Karl-Heinz Bernhardt (meteorologist)

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Karl-Heinz Bernhardt in the Leibniz Society (2015)

Karl-Heinz Bernhardt (born December 24, 1935 in Zwickau ) is a German meteorologist and professor , he was President of the Meteorological Society of the GDR from 1982 to 1990 .

Life

Bernhardt, son of a teacher , completed after obtaining the baccalaureate in Auerbach / Vogtl. in 1953 studied meteorology at the Geophysical Institute of the Karl Marx University in Leipzig . His specialist studies were based on a solid basic physical and mathematical education and were shaped by two professors: the boundary layer specialist and climatologist Karl Schneider-Carius as a practitioner and at the same time director of the institute, and the theoretician Horst Philipps (1905–1962). After the sudden death of Schneider-Carius in 1959 and provisional management by Robert Lauterbach (1915–1995), Friedrich Kortüm (1912–1993) took over the management of the Geophysical Institute in 1961.

In the period from 1957 to 1961 Bernhardt worked as an aspirant and then until 1969 as a senior assistant at the Geophysical Institute of the University of Leipzig . In 1962 he received his doctorate with the thesis on the theory of vertical atmospheric turbulence heat flow and in 1967 he received his habilitation with the subject of theoretical investigations on the energetics of the atmosphere .

In 1960 he married the mathematics student Hannelore Kärgel at the University of Leipzig, who later qualified as a professor for the history of natural sciences / mathematics at the Humboldt University in Berlin . The couple has two daughters: Mira Stranz (* 1963), who holds a doctorate in engineering, and Sandra Rienäcker (* 1968), the artist .

With the university reform of 1968 in the GDR, meteorology studies were only continued in East Berlin and the Geophysical Institute of Leipzig University was closed in 1971. In 1969, Bernhardt therefore accepted an appointment as a university lecturer for meteorology and geophysics at the Physics Section of the Humboldt University of Berlin (HUB).

From 1970 to 1994 Bernhardt worked at the HUB as a full professor of meteorology. From 1969 to 1990 he was also head of the meteorology and geophysics department in the physics section. The Bernhardt family therefore moved to Berlin in 1970.

Bernhardt worked in a working group of the World Meteorological Organization on problems of the atmospheric boundary layer. From 1981 to 1990 he headed projects on the physics of the atmospheric boundary layer within the framework of the Commission of the Academies of Sciences of Socialist Countries for multilateral cooperation on the complex topic of Global Physical Research (KAPG). As an expert reviewer , he took part in several rounds of appraisal for the fifth IPCC Assessment Report 2013, which is a status report on global climate change.

From 1970 to 1991 Bernhardt was a member of the board and from 1982 to 1990 President of the Meteorological Society of the GDR .

In 1990 he became a corresponding member of the Academy of Sciences of the GDR .

In 1993 he was a founding member of the Leibniz Society of Sciences in Berlin , where he was secretary of the natural sciences class from 1996 to 2012 and deputy secretary of the natural sciences and technical sciences class from 2012 to 2016.

Bernhardt's fields of work include the physics of the atmosphere and the climate system, in particular problems of turbulence and the atmospheric boundary layer, climatology as well as global environmental problems and the history of meteorology.

Honors

Publications

Bernhardt has written over 300 scientific publications in books, compilations, commemorative publications, encyclopedias and magazines on these topics and was co-editor of the Zeitschrift für Meteorologie from 1972 to 1991 .

  • On the formation and classification of deep clouds. In: Publications of the Geophysical Institute of the Karl Marx University Leipzig. Edited by Karl Schneider-Carius . Second series. Special works from the Geophysical Institute and Observatory, Volume XVII / Issue 1. Akademie-Verlag, Berlin 1960.
  • Law and Condition in Meteorology. In: Wiss. Z. d. Humboldt Univ. zu Berlin, Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftliche Reihe 14 (4/5), 1965, pp. 626–631.
  • Recent studies at the Geophysical Institute of the Karl Marx University on the physics of the tropospheric base layer. In: Wiss. Z. d. K.-Marx.-Univ. Leipzig, Math.-Nat. Line. 16, 1967, pp. 563-587.
  • The entropy balance of the atmospheric turbulence heat flow. In: Z. f. Meteorol. 24, 1974, pp. 106-112.
  • with Friedrich Kortüm: Influence of the atmosphere through human activities. In: National Committee for Geodesy and Geophysics at the Academy of Sciences. of the GDR. Geodesic. and geophys. Publ. Series II, Issue 21, 1976, pp. 3-62.
  • Global physical processes and society. Humboldt Lecture 1978. In: Wiss. Z. d. Humboldt Univ. Berlin, Math.-Nat. Line. XXVII, 1978, pp. 1-17.
  • Ekman layer theories. In: GA McBean, K. Bernhardt and others: The Planetary Boundary Layer. (= WMO Techn. Note. No. 165, WMO-No. 530). 1979, pp. 37-63.
  • Problems of the physics of the atmosphere in mountains. In: Dep. D. Meteorol. Service of the GDR. Volume XVI, No. 124, 1980, pp. 7-25.
  • Climate and Society. Z. f. Meteorol. 31, 1981, pp. 71-82.
  • with Peter Hupfer and Ernst August Lauter: Secular changes in the atmospheric environment of humans. Seat. Ber. d. Akad. D. Knowledge d. GDR 4N, 1986.
  • with Claudia Mäder: Statistical evaluation of reports on remarkable weather events since the year 1000. In: Z. f. Meteorol. 37, 1987, pp. 120-130.
  • with Heinz-Florian Albert and Wolfgang Mix: Results and experiences with the semi-empirical modeling of the vertical profiles of wind and turbulence coefficients in the planetary boundary layer. In: Dep. D. Meteorol. Service of the GDR. No. 140, 1988, pp. 7-19.
  • Ground pressure, mass and potential energy of the atmosphere in the gravitational field. In: Z. Meteorol. 41, 1991, pp. 18-24.
  • with Thomas Foken: Atmospheric boundary layer research in Central and East European countries within KAPG, 1981–1990. In: Europ. Geophys. Soc., Geophys. Report. 01, 1994.
  • with Wolfgang Böhme: Climate and Humanity. In: Seat. Ber. d. Leibniz Society d. Knowledge to Berlin. Volume 1/2, 1994, pp. 51-88.
  • Selected works by Hans Ertel on the theoretical basis of weather forecasting. Introduction and comments. In: W. Schröder, H.-J. Treder (Ed.): Theoretical meteorology, weather prediction, cosmology and general applications. Selected scientific papers by Hans Ertel. In: Interdivisional commission on history of IAGA, Newsletters. No. 29, 1995, pp. 8-107.
  • The discovery of the stratosphere. In: D. Hoffman, F. Bevilacqua, RH Stuewer (eds.): The emergence of modern physics. In: Proc. Conf. Commemorating Century Physics, Berlin 22-24 March 1995. La Goliardica, Pavia 1996, pp. 327-346.
  • Layer structure of the atmosphere, view of the sky and cloud shape. In: W. Wehry, FJ Ossing (Ed.): Clouds - Painting - Climate in Past and Present. German Meteorological Society, Berlin 1997, pp. 98–124.
  • To explore the atmosphere with the free balloon - the Berlin scientific aviation (1888–1899). In: Dahlem Archive Talks. 6, 2000, pp. 52-82.
  • Alexander von Humboldt's contribution to the development and institutionalization of meteorology and climatology in the 19th century. In: Jürgen Hamel, Eberhard Knobloch, Herbert Pieper (eds.): Alexander von Humboldt in Berlin. Its influence on the development of science. (= Algorithm. Studies on the history of mathematics and natural sciences. Issue 41). 2003, ISBN 3-9807122-8-1 , pp. 195-221.
  • The Berlin scientific aviation and the beginning of the international cooperation to research the free atmosphere. In: Dahlem Archive Talks. 10, 2004, pp. 105-123.
  • For the 100th birthday of Hans Ertel . Seat. Ber. 71, 2004, pp. 7-27.
  • Teacup cyclones and river meanders - Einstein classic. In: Seat. Ber. d. Leibniz Society of Science to Berlin. 78/79, 2005, pp. 81-95.
  • The future of Europe's climate. Research Institute of the International Scientific Association for World Economy and World Politics (IWVWW) e. V., Reports, Volume 17, No. 176/177, July / August 2007, pp. 73-87.
  • Climate. In: WF Haug, F. Haug, P. Jehle (eds.): Historical-Critical Dictionary of Marxism. Volume 7 / I, 2008, pp. 1020-1034.
  • To study the polar atmospheric boundary layer before the Second International Polar Year 1932/33. In: Scientific yearbook of the German Maritime Museum. (= German Shipping Archive. 31). 2008, pp. 434-448.
  • Heinrich Wilhelm Dove (1803–1879) and his position in the history of Berlin meteorology. In: Dahlem Archive Talks. 14, 2008, pp. 61-100.
  • Dialectics of the climate. In: Seat. Ber. d. Leibniz-Soz. d. Knowledge to Berlin. 102, 2009, pp. 123-157.
  • Changing climate. LIFIS ONLINE 2012. www.leibniz-institut.de/archiv/bernhardt_01_02_12.pdf
  • Nuclear winter - effects of a massive use of nuclear weapons on the climate system. In: Dep. D. Leibniz-Soz. d. Knowledge to Berlin. 32, 2012, pp. 199-214.
  • with Hubert Laitko (Ed.): Academic and non-academic research in Germany - tendencies and turning points of a century. Treatises of the Leibniz Society of Sciences, Volume 34. trafo Wissenschaftsverlag, Berlin 2013, ISBN 978-3-86464-031-5 .
  • Johann Wolfgang von Goethe - poet, natural scientist and weather chronist at the end of the Little Ice Age. In: Goethe's further legacy. 200 years of Jena climate station. (= Annals of Meteorology. 46). 2013, pp. 8–11.
  • Energy transition in climate change. Dep. D. Leibniz-Soz. d. Knowledge Vol. 31, 2014, pp. 125-131.
  • From Goethe's cloud studies to scientific aviation - the image of the free atmosphere in the 19th century. In: European Science Relations. Volume 8, 2014, pp. 7-32.
  • The earth's climate system in the light of the fifth IPCC assessment report . www.leibnizsozietaet.de/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/bernhardt.pdf, 1–30.
  • "Jesuits, God, Matter" read again - a personal view. In: Dep. D. Leibniz-Soz. d. Knowledge to Berlin. 40, 2015, pp. 391-404.
  • Complexity and Simplicity in the Earth's Climate System. In: Seat. Ber. d. Leibniz-Soz. d. Knowledge to Berlin. 125/126, 2016, pp. 25-47.
  • Alexander Friedmann (1888–1925) and meteorology. In: European Science Relations. Volume 11, 2016, pp. 227-240.

literature

  • Horst Kant:  Karl-Heinz Bernhardt . In: Who was who in the GDR? 5th edition. Volume 1. Ch. Links, Berlin 2010, ISBN 978-3-86153-561-4 .
  • Wolfgang Böhme (Ed.): Current problems in meteorology and climatology - Scientific colloquium on the occasion of the 70th birthday of Karl-Heinz Bernhardt. Meeting reports of the Leibniz Society of Sciences in Berlin, Volume 86. trafo Wissenschaftsverlag Dr. Wolfgang Weist, Berlin 2006, ISBN 978-3-89626-579-1 .
  • Dietrich Spänkuch (ed.): Climate and humanity. Colloquium on April 14, 2016 on the occasion of the 80th birthdays of Karl-Heinz Bernhardt, Klaus-Dieter Jäger and Dietrich Spänkuch. Meeting reports of the Leibniz Society of Sciences in Berlin, Volume 129. trafo Wissenschaftsverlag Dr. Wolfgang Weist, Berlin 2016, ISBN 978-3-86464-135-0 .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Michael Börngen, Astrid Ziemann: History of the Institute for Meteorology, Leipzig
  2. ↑ Karl-Heinz Bernhardt's speech to the Leibniz Society on the occasion of his 70th birthday (PDF; 157 kB). Meeting reports of the Leibniz Society of Sciences in Berlin. Volume 86, trafo Wissenschaftsverlag Dr. Wolfgang Weist, Berlin 2006, pp. 115–162.
  3. ^ Karl-Heinz Bernhardt: Theses on the Climate Debate (PDF; 133 kB). In: LIFIS Online, December 14, 2010.
  4. ↑ Karl-Heinz Bernhardt: Climate and Humanity in Transition (PDF). In: Dietrich Spänkuch (ed.): Climate and humanity. Colloquium on April 14, 2016 on the occasion of the 80th birthdays of Karl-Heinz Bernhardt, Klaus-Dieter Jäger and Dietrich Spänkuch. Meeting reports of the Leibniz Society of Sciences in Berlin, Volume 129. trafo Wissenschaftsverlag Dr. Wolfgang Weist, Berlin 2016, pp. 23–45, ISBN 978-3-86464-135-0 .
  5. ↑ Karl-Heinz Bernhardt: Goethe, the meteorology and no end? (PDF; 1.08 MB). Meeting reports of the Leibniz Society of Sciences in Berlin, Volume 43, trafo Wissenschaftsverlag Dr. Wolfgang Weist, Berlin 2000, pp. 63-104.
  6. ^ Dieter B. Herrmann : Laudation to Karl-Heinz Bernhardt. Presented at the plenary event on the occasion of Karl-Heinz Bernhardt's 75th birthday on January 13, 2011 (PDF; 88 kB). Meeting reports of the Leibniz Society of Sciences in Berlin, Volume 110. trafo Wissenschaftsverlag Dr. Wolfgang Weist, Berlin 2011, pp. 177-184.
  7. ^ Gerhard Banse : Laudation for the 80th birthday of Karl-Heinz Bernhardt. (PDF). In: Dietrich Spänkuch (ed.): Climate and humanity. Colloquium on April 14, 2016 on the occasion of the 80th birthdays of Karl-Heinz Bernhardt, Klaus-Dieter Jäger and Dietrich Spänkuch. Meeting reports of the Leibniz Society of Sciences in Berlin, Volume 129. trafo Wissenschaftsverlag Dr. Wolfgang Weist, Berlin 2016, pp. 9–11, ISBN 978-3-86464-135-0 .
personal data
SURNAME Bernhardt, Karl-Heinz
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German meteorologist
DATE OF BIRTH December 24, 1935
PLACE OF BIRTH Zwickau