Christopher Polster

Publications

  • Polster, C., and Wirth, V., 2023: A New Atmospheric Background State to Diagnose Local Waveguidability. Accepted by Geophys. Res. Lett., 50, e2023GL106166. doi:10.1029/2023GL106166
  • Polster, C., and Wirth, V., 2023: The Onset of a Blocking Event as a “Traffic Jam”: Characterization with Ensemble Sensitivity Analysis. J. Atmos. Sci., 80, 1681–1699, doi:10.1175/JAS-D-21-0312.1.
  • Teubler, F., Riemer, M., Polster, C., Grams, C. M., Hauser, S., and Wirth, V., 2023: Similarity and variability of blocked weather-regime dynamics in the Atlantic–European region, Weather Clim. Dynam., 4, 265–285, doi:10.5194/wcd-4-265-2023.
  • Wirth, V. and Polster, C., 2021: The Problem of Diagnosing Jet Waveguidability in the Presence of Large-Amplitude Eddies, J. Atmos. Sci., 78(10), 3137-3151. doi:10.1175/JAS-D-20-0292.1

Conference Presentations

  • Polster, C. and Wirth, V., 2023: A new atmospheric background state to diagnose local waveguidability. The Role of Atmospheric Dynamics for Climate and Extremes. A Joint SPARC DynVar - SNAP Meeting, Munich, Germany, 9–13 October 2023, link.
  • Polster, C. and Wirth, V., 2023: A new atmospheric background state to diagnose local waveguidability. EGU General Assembly 2023, Vienna, Austria, 24–28 April 2023, EGU23-5448, doi:10.5194/egusphere-egu23-5448.
  • Polster, C.: Flottplot: Arrange and Navigate Collections of Images in the Browser. 2nd MeteoXchange ECS Conference 2023, 13-14 April 2023, link. 🏆
  • Polster, C. and Wirth, V., 2023: Can a Block form as a "Traffic Jam" in the Jet Stream?. Scale interactions, data-driven modeling, and uncertainty in weather and climate (TRR 165/181 Joint Conference), Ingolstadt, 27-30 March 2023, link.
  • Polster, C. and Wirth, V., 2022: Evidence for a "Traffic Jam" Onset of Blocked Flow from Ensemble Sensitivity Analysis. Stormtracks2022: Midlatitude storm-tracks workshop, Saint-Pierre-d'Oléron, France, 29 May-3 Jun 2022, link.
  • Polster, C. and Wirth, V., 2022: Evidence for a "Traffic Jam" Onset of Blocked Flow from Ensemble Sensitivity Analysis. EGU General Assembly 2022, Vienna, Austria, 23–27 May 2022, EGU22-1703, doi:10.5194/egusphere-egu22-1703.
  • Polster, C. and Wirth, V., 2021: Sensitivity of Blocking Onset to Local Wave Activity. Atmospheric Blocking Virtual Workshop, September 27-29 2021, link.