Profile
Abstract
I am currently working at the Leipzig Institute for Meteorology, Leipzig University, Dept. of Physics and Earth Sciences. I lead the development of methods for tracking clouds and cloud fields in MSG-SEVIRI imaging. These tools will be used to study aerosol effects on clouds by linking satellite observations from geostationary and polar-orbiting platforms. The current position is within the project PACIFIC funded by the German Academic Exchange Service's Make our Planet Great Again - German Research Initiative.
Further information and current research results can be found here:
https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Torsten-Seelig
Professional career
- since 07/2019
PostDoc at the Leipzig Institute for Meteorology (LIM), Leipzig University, Faculty of Physics and Earth Sciences, Germany - DAAD & BMBF funded project "Particles in Aerosol Cloud Interactions: stratification, CCN/INP concentration, and Cloud lifecycle PACIFIC." - 07/2016 - 06/2019
PostDoc at the Department of Aerodynamics and Fluid Mechanics, Institut for traffic engineering, Faculty Mechanical Engineering, Electrical and Energy Systems, Brandenburg University of Technology Cottbus - Senftenberg - German Research Foundation (DFG) funded project: "Thermo-elektro-hydrodynamisch TEHD getriebene Wärmetransporterhöhung im vertikalen Zylinderspalt - Experimente und numerische Simulation im Kontext von Messunsicherheiten und optimaler Versuchsplanung." - 07/2014 - 06/2016
PostDoc at the Department of Aerodynamics and Fluid Mechanics, Institut for traffic engineering, Faculty Mechanical Engineering, Electrical and Energy Systems, Brandenburg University of Technology Cottbus - Senftenberg - German Research Foundation (DFG) funded project: "Drehimpulstransport in einem geschichteten Taylor-Couette Experiment mit Anwendungen auf Akkretionsscheiben." - 01/2014
Ph.D. (20h) at the Department of Aerodynamics and Fluid Mechanics, Institut for traffic engineering, Faculty Mechanical Engineering, Electrical and Energy Systems, Brandenburg University of Technology Cottbus - Senftenberg - German Research Foundation (DFG) funded project: "Mischung und Grundstromanregung durch propagierende Trägheitswellen: Theorie, Experiment und Simulation." - 10/2013 - 12/2013
Ph.D. (20h) at the Department of Aerodynamics and Fluid Mechanics, Institut for traffic engineering, Faculty Mechanical Engineering, Electrical and Energy Systems, Brandenburg University of Technology Cottbus - Senftenberg - EU funded project EuHIT (European High-performance Infrastructures in Turbulence) - 07/2012 - 12/2012
Ph.D. (20h) at the Department of Aerodynamics and Fluid Mechanics, Institut for traffic engineering, Faculty Mechanical Engineering, Electrical and Energy Systems, Brandenburg University of Technology Cottbus - Senftenberg - DLR, ESA funded project: "Durchführung und Auswertung des Kugelspaltexperiments GEOFLOW auf der Internationalen Raumstation (ISS)." - 10/2011 - 12/2011
Ph.D. (20h) at the Department of Aerodynamics and Fluid Mechanics, Institut for traffic engineering, Faculty Mechanical Engineering, Electrical and Energy Systems, Brandenburg University of Technology Cottbus - Senftenberg - DLR, ESA funded project: "Durchführung und Auswertung des Kugelspaltexperiments GEOFLOW auf der Internationalen Raumstation (ISS)." - 01/2011 - 10/2013
Ph.D. (20h) at the Department of Aerodynamics and Fluid Mechanics, Institut for traffic engineering, Faculty Mechanical Engineering, Electrical and Energy Systems, Brandenburg University of Technology Cottbus - Senftenberg - German Research Foundation (DFG) funded project: "Mischung und Grundstromanregung durch propagierende Trägheitswellen: Theorie, Experiment und Simulation." - 10/2010 - 12/2010
Ph.D. (40h) at the Department of Aerodynamics and Fluid Mechanics, Institut for traffic engineering, Faculty Mechanical Engineering, Electrical and Energy Systems, Brandenburg University of Technology Cottbus - Senftenberg - German Research Foundation (DFG) funded project: "Mischung und Grundstromanregung durch propagierende Trägheitswellen: Theorie, Experiment und Simulation."
Education
- 05/2014
Doctor of Engineering (Dr.-Ing.) (grade: magna cum laude)Thesis: Inertial wave propagation, focusing and mean flow excitation: theory and experiments. - Supervisor: Apl. Prof. Dr. rer. nat. habil. Uwe Harlander, 2nd examiner: Prof. Dr. Dieter Etling - https://cuvillier.de/de/shop/people/54084-torsten-seelig - 10/2010 - 05/2014
Ph.D. student at Department of Aerodynamics and Fluid Mechanics, Institut for traffic engineering, Faculty Mechanical Engineering, Electrical and Energy Systems, Brandenburg University of Technology Cottbus - Senftenberg - 10/2005 - 09/2010
Diploma in Meteorology (grade: good, 1.7 ranges from 1.0 to 5.0) - Thesis: Vergleich barokliner Moden in Modell und Experiment. - Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Werner Metz, 2nd examiner: Apl. Prof. Dr. rer. nat. habil. Uwe Harlander - 10/2010 - 12/2013
Advanced training: (i) Waves in Fluids and Gases (Lecturer: Prof. Uwe Harlander), (ii) Flow Visualisation and Data Analysis with MATLAB (Lecturer: Prof. Uwe Harlander), and (iii) Parallel Computing (Lecturer: Dr. Andreas Krebs)
Panel Memberships
- 01/2012 - 12/2012
member of the EUROMECH European Mechanics Society - since 04/2012
member of the European Geoscience Union (EGU) - since 11/2019
member of the American Geophysical Union (AGU)
- Tracking of clouds and cloud-complexes in geostationary satellite data
- Particle image velocimetry (PIV) and particle tracking velocimetry (PTV)
- Stratified rotational instabilities
- Wave-wave and wave-mean flow interaction
- Linear and nonlinear dynamics
- Particles in Aerosol Cloud Interactions: stratification, CCN/INP concentrations, and Cloud lifecycle (PACIFIC)Tesche, MatthiasDuration: 01/2019 - 12/2022Funded by: BMBF Bundesministerium für Bildung und Forschung; DAAD Deutscher Akademischer AustauschdienstInvolved organisational units of Leipzig University: Theoretische Meteorologie; Institut für Meteorologie
- Kurgansky , M. V.; Seelig, T.; Klein , M.; Will, A.; Harlander , U.Mean flow generation due to longitudinal librations of sidewalls of a rotating annulus2020.
- Meyer , A.; Meier, M.; Jongmanns , M.; Seelig, T.; Egbers , C.; Mutabazi , I.Effect of the Initial Conditions on the Growth of Thermoelectric Instabilities During Parabolic FlightsIn: Shevtsova , V.; Hemmersbach , R.; Lyubimova , T.; Ngo-Anh , T. J.; Savino , R.; Zhao , J.-F. (Eds.)Microgravity Science and Technology. Heidelberg: Springer. 2019. pp. 715-721
- Seelig, T.; Meyer , A.; Gerstner , P.; Meier, M.; Jongmanns , M.; Baumann, M.; Heuveline , V.; Egbers , C.Dielectrophoretic force‐driven convection in annular geometry under Earth’s gravity2019. pp. 386-398