Selected Publications

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2008, 2007, 2006, 2005, 2004, 2003, 2002, 2001, 2000, 1999, 1998 , 1997, 1996, 1995, 1994

books

poster presentations, oral presentations by my students

Publication in Refereed Journals

2008

Mölders, N., 2008. Suitability of the Weather Research and Forecasting (WRF) model to predict the June 2005 fire weather for Interior Alaska. Wea. Forecast . (in press)
Mölders, N., Morton, D., Newby, G., Stevens, E., Stuefer, M., 2008. Now- and forecasting Alaska weather. Bull. Amer. Meteorol. Soc. 89: 515-519 (pdf The orginal publication is available at AMS.)
Mölders, N., Luijting, H., Sassen, K., 2008. Use of Atmospheric Radiation Measurement program data from Barrow, Alaska , for evaluation and development of snow albedo parameterizations. Meteor. Atmos. Phys . 99: 199-219 (pdf The orginal publication is available at Springer).
Li, Z., Mölders, N., 2008. Interaction of impacts of doubling CO2 and changing regional land-cover on evaporation, precipitation, and runoff at global and regional scales. Int. J. Climatol. DOI 10.1002/joc.1666 (pdf) The orginal publication is available at Interscience Wiley
Li, Z., Bhatt, U.S., Mölders, N., 2008. Impact of doubled CO₂ on the interaction between the regional and global water cycle in four study regions. Climate Dynamics 30: 255-275, doi 10.1007/s00382-007-0283-4 (pdf)

2007

PaiMazumder, D., Miller, J., Li, Z., Walsh, J.E., Etringer, A., McCreight, J., Zhang, T., Mölders, N., 2007. Evaluation of Community Climate System Model soil temperatures using observations from Russia. Theor. Appl. Climatol. doi 10.1007/s00704-007-0350-0 (pdf) The orginal publication is available at Springer
Mölders, N., Kramm, G., 2007. Influence of wildfire induced land-cover changes on clouds and precipitation in Interior Alaska - A case study. Atmos. Res., 84: 142-168, doi:10.1016/j.atmosres.2006.06004 (pdf. The original publication is available at Elsevier)

2006

Narapusetty, B., Mölders, N., 2006. Evaluation of the soil module of HTSVS by observations and a theoretically advanced numerical scheme. Mon. Wea. Rev., 134: 2927-2942.
Mölders, N., Romanovsky, V.E., 2006. Long-term evaluation of the Hydro-Thermodynamic Soil-Vegetation Scheme's frozen ground/permafrost component using observations at Barrow, Alaska . J. Geophys. Res ., 111: D04105, doi:10.1029/2005JD005957. (pdf. The original publication is available at AGU.).

2005

Narapusetty, B., Mölders, N., 2005. Evaluation of snow depth and soil temperature predicted by the Hydro-Thermodynamic Soil Vegetation Scheme (HTSVS) coupled with the PennState/NCAR Mesoscale Meteorological Model (MM5). J. Appl. Meteor., 44, 1827-1843, (pdf). The original publication is available at AMS.
Mölders, N., Jankov, M., Kramm, G. 2005. Application of Gaussian error propagation principles for theoretical assessment of model uncertainty in simulated soil processes caused by thermal and hydraulic parameters. J. Hydrometeorol., 6, 1045-1062, ( pdf. The original publication is available at AMS).
Mölders, N., 2005. Plant and soil parameter caused uncertainty of predicted surface fluxes. Mon. Wea. Rev., 133, 3498-3516(pdf. The original publication is available at AMS).
Kramm, G., Mölders, 2005. On the transfer of momentum, sensible heat and matter across the interfacial sublayer over aerodynamically smooth surfaces. J. Calcutta Math. Soc., 2, 105-120, ( pdf, Original is available from Calcutta Mathematical Society.).

2004

Mölders, N., and M.A. Olson, 2004. Impact of urban effects on precipitation in high latitudes. J. Hydrometeor., 5, 409-429.(pdf. The original publication is available at AMS)
Mölders, N., and J.E. Walsh, 2004. Atmospheric response to soil-frost and snow in Alaska in March. Theor. Appl. Climat., 77, 77-105.(pdf. The original publication is available at http://www.springerlink.com.)
Kramm, G., Dlugi, R., Mölders, N., 2004. On the vertically averaged balance equation of atmospheric trace constituents. Meteor. Atmos. Phys., 86, 121-141.(pdf. The original publication is available at http://www.springerlink.com.)

2003

Mölders, N., Haferkorn, U., Döring, J., Kramm, G., 2003. Long-term numerical investigations on the water budget quantities predicted by the hydro-thermodynamic soil vegetation scheme (HTSVS) - Part II: Evaluation, sensitivity, and uncertainty. Meteor. Atmos. Phys., 84, 137-156. (pdf. The original publication is available at http://www.springerlink.com.)
Mölders, N., Haferkorn, U., Döring, J., Kramm, G., 2003. Long-term numerical investigations on the water budget quantities predicted by the hydro-thermodynamic soil vegetation scheme (HTSVS) - Part I: Description of the model and impact of long-wave radiation, roots, snow, and soil frost. Meteor. Atmos. Phys., 84, 115-135.(pdf. The original publication is available at http://www.springerlink.com.)

2002

Fröhlich, K., and Mölders, N., 2002. Investigations on the impact of explicitly predicted snow metamorphism on the microclimate simulated by a meso-beta/gamma-scale non-hydrostatic model. Atmos. Res., 62, 71-109 (Abstract), (pdf. The original publication is available from Elsevier.).
Mölders, N., and Rühaak,W., 2002. On the impact of explicitly predicted runoff on the simulated atmospheric response to small-scale land-use changes - An integrated modeling approach. Atmos. Res. 63, 3-38 (Abstract), (pdf. The original publication is available from Elsevier.).
Kramm, G., Dlugi, R., Mölders, N., 2002. Stanton numbers of heat and matter for aerodynamically smooth surfaces: Basic considerations and evaluation. Meteorol. Atmos. Phys., 79, 173-194.(pdf. The original publication is available at http://www.springerlink.com.)
Tetzlaff, G., Dlugi, R., Friedrich, K., Gross, G., Hinneburg, D., Pahl, U.,Zelger, M., and Mölders, N., 2002. On modeling dry deposition of long-lived and chemically reactive species over heterogeneous terrain. J. Atmos. Chem. 42, 123-155 (Abstract), (pdf. The original publication is available from Kluwer.).

2001

Mölders, N., 2001. On the uncertainty in mesoscale modeling caused by surface parameters. Meteor. Atmos. Phys.76, 119-141. (pdf. The original publication is available at http://www.springerlink.com.)

2000

Mölders, N., 2000. Similarity of microclimate as simulated in response to landscapes of the 1930s and the 1980s. J. Hydrometeorol.1 330-352 (Abstract). (pdf. The original publication is available at AMS.)

Mölders, N., 2000. Application of the principle of superposition to detect nonlinearity in the short-term atmospheric response to concurrent land-use changes associated with future landscapes. Meteor. Atmos. Phys. 72, 47-68 (Abstract)., (pdf. The original is available from Springer.

Friedrich, K., Mölders, N., 2000. On the influence of surface heterogeneity on latent heat-fluxes andstratus properties. Atmos. Res. 54, 59-85.(Abstract).

Friedrich, K., Mölders, N.,Tetzlaff, G., 2000. On the influence of surface heterogeneity on the Bowen-ratio: A theoretical case study. Theor. Appl. Clim. 65, 181-196 (Abstract).(pdf. The original publication is available at http://www.springerlink.com.)

1999

Mölders, N., 1999. On theeffects of different flooding stages of the Odra and different landuse typeson the local distributions of evapotranspiration, cloudiness and rainfallin theBrandenburg-Polish border area. Contrib. Atmos. Phys. 72, 1-24 (Abstract)..
Mölders, N., Raabe, A., Beckmann, T, 1999. A technique to downscale meteorological quantities for the use in hydrologic models - Description and first results. IAHS Publ. 254, 89-98.
Mölders, N., 1999. On the atmospheric response to urbanization and open-pit mining under various geostrophic wind conditions. Meteor. Atmos. Phys. 71, 205-228 (Abstract).(pdf The original publication is available at http://www.springerlink.com

1998

Mölders, N., 1998. Landscapechanges over a region in East Germany and their impact upon the processesof its atmospheric water-cycle. Meteor. Atmos. Phys. 68, 79-98 (Abstract).

1997

Mölders, N., Kramm,G., Laube,M., Raabe, A., 1997. On the influence of bulk parameterization schemes of cloud relevant microphysics on the predicted water cycle relevant quantities - a case study. Meteorol. Zeitschr. 6, 21-32 (Abstract)
Mölders, N., Strasser, U., Schneider, K., Mauser, W., Raabe, A., 1997. A sensitivity study on theinitialization of surface characteristics in meso-beta-modeling using digitized vs. satellite derived landuse data. Contrib. Atmos. Phys. 70, 173-187 (Abstract).
Mölders, N., Raabe,A., 1997. Testing the effect of a two-way-coupling of a meteorological anda hydrologic model on the predicted local weather. Atmos. Res. 45,81-108 (Abstract).

1996

Mölders, N., Raabe,A., 1996. Numerical investigations on the influence of subgrid-scale surface heterogeneity on evapotranspiration and cloud processes. J. Appl. Meteor. 35, 782-795 (Abstract, pdf, The original is available at AMS.).
Kramm, G., Foken, T.,Mölders,N., Müller, H., Paw U, K.T., 1996. On the determination of the sublayer Stanton numbers of heat and matter for different types of surfaces. Contrib.Atmos. Phys.69, 417-430.
Mölders, N., Raabe,A., Tetzlaff, G., 1996. A comparison of two strategies on land surface heterogeneity used in a mesoscale beta meteorological model. Tellus 48A, 733-749 (Abstract, pdf. The original is available at Munksgaard)).
Spindler, G., Mölders,N., Hansz J., Beier, N., Kramm, G., 1996. Determining the dry deposition of SO₂ , O₃, NO, and NO₂ at the SANA corestation Melpitz. Meteorol. Zeitschr. 5, 205-220 (Abstract).

1995

Mölders, N.,Laube, M., Kramm,G., 1995. On the parameterization of ice microphysics in a mesoscale alpha weather forecast model. Atmos. Res. 38, 207-235 (Abstract), (pdf. The original publication is available at Elsevier).
Kramm, G., Dlugi,R., Dollard, G.J., Mölders, N., Müller, H., Seiler, W., Sievering,H., 1995. On the dry deposition of ozone and reactive nitrogen compounds. Atmos. Environ. 29, 3209-3231. (pdf; The original is available at Elsevier).
Mölders, N.,Laube, M., Raschke, E., 1995. Evaluation of model generated cloud cover by means of satellite data. Atmos. Res. 39, 91-111. (pdf. The original publication is available at Elsevier)

1994

Mölders,N., Hass, H., Jakobs,H.J., Laube, M., Ebel, A., 1994. Some effects of different cloud parameterizations in a mesoscale model and a chemistry transport model. J. Appl. Meteor. 33, 527-545. (pdf. The original publication is available at AMS) .
Mölders,N., Laube, M., 1994. A numerical study on the influence of different cloud treatment in a chemical transport model on gas phase distribution. Atmos.Res. 32, 249-272. (pdf. The original publication is available at Elsevier)

Publications in Refereed Books

Mölders, N. , 2005. Investigations on the impact of land-use changes using an integrated hydrometeorological model. In: Bronstert, A., Carrera, J., Kabat, P., Lütkemeier, S. (Eds.), Coupled Models for the Hydrological Cycle - Integrating Atmosphere, Biosphere, and Pedosphere , Springer, 253-256.
Bronstert, A., Mölders, N. , 2005. Framework of the case studies. In: Bronstert, A., Carrera, J., Kabat, P., Lütkemeier, S. (Eds.), Coupled Models for the Hydrological Cycle - Integrating Atmosphere, Biosphere, and Pedosphere , Springer, 215-216.
Mölders, N. , 2005. Feedbacks at the hydro-meteorological interface. In: Bronstert, A., Carrera, J., Kabat, P., Lütkemeier, S. (Eds.), Coupled Models for the Hydrological Cycle - Integrating Atmosphere, Biosphere, and Pedosphere, Springer, 192-208.
Carrera, J, Band, L., Bronstert, A., Kabat, P., Mölders, N. , 2005. Nonlinearities. In: Bronstert, A., Carrera, J., Kabat, P., Lütkemeier, S. (Eds.), Coupled Models for the Hydrological Cycle - Integrating Atmosphere, Biosphere, and Pedosphere , Springer, 97-122.
Bronstert, A, Leavesley, G., Mölders, N. , 2005. Scale issues. In: Bronstert, A., Carrera, J., Kabat, P., Lütkemeier, S. (Eds.), Coupled Models for the Hydrological Cycle - Integrating Atmosphere, Biosphere, and Pedosphere , Springer, 21-39.
Mölders,N., Rühaak, W., 2001. A runoff module for use in an atmospheric model. In: Sutmöller, J., and Raschke, E. (Eds.), Modellierung in meso- bisi makroskaligen Flusseinzugsgebieten. - Tagungsband zum gleichnamigen Workshop am 16./17. November 2000 in Lauenburg, GKSS 2001/15, 63-75.
Mölders,N., Haferkorn, U., Knappe, S., Döring, J., Kramm, G., 2000. Applicationof lysimeter- and tensiometer data for evaluation of a module to couple hydrologicaland atmospheric models. In: Gerold, G. (Ed.), Heterogenität landschaftshaushaltlicher Wasser- und Stoffumsätze in Einzugsgebieten, Eco Regio, 8, 97-105 (Abstract).
Mölders,N., Kramm, G., 1999. On the influence of the parameterization of soil and vegetation processes upon the simulated evapotranspiration. In: Döll,P., N. Fohrer, Modellierung des Wasser- und Stofftransports in großen Einzugsgebieten, Kassel University Press, 163-172.
Kramm, G.,Müller, H., Schröder, P., Seiler, W., Dlugi, R., Seiler, T., Foken,T., Mölders, N., Sievering, H., 1995. Modeled vertical profiles of fluxes and concentrations of atmospheric trace constituents and their modification by chemical reactions. Transactions of the A&WMA. 224-248.
Mölders,N., Kramm, G., Laube,M., 1995. The role of parameterized ice microphysics on cloud structures, dynamics and sulfate distribution. Transactions of the A&WMA. 108-127( Abstract).