Department of Atmospheric Physics ****************************************************************************************** * ****************************************************************************************** # Atmospheric physics, cloud and rain physics, atmospheric chemistry # Meteorology, thermodynamics, weather forecasting # Climate # Turbulence, deterministic chaos # Numerical modelling, climate modelling, air pollution modelling ****************************************************************************************** * Offer ****************************************************************************************** We off er our experience, knowledge and advanced modeling techniques to suggest solutions problems in environmental physics focusing especially on atmospheric phenomena. In particu - Atmospheric thermodynamics, hydrodynamics, general fluid dynamics and circulation - Synoptic meteorology, weather forecasting and numerical weather prediction - Air quality, atmospheric chemistry, dispersion and transformation of air-pollution, mode pollution transport - Climate system, modeling of climate, climate changes and evaluation of future developmen - Middle atmospheric dynamics, ozone chemistry, gravity and planetary waves analysis - Deterministic chaos and nonlinear processes in the atmosphere - Atmospheric optics, acoustics, electricity, radiative processes, and cloud and precipita ****************************************************************************************** * Expertise ****************************************************************************************** - Atmospheric thermodynamics, hydrodynamics, general fluid dynamics and circulation - Synoptic meteorology, weather forecasting and numerical weather prediction - Air quality, atmospheric chemistry, dispersion and transformation of air-pollution, mode pollution transport - Climate system, modeling of climate, climate changes and evaluation of future developmen - Middle atmospheric dynamics, ozone chemistry, gravity and planetary waves analysis - Deterministic chaos and nonlinear processes in the atmosphere - Atmospheric optics, acoustics, electricity, radiative processes, and cloud and precipita ****************************************************************************************** * Research Areas & Excellence ****************************************************************************************** Systematic development of scholarship and science in the field of atmospheric physics and As the only university department in the Czech Republic, we provide complex study of the a correspondence with the World Meteorological Organization requirements. We are oriented on topics of high societal impact. Our lectures and research interconnect specialized scientific subjects such as numerical modeling of physical and chemical proces atmosphere, weather prediction, climate change, fluid dynamics, air quality or turbulence. ****************************************************************************************** * Key Research Equipment ****************************************************************************************** High performance computer cluster with 12 nodes, 24CPU units each – upgrade to a more powe underway. ****************************************************************************************** * Partners & Collaborations ****************************************************************************************** *========================================================================================= * Academic Partners *========================================================================================= - Center National de Recherches Meteorologiques (CNRM), Meteo France, Toulouse: impact of emissions on global climate and atmospheric chemistry - Leipzig Institute for Meteorology, University of Leipzig: study of gravity waves localiz numerical experiments with Middle and Upper Atmosphere model - Laboratoire Atmosph?res, Milieux, Observations Spatiales (LATMOS) in l’Institut Pierre S (IPSL): analysis of satellite observation of pollutants (O3, CO, CH2O) and comparison with simulations - Institute for Geophysics, Astrophysics and Meteorology (IGAM) of the University of Graz: usage of the GPS RO data, gravity waves study - Institute for Atmospheric and Climate Science, ETH Zurich: climate modeling, solar cycle - Czech Technical University in Prague: numerical modeling, turbulent flow modeling - Czech Hydrometeorological Institute: meteorology, air quality, weather prediction, numer meteorological satellites - Institutes of the Czech Academy of Sciences: Institute of Atmospheric Physics, Institute Thermomechanics, Institute of Computer Science, Institute of Chemical Process Fundamentals Research Institute *========================================================================================= * Industry Partners *========================================================================================= - DIAMO, state enterprise, Czech Republic - ČEZ, a. s., Czech Republic - InMeteo s.r.o., Czech Republic ****************************************************************************************** * Main Recent Projects ****************************************************************************************** - Development of the regional climate model for a very high resolution, GAP209/11/2405, 20 - Project UHI (Urban Heat Island) of OP Central Europe and ERDF, 2011–2014 - Global and regional climate model simulations in Central Europe in the 18th–20th centuri with observed and reconstructed climate, GAP209/11/0956, 2011–2015 - Direct eddy simulation in turbochargers via MILES-WBF method, TA04011437, 2014–2017 - Middle atmosphere effects of localized gravity wave forcing (MATELO), 16-01562J, 2016–20 - Project URBI PRAGENSI „Urbanization of weather forecast, air quality prediction and clim Prague ****************************************************************************************** * Are you interested in this expertise? ****************************************************************************************** Please contact CPPT UK Web: www.cppt.cuni.cz/ [ URL "https://cppt.cuni.cz/"] Mail: transfer@cuni.cz Phone: +420 224 491 255 ****************************************************************************************** * Experts and their Department ****************************************************************************************** Assoc. Prof. RNDr. Petr Pišoft , Ph.D. Department of Atmospheric Physics Web: http://kfa.mff.cuni.cz [ URL "http://kfa.mff.cuni.cz"] ****************************************************************************************** * Klíčová slova ****************************************************************************************** # Fyzika atmosféry, fyzika oblaků a srážek, atmosférická chemie # Meteorologie, termodynamika, předpověď počasí # Klima # Turbulence, deterministický chaos