Birgit Suetzl

Scientist: high-resolution Earth-system modelling
Research, Earth System Modelling, Coupled Processes

Summary:

Birgit works on land surface and atmosphere interactions in the Coupled Processes group. She specialises on drag processes and modelling of orography/forests/urban areas. Her work focuses on high-resolution modelling for the Destination Earth initiative.

Professional interests:
  • high-resolution weather and climate simulations
  • drag processes and transport in the atmospheric boundary layer
  • urban modelling on sub-kilometre to kilometre scale
  • surface heterogeneity (datasets and model representation)
  • applications of urban climate research, e.g., heat mitigation measures for cities
Career background:
  • Scientist, Research Department, ECMWF, Bonn, Germany. 2022-present
  • Postdoctoral Researcher, ETH Zürich, Switzerland. 2021-2022
  • Visiting Researcher, Met Office, United Kingdom. 7-8/2019
  • Visiting Researcher, ZAMG, Austria. 7-8/2015
  • PhD at Imperial College London, United Kingdom. 2017-2021 Thesis on distributed drag parameterization for urban environments
  • MRes in Mathematics of Planet Earth, Imperial College London and University of Reading, United Kingdom. 2016-2017
  • MSc in Applied Mathematics, Heriot-Watt University, Edinburgh, United Kingdom. 2015-2016
  • BSc in Mathematics, Technische Universität Wien, Vienna, Austria. 2009-2012