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Thesis topics

The following list is intended to provide an overview of possible subject areas for theses in climatology. Current potential topics for theses can be requested personally from the respective lecturers.

Ongoing theses (since 2018)

The follwing list gives an overview of the topics an questions of already completed theses in the field of climatology.

B: Bachelor thesis
M: Master thesis

Isabel Schulze, B.Sc.
Investigation of urban heat islands in German cities in summer 2019 using data from private weather stations (2021)

first supervisor: Daniel Fenner; second subvisor: Benjamin Bechtel

Phillipp Bistritz, M.Sc.
Investigation of the cooling effect of vegetation within an inner-city green area - using the example of the Essen city garden (2020)

first supervisor: Monika Steinrücke; second subvisor: Benjamin Bechtel

Jonas Kittner, B.Sc.
Crowdsourcing of air temperature measurement data for small-scale modeling of urban temperature distributions (2020)

first supervisor: Benjamin Bechtel; second subvisor: Denis Ahlemann

Micheal Kinski, B.Sc.
Current development in Local Climate Zone mapping (2019)

first supervisor: Benjamin Bechtel; second subvisor: Martina Grundzielanek

Arne Dröge-Rothaar, B.Sc.
Local Climate Zone classification of the Ruhr area using the WUDAPT method (2019)

first supervisor: Andreas Rienow; second subvisor: Benjamin Bechtel

Lara van der Linden, B.Sc.
Investigation of the thermal situation within the Schwelm railway tunnel under the influence of seasonal changes in the outside weather (2019)

first supervisor: Andreas Pflitsch; second subvisor: Markus Brüne

Charlotte Hülser, B.Sc.
Investigation of the temperature and flow regime in the entrance area of ​​a lava cave using the example of the Akeakamai on Big Island, Hawaii, USA (2018)

first supervisor: Micheal Killing-Heinze; second subvisor: Andreas Pflitsch

Teresa Mannsheim, B.Sc.
Comparative observation of air and soil temperature and humidity in the closed lava tube Li'ili'i hoa noho and the open lava tube Akeakamai on Big Island, Hawaii, USA (2018)

first supervisor: Micheal Killing-Heinze; second subvisor: Andreas Pflitsch