Cathy Hohenegger

Cathy Hohenegger is a senior researcher and group leader at the Max Planck Institute for Meteorology in Germany, specializing in the Climate Surface Interaction group within the Department of Climate Physics. Her work bridges cloud-resolving modeling with observational campaigns to understand convective processes.

Research Interests focus on:

• Precipitating convection dynamics
• Land-ocean surface-climate interactions
• High-resolution Earth system modeling (km-scale and subkm-scale)
• Radiative-convective equilibrium frameworks
• Cold pool observational analysis (FESSTVaL campaign)
• Climate feedback mechanisms between surface and atmosphere

Key Publications address:

• Precipitation-soil moisture feedbacks in explicit vs parameterized convection
• Tropical land-ocean precipitation asymmetry
• ICON-Sapphire multi-scale Earth system simulations
• Cold pool dynamics and observational networks
• Convective organization in climate models

Technical Expertise spans:

• Global storm-resolving models (DYAMOND, WarmWorld)
• Land surface-atmosphere coupling
• Boundary layer processes and cloud dynamics
• Climate model development (ICON, MPI-ESM)