Dr. Priyanka Ghosh won a "Young Scientist Award" as well as second place in the "Young Scientist Best Paper Award" at this year's Kleinheubach meeting in Miltenberg (Bavaria) on September 29. She had applied with a paper about tropospheric wind measurements, which were measured with the radar system MAARSY over Andøya in Norway ("Spectral characteristics of the wind fluctuations over Andøya, Norway using MAARSY"). The "Young Scientist Award" is given annually to up to ten young scientists whose work is characterized by a high degree of originality and clarity. The top three papers are also honored with the "Young Scientist Best Paper Award."
In her paper, Ghosh explains a study about spectral characteristics of wind fluctuations derived from winds measured in the troposphere and lower stratosphere during 2017 to 2020. Different frequencies, altitudes, seasons and years were considered when analyzing the data. The study concludes that the horizontal and vertical winds depend on and are affected by all these parameters. For example, the horizontal wind is weaker in summer than in other seasons. The novel results of this study can be incorporated into model simulations to improve weather forecasting.
The project Ghosh reports on in her paper was partially funded by the German Research Foundation. Der „Young Scientist Award“ ist mit 250 Euro, der 2. Platz im „Young Scientist Best Paper Award“ ist mit 500 Euro dotiert.