Climate Research - Climate Observations
Royal Netherlands Meteorological Institute (KNMI)
P.O. Box 201, 3730 AE De Bilt, The Netherlands
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My research focuses on the retrieval and validation of cloud physical properties (thermodynamic phase, optical depth, particle effective radius, liquid/ice water path) from satellite instruments (mainly MSG-SEVIRI and NOAA-AVHRR). These cloud property observations are useful for the evaluation of climate model simulations, and allow to study variability at a range of spatiotemporal scales as well as long-term trends. The work is performed in the framework of EUMETSAT's Climate Monitoring Satellite Application Facility (CM-SAF). I'm also involved in the ESA project Cloud_CCI and the EU project EURO4M.

Previously, I worked as a Post-Doc at KNMI and IMAU (Utrecht University). Both projects were related to the global modelling of atmospheric methane (CH4), the interpretation of satellite and ground-based CH4 measurements, and the combination of model and measurements to infer the location and magnitude of CH4 sources and sinks. In my Ph.D. research, from 1997 to 2001 at KNMI, I studied the role of water waves and sea spray in air-sea interaction.