Curdin Spirig

Personal profile

Position at the ZHAW

Research Associate

www.zhaw.ch/de/engineering/institute-zentren/zav/aviation-operations/meteorologie-umwelt-und-luftverkehr/

Expertise and research interests

Meteorology, climatology, climate models

Educational background

MSc in Atmospheric and Climate Science, 2016, ETH Zürich
Teaching Diploma in Geography, 2018, ETH Zürich

Professional milestones

Since 2018: Scientific assistant/research associate, Center for Aviation, ZHAW, Winterthur
2016-2017: Scientific assistant for the CH2018 projekt, ETH Zürich

Membership of networks

Competence Centre for Urban Climate

Projects

• Betriebserhalt Stadtklima-Messnetz Zürich / Project leader / Project ongoing
• Ein neues Stadtklimamessnetz in Winterthur / Team member / Project ongoing
• AGEAIR II: Investigation of gaseous and particulate emissions of in-service AIRcraft and helicopter turbine engines, as well as the effects of performance deterioration of AGEing aircraft engines / Team member / Project ongoing
• COVID-AIR: Influence of the COVID-19-lockdown on Swiss air quality / Team member / Project completed
• ACACIA: Advancing the Science for Aviation and Climate / Team member / Project completed
• CLEANAIR: Assessment of the impact of aviation on air quality / Team member / Project completed
• RAPTOR - Research of Aviation PM Technologies, mOdelling and Regulation / Team member / Project completed
• nvPM certification measurements for the PD-14 engine / Team member / Project completed
• nvPM certification measurements for the PS-90 engines / Team member / Project completed
• Gasphasen- und Feinstaubmessungen PC-24 / Team member / Project completed
• AGEAIR: Investigation of the effects of performance deterioration and AGEing on gaseous and particulate emissions of in-service AIRcraft turbofan engines / Deputy project leader / Project completed

Publications

• Sørland, Silje Lund; Fischer, Andreas M.; Kotlarski, Sven; Künsch, Hans R.; Liniger, Mark A.; Rajczak, Jan; Schär, Christoph; Spirig, Curdin; Strassmann, Kuno; Knutti, Reto,

  2020.

  CH2018 - National climate scenarios for Switzerland : how to construct consistent multi-model projections from ensembles of opportunity.

  Climate Services.

  20(100196).

  Available from: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cliser.2020.100196

• Spirig, Curdin; Fluck, Stefan; Drossaart van Dusseldorp, Saskia; Anet, Julien,

  2022.

  Discussing the applicability of complex simulations for urban planning problems [poster].

  In:

  “Beating the Heat” Conference, Bern, Switzerland, 16 September 2022.

• Durdina, Lukas; Edebeli, Jacinta; Spirig, Curdin; Anet, Julien,

  2019.

  Non-volatile particulate matter emission measurements of in-service commercial turbofan engines : a comparison with estimates using certified emissions of new engines [poster].

  In:

  American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting 2019, San Francisco, CA, USA, 9-13 December 2019.

• Bortoluzzi, Francesco, ed.,

  2022.

  Overview of the impact of aviation on climate change and how this should be considered for air travel at ZHAW.

  Winterthur:

  ZHAW Zürcher Hochschule für Angewandte Wissenschaften.

  Available from: https://doi.org/10.21256/zhaw-25769

• Durdina, Lukas; Durand, Eliot; Spirig, Curdin; Edebeli, Jacinta; Anet, Julien; Crayford, Andrew,

  2021.

  Intercomparison of two reference sampling and measurement systems for aircraft engine nonvolatile PM using a small-scale RQL combustor rig burning conventional and sustainable aviation fuels [poster].

  In:

  Poster Abstracts.

  24th ETH-Conference on Combustion Generated Nanoparticles, online, 22-24 June 2021.

  ETH Zürich.

  pp. PS1-068.

  Available from: https://doi.org/10.21256/zhaw-23333

• Schlögl, Sebastian; Bader, Nico; Anet, Julien Gérard; Frey, Martin; Spirig, Curdin; Renold, Manuel; Gutbrod, Karl,

  2021.

  Automated detection of urban heat islands based on satellite imagery, digital surface models, and a low-cost sensor network [poster].

  In:

  EGU General Assembly 2021, Online, 19-30 April 2021.

  European Geosciences Union.

  Available from: https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-egu21-14143

• Anet, Julien G.; Schlögl, Sebastian; Spirig, Curdin; Frey, Martin P.; Renold, Manuel; Gutbrod, Karl G.,

  2021.

  Building a new high-density air temperature measurement network in two Swiss cities [poster].

  In:

  EGU General Assembly 2021, Online, 19-30 April 2021.

  European Geosciences Union.

  Available from: https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-egu21-9102

• Spirig, Curdin T.; Fluck, Stefan; Vogt, Kenneth; Anet, Julien G.,

  2021.

  Comparing large eddy simulations with sonic anemometer and LIDAR measurement data during Foehn events in complex terrain [poster].

  In:

  EGU General Assembly 2021, Online, 19-30 April 2021.

  European Geosciences Union.

  Available from: https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-egu21-10881

• Edebeli, Jacinta; Spirig, Curdin; Anet, Julien,

  2021.

  Downscaling EDGAR emissions to local emission sectors for Switzerland [poster].

  In:

  EGU General Assembly 2021, Online, 19-30 April 2021.

  European Geosciences Union.

  Available from: https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-egu21-8208

• Durdina, Lukas; Edebeli, Jacinta; Spirig, Curdin; Roth, Manuel; Anet, Julien; Brem, Benjamin; Elser, Miriam; Schönenberger, David,

  2022.

  Certification versus research measurements : investigating the variability of particle emissions of large jet engines from a long running series of emission tests.

  In:

  5th International Conference on Transport, Atmosphere and Climate (TAC-5), Bad Aibling, Germany, 27-30 June 2022.

Publications before appointment at the ZHAW

Fischer, A. M., and Coauthors, 2022: Climate Scenarios for Switzerland CH2018 – Approach and Impli-cations. Climate Services, 26, 100288, doi: 10.1016/j.cliser.2022.100288.

Sørland, S. L., and Coauthors, 2020: CH2018 – National climate scenarios for Switzerland: How to construct consistent multi-model projections from ensembles of opportunity. Climate Services, 20, 100196, doi: 10.1016/j.cliser.2020.100196.

Spirig, C., 2016: On the role of the Alps for Central European Climate. Master thesis, Institute for Atmospheric and Climate Science, ETH Zürich.

Other publications

Blog: blog.zhaw.ch/metenvia/

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