Kira Thiel

Wind & Site Assessment Key responsibilities: - Project planning of repowering and greenfield wind energy projects and - Implementation and management of a GIS environment Tasks: - Spatial planning and micrositing under consideration of legal framework, environmental restrictions and technical requirements in GIS - Yield, sound and shadow analyses in WindPRO - Potential analyses in GIS - Proactive coordination of different stakeholders - Communication with experts and authorities

Wind & Site Assessment - Search for and evaluation of new areas for wind energy parks. Data acquisition and analysis. Spatial analyses and provisional planning of new wind parks under consideration of legal framework, environmental conditions and technical requirements. Evaluation of repowering potential of already existing wind energy sites. Cartographic presentation via GIS. General support of Wind & Site Manager and project managers.

Research in a climatology and glaciology-related project modelling glacier development in High Asia Data processing and analysis, remote sensing, modelling, GIS

Research assistant in the Working Group of Physical Geography and Climatology, Geography Department, while writing the Bachelor thesis. Support of a glaciological research project in southern Patagonia, Chile. Remote sensing, data processing and analysis https://www.klimageo.rwth-aachen.de/go/id/rtww

Climatology and Remote Sensing, Data Processing and Analytics, Programming M.Sc. thesis: "Modelled and observed inter- and intraannual mass balance variations of Glacier No. 1, Tian Shan, China, and its influence on water resources in the Urumqi river region"

Climatology and Geoecolog B.Sc. thesis: "MODIS satellite data derived interannual variability of the snowline of outlet glaciers of the Southern Patagonia Icefield"