Biography


Prof. Dr. Nicole Mölders

Department of Atmospheric Sciences

Geophysical Institute and College of Natural Sciences and Mathematics

University of Alaska Fairbanks, USA

Emerita Professor

Email: [email protected]


Qualifications

1999, Habilitation in Meteorology, University of Leipzig, Germany

1992, Ph.D., Geophysics, University of Cologne, Germany

1988, Diploma (comp. with M.S.), Meteorology, University of Cologne, Germany

1983, B.S., Meteorology, University of Cologne, Germany


Research Interests

Hydrometeorology

Mesoscale Meteorology

Land-atmosphere Interactions

Cloud Physics

Air Pollution

Publications (Selected)


  1. Mölders, N., & Olson, M. A. (2004). Impact of urban effects on precipitation in high latitudes. Journal of Hydrometeorology, 5(3), 409-429. https://doi.org/10.1175/1525-7541%282004%29005%3C0409%3AIOUEOP%3E2.0.CO%3B2
  2. Tran, H. N. Q., & Mölders, N. (2011). Investigations on meteorological conditions for elevated PM2.5 in Fairbanks, Alaska. Atmospheric Research, 99(1), 39-49. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.atmosres.2010.08.028
  3. Mölders, N. (2008). Suitability of the Weather Research and Forecasting (WRF) model to predict the June 2005 fire weather for Interior Alaska. Weather and Forecasting, 23(5), 953-973. https://doi.org/10.1175/2008WAF2007062.1
  4. Kramm, G., Dlugi, R., Dollard, G. J., Foken, T., Mölders, N., Müller, H., ... & Sievering, H. (1995). On the dry deposition of ozone and reactive nitrogen species. Atmospheric Environment, 29(21), 3209-3231. https://doi.org/10.1016/1352-2310(95)00218-N
  5. Mölders, N., Raabe, A., & Tetzlaff, G. (1996). A comparison of two strategies on land surface heterogeneity used in a mesoscale β meteorological model. Tellus A: Dynamic Meteorology and Oceanography, 48(5), 733-749. https://doi.org/10.3402/tellusa.v48i5.12203
  6. Mölders, N., & Kramm, G. (2010). A case study on wintertime inversions in Interior Alaska with WRF. Atmospheric Research, 95(2-3), 314-332. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.atmosres.2009.06.002
  7. Mölders, N., & Raabe, A. (1996). Numerical investigations on the influence of subgrid-scale surface heterogeneity on evapotranspiration and cloud processes. Journal of Applied Meteorology, 35(6), 782-795. https://doi.org/10.1175/1520-0450%281996%29035%3C0782%3ANIOTIO%3E2.0.CO%3B2
  8. Bieniek, P. A., Bhatt, U. S., Walker, D. A., Raynolds, M. K., Comiso, J. C., Epstein, H. E., ... & Ermold, W. (2015). Climate drivers linked to changing seasonality of Alaska coastal tundra vegetation productivity. Earth Interactions, 19(19), 1-29. https://doi.org/10.1175/EI-D-15-0013.1
  9. Mölders, N. (2010). Comparison of Canadian Forest Fire Danger Rating System and National Fire Danger Rating System fire indices derived from Weather Research and Forecasting (WRF) model data for the June 2005 Interior Alaska wildfires. Atmospheric Research, 95(2-3), 290-306. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.atmosres.2009.03.010
  10. Mölders, N., & Kramm, G. (2007). Influence of wildfire-induced land-cover changes on clouds and precipitation in Interior Alaska: A case study. Atmospheric Research, 84(2), 142-168. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.atmosres.2006.06.004
  11. Mölders, N., Haferkorn, U., Döring, J., & Kramm, G. (2003). Long-term investigations on the water budget quantities predicted by the hydro-thermodynamic soil vegetation scheme (HTSVS), Part I: Description of the model and impact of long-wave radiation, roots, snow, and soil frost. Meteorology and Atmospheric Physics, 84(1-2), 115-135. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00703-002-0578-2
  12. Mölders, N., Tran, H. N. Q., Cahill, C. F., Leelasakultum, K., & Tran, T. T. (2012). Assessment of WRF/Chem PM2.5 forecasts using mobile and fixed-location data from the Fairbanks, Alaska, winter 2008/09 field campaign. Atmospheric Pollution Research, 3(2), 180-191. https://doi.org/10.5094/APR.2012.018
  13. Mölders, N., Porter, S. E., Cahill, C. F., & Grell, G. A. (2010). Influence of ship emissions on air quality and input of contaminants in southern Alaska National Parks and Wilderness Areas during the 2006 tourist season. Atmospheric Environment, 44(11), 1400-1413. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.atmosenv.2010.02.003
  14. Mölders, N., Tran, H. N. Q., Quinn, P., Sassen, K., Shaw, G. E., & Kramm, G. (2011). Assessment of WRF/Chem to simulate sub-Arctic boundary-layer characteristics during low solar irradiation using radiosonde, SODAR, and surface data. Atmospheric Pollution Research, 2(3), 283-299. https://doi.org/10.5094/APR.2011.035
  15. Mölders, N., & Romanovsky, V. E. (2006). Long-term evaluation of the Hydro-Thermodynamic Soil-Vegetation Scheme’s frozen ground/permafrost component using observations at Barrow, Alaska. Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres, 111(D4), D04105. https://doi.org/10.1029/2005JD005957
  16. Mölders, N., & Rühaak, W. (2002). On the impact of explicitly predicted runoff on the simulated atmospheric response to small-scale land-use changes: An integrated modeling approach. Atmospheric Research, 63(1-2), 3-38. https://doi.org/10.1016/S0169-8095(02)00002-9
  17. Mölders, N., Hass, H., Jakobs, H. J., Laube, M., & Ebel, A. (1994). Some effects of different cloud parameterizations in a mesoscale model and a chemistry transport model. Journal of Applied Meteorology, 33(4), 527-545. https://doi.org/10.1175/1520-0450%281994%29033%3C0527%3ASEODCP%3E2.0.CO%3B2
  18. Mölders, N., & Walsh, J. E. (2004). Atmospheric response to soil-frost and snow in Alaska in March. Theoretical and Applied Climatology, 77(1-2), 77-105. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00704-003-0032-5
  19. Friedrich, K., Mölders, N., & Tetzlaff, G. (2000). On the influence of surface heterogeneity on the Bowen-ratio: A theoretical case study. Theoretical and Applied Climatology, 65(3-4), 181-196. https://doi.org/10.1007/s007040070043
  20. Mölders, N., Gende, S., & Pirhalla, M. (2013). Assessment of cruise-ship activity influences on emissions, air quality, and visibility in Glacier Bay National Park. Atmospheric Pollution Research, 4(4), 435-445. https://doi.org/10.5094/APR.2013.050



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