Elena Kropač
Elena Kropač, M.Sc.
Department Geographie und Geowissenschaften
Institut für Geographie
Wetterkreuz 15
91058 Erlangen
Germany
- Phone number: +49 9131 85-22506
- Fax number: +49 9131 85-22013
- Email: elena.kropac@fau.de
- Website: https://www.geographie.nat.fau.de/personen/elena-kropac/
Office hours
by appointment only
Curriculum Vitae
Since 02/2021 Doctoral candidate in AG Mölg, FAU Erlangen-Nürnberg
04/2017 – 07/2019 MSc Climate and Environmental Sciences, FAU Erlangen-Nürnberg
10/2013 – 09/2016 BSc Physische Geographie, FAU Erlangen-Nürnberg
Publications
Kropač, E., Mölg, T., Cullen, N.J., Collier, E., Pickler, C., and Turton, J.V. (2021): A detailed, multi-scale assessment of an atmospheric river event and its impact on extreme glacier melt in the Southern Alps of New Zealand. Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres, 126(9): e2020JD034217. https://doi.org/10.1029/2020JD034217
Mölg, T., Hardy, D.R., Collier, E., Kropač, E., Schmid, C., Cullen, N.J., Kaser, G., Prinz, R., and Winkler, M. (2020): Mesoscale atmospheric circulation controls of local meteorological elevation gradients on Kersten Glacier near Kilimanjaro summit. Earth System Dynamics, 11(3): 653–672. https://doi.org/10.5194/esd-11-653-2020
Research
Climate System Research Group (Mölg)
Project
NZ-PROXY: Exploring the potential of coralline algae as climate proxy and for climate model evaluation: a Southern Hemisphere case study of New Zealand -> Further Information (German)
Research interest:
- Regional atmospheric modeling with WRF (Weather and Research Forecasting Model)
- Mesoscale circulation in mountainous environments
- High-mountain climatology & atmosphere–glacier interactions
- General circulation models
- Climate proxies