserfrühwarnung in kleinen Einzugsgebieten (BMBF)
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Past projects:
HGF Digital Earth: Towards SMART Monitoring and Integrated Data Exploration of the Earth System - Implementing the Data Science Paradigm
Publications
Selected Presentations
Graf, M., Chwala, C., Polz, J., Kunstmann, H., (2019): The challenge of processing one year of German-wide CML data. 26.06.2019, Symposium on the hydrometeorological usage of data from commercial microwave link networks, Garmisch-Partenkirchen.
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Graf, M., Chwala, C., Kunstmann, H., (2019): Performance analysis of more than one year of countrywide rainfall derived from commercial microwave link data in Germany. 11.04.2019, EGU, Wien
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Selected journal articles
Graf, M., El Hachem, A., Eisele, M., Seidel, J., Chwala, C., Kunstmann, H., & Bárdossy, A.:Rainfall estimates from opportunistic sensors in Germany across spatio-temporal scales. Journal of Hydrology: Regional Studies, 37, 100883, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ejrh.2021.100883, 2021.
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Arnault, J., Fersch, B., Rummler, T., Zhang, Z., Quenum, G. M., Wei, J., Graf, M., Laux, P., & Kunstmann, H.: Lateral terrestrial water flow contribution to summer precipitation at continental scale–A comparison between Europe and West Africa with WRF‐Hydro‐tag ensembles. Hydrological Processes, 35(5), e14183, https://doi.org/10.1002/hyp.14183, 2021.
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Polz, J., Chwala, C., Graf, M., and Kunstmann, H.: Rain event detection in commercial microwave link attenuation data using convolutional neural networks, Atmos. Meas. Tech., 13, 3835–3853, https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-13-3835-2020, 2020.
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Graf, M., Chwala, C., Polz, J., and Kunstmann, H.: Rainfall estimation from a German-wide commercial microwave link network: optimized processing and validation for 1 year of data, Hydrol. Earth Syst. Sci., 24, 2931–2950, https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-24-2931-2020, 2020.
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Graf, M., Kossmann, M., Trusilova, K. and Mühlbacher, G.: Identification and Climatology of Alpine Pumping from a Regional Climate Simulation. Front. Earth Sci. 4:5. doi: 10.3389/feart.2016.00005, 2016.
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Curriculum Vitae
since 2023??? Research fellow at 新万博体育下载_万博体育app【投注官网】 Augsburg, Chair Regional Climate and Hydrology
2018-2022 ?? Research fellow at IMK-IFU, KIT Campus Alpin, Garmisch-Partenkirchen
2016-2018? ? M.Sc. Climate and environmental sciences at 新万博体育下载_万博体育app【投注官网】 Augsburg
2015???????????? Technichian at IMK-IFU, KIT Campus Alpin, Garmisch-Partenkirchen
2014???????????? Internship and thesis at German Weather Service, Offenbach
2011-2014 ?? B.Sc. Physical Geography at 新万博体育下载_万博体育app【投注官网】 新万博体育下载_万博体育app【投注官网】 Eichst?tt
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