Katedra Meteorologii i Klimatologii Uniwersytetu Łódzkiego
 
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Prof. Dr Hab. Krzysztof Fortuniak
 
Department of Meteorology and Climatology
University of Lodz
Narutowicza 88
90-139 Lodz, Poland
  
Tel: +48-42-6655954
Fax: +48-42-6655951
Email: kfortun@uni.lodz.pl  

     
  Education
M.Sc., 1988, Physics (theoretical physics), University of Lodz
Ph.D., 1996, Earth Sciences (climatology), University of Lodz
Habilitation, 2003, Earth Sciences (climatology), University of Lodz
Professor title, 2011, Professor in Earth Science

Research Interests
Urban climate:
 -
measurements of the urban energy balance (eddy correlation method - in cooperation with prof. Sue Grimmond)
 - scintilometry in studies on turbulence over urbanised areas
 - measurements and statistical analysis of the singularities of the urban climate (urban heat island, urban radiation,
    humidity, wind field)
 - numerical modelling of the urban climate (slab models of the urban energy balance, radiation processes in urban canyon)

Energy, mass and momentum exchange between Earth surface and an atmosphere:
 - eddy covariance measurements
 - modelling of surface processes
Climate dynamics
 - nonlinear processes in climate variability (application of the deterministic chaos theory)
 - time series analysis (application of various statistical techniques: wavelet analysis, Fourier method, MESA, SSA)
 - long term climate records (Lund data - in cooperation with Dr Lars Bärring)
 
Teaching

boundary layer meteorology
basic meteorology
synoptic meteorology
physics for geographers
supervision of BSc and MSc student projects

Memberships
International Association for Urban Climate
(www.urban-climate.org)
Polish Geophysical Society
(www.imgw.pl/internet/zz/zz_xpages/ptg/index.html)
Łódzkie Towarzystwo Naukowe
(www.ltn.lodz.pl)