====== ExOb: Peer-reviewed Journal Articles ======
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==== Submitted ====


**Böck, T., M. Löffler, T. Marke, B. Pospichal,** C. Knist, and **U. Löhnert**: Instrument uncertainties of network-suitable ground-based microwave radiometers: overview, quantification, and mitigation strategies, submitted to //Atmos. Meas. Tech//, 10 Apr 2025


**Toporov, M.**, and **U. Löhnert**: Monitoring regional atmospheric stability with hyperspectral satellite observations enhanced with a potential network of ground-based microwave radiometers, submitted to //J. Appl. Meteorol. Climatol.//, 30 Oct, 2024

Amiridis, V., Madou, E., Moissev, D., Gross, S. many more, and **L. Pfitzenmaier**: Best Practice Protocol for the Validation of Aerosol, Cloud, and Precipitation Profiles, submitted to CEOS WGCV and acknowledged by the CEOS Plenary 2024 held in Montreal.


==== Accepted ====

Burchart, Y., **B. Pospichal**, R. Neggers: Confronting Large-Eddy Simulations with Stereo Camera Data by means of reconstructed hemispheric Cloud Size Distributions, submitted to //J. Adv. Model. Earth Syst.//, 28 Oct, 2024

==== 2025 ====

Cimini, D., R. Gandoin, S. Fiedler, C. Acquistapace, A. Balotti, S. Gentile, E. Geraldi, C. Knist, P. Martinet, S. T. Nilo, G. Pace, **B. Pospichal**, and F. Romano: Atmospheric stability from microwave radiometer observations for on/offshore wind energy applications. //Atmos. Meas. Tech//, **18**, 2041–2067, 2025,[[https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-18-2041-2025]] \\

Hu., G.  S. L. Dance, A. Fowler, D. Simonin, J. Waller, T. Auligne, S. Healy, D. Hotta, **U. Löhnert**, T. Miyoshi, N. C. Prive, O. Stiller, X. Wang, and M. Weissmann:  On methods for assessment of the value of observations in convection-permitting data assimilation and numerical weather forecasting, //Q. J. R. Meteorol. Soc.//, 1–36,2025, [[https://doi.org/10.1002/qj.4933]]

Köhler, L., J. Windmiller, D. Baranowski, M. Brennek, M. Ciuryło, L. Hayo, D. Kȩpski, S. Kinne, B. Latos, B. Lobo, **T. Marke**, T. Nischik, D. Paul, P. Stammes, A. Szkop, and O. Tuinder: Calm ocean, stormy sea: atmospheric and oceanographic observations of the Atlantic during the Atlantic References and Convection (ARC) ship campaign, //Earth Syst. Sci. Data//, 17, 633–659, 2025,[[https://doi.org/10.5194/essd-17-633-2025]]

**Pfitzenmaier, L.**, Kollias, P., Risse, N., Schirmacher, I., Puigdomenech Treserras, B., and Lamer, K.: Orbital-Radar v1.0.0: a tool to transform suborbital radar observations to synthetic EarthCARE cloud radar data, //Geosci. Model Dev.//, 18, 101–115, 2025, [[https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-18-101-2025]] 

**Steinheuer, J.**, F. Beyrich and **U. Löhnert**: Exploiting the full potential of Doppler lidars: high-resolution wind gust profiling in significant weather, //Q. J. R. Meteorol. Soc.//, e4961, 2025, [[https://doi.org/10.1002/qj.4961]]

==== 2024 ====

**Böck, T., B. Pospichal and U. Löhnert**: Measurement uncertainties of scanning microwave radiometers and their influence on temperature profiling, //Atmos. Meas. Tech.//, 17, 219–233, 2024, [[https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-17-219-2024]]

Jaeschke, A., C. Böhm, **J. Schween**, E. Schefuß, M. A. Koch, C. Latorre, S. Contreras, J. Rethemeyer, H. Wissel, and A. Lücke: Evaluating the isotopic composition of leaf organic compounds in fog-dependent Tillandsia landbeckii across the coastal Atacama Desert: Implications for hydroclimate reconstructions at the dry limit, //Global Planet. Change//, 235, 104393, 2024, [[https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gloplacha.2024.104393]]

Laj et al. (incl. **B. Pospichal**): Aerosol, Clouds and Trace Gases Research Infrastructure (ACTRIS): The European Research Infrastructure Supporting Atmospheric Science, //Bull. Am. Meteorol. Soc.//, 105, E1098–E1136, 2024, [[https://doi.org/10.1175/BAMS-D-23-0064.1]]

Schnitt, S., A. Foth, H. Kalesse-Los, M. Mech, C. Acquistapace, F. Jansen, **U. Löhnert, B. Pospichal**, J. Röttenbacher, S. Crewell and B. Stevens: Ground- and ship-based microwave radiometer measurements during EUREC4A, //Earth Syst. Sci. Data//, 16, 681-700, 2024, [[https://doi.org/10.5194/essd-16-681-2024]]

Thomas, G., P. Martinet, P. Brousseau, P. Chambon, J.-F. Georgis, M. Hervo, T. Huet, **U. Löhnert**, E. Orlandi, V. Unger: Assimilation of Ground-Based Microwave Radiometer Temperature Observations Into a Convective-Scale NWP Model for Fog Forecast Improvement, //Q. J. R. Meteorol. Soc.//, 1–26, 2024, [[https://doi.org/10.1002/qj.4893]]

Vicencio Veloso, J., C. Böhm, **J. H. Schween, U. Löhnert**, and S. Crewell: The overlooked role of moist northerlies as a source of summer rainfall in the hyperarid Atacama Desert, //J. Geohys. Res., D//, 129, e2024JD041021, 2024, [[https://doi.org/10.1029/2024JD041021]]

Vural, J., Merker, C., **Löffler, M.**, et al.: Improving the representation of the atmospheric boundary layer by direct assimilation of ground-based microwave radiometer observations, //Q. J. R. Meteorol. Soc.//, 150(759), 1012–1028, 2024, [[https://doi.org/10.1002/qj.4634]]

==== 2023 ====
**Burgos-Cuevas A.**, A. Magaldi-Hermosillo, D. K. Adams, M. Grutter de la Mora, J. L. García-Franco, A. Ruiz-Angulo: Boundary layer height characteristics in Mexico City from two remote sensing techniques, //Boundary-Layer Meteorol.//, 186, 287–304, 2023, [[https://doi.org/10.1007/s10546-022-00759-w]] 

**Burgos-Cuevas, A.**, A. Ruiz-Angulo, K. Ramos-Musalem, C. Palacios-Morales and C. García Molina: Experimental downslope gravity currents over a synthetic topography. //Atmósfera//, 37, 383–399, 2023, [[https://doi.org/10.20937/ATM.53156]]

Eingrüber, N., Korres, W., **Löhnert, U.**, and Schneider, K.: Investigation of the ENVI-met model sensitivity to different wind direction forcing data in a heterogeneous urban environment, //Adv. Sci. Res.//, 20, 65–71, 2023, [[https://doi.org/10.5194/asr-20-65-2023]]

Griewank, P.J., M. Weissmann, T. Necker, **T. Nomokonova** and **U. Löhnert**: Ensemble-based estimates of the impact of potential observations. //Q. J. R. Meteorol. Soc.//, 149(754), 1546–1571, 2023, [[https://doi.org/10.1002/qj.4464]]

Hohenegger, C., F. Ament, F. Beyrich, **U. Löhnert**, H. Rust et al. (incl. **T. Böck, T Nomokonova**): FESSTVaL: The Field Experiment on Submesoscale Spatio-Temporal Variability in Lindenberg. //Bull. Amer. Meteor. Soc.//, 104, E1875–E1892, [[https://doi.org/10.1175/BAMS-D-21-0330.1]]

Schirmacher, I, P. Kollias, K. Lamer, M. Mech, **L. Pfitzenmaier**, M. Wendisch, and S. Crewell, 2023: Assessing Arctic low-level clouds and precipitation from above – a radar perspective, Atmospheric Measurement Techniques, 16(17), 4081 - 4100, [[https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-16-4081-2023]] 

Vicencio Veloso, J. C.Böhm, **J. H. Schween, U. Löhnert** and S. Crewel: A comparative study of the atmospheric water vapor in the Atacama and Namib Desert, //Global Planet. Change//, 232, 2023, [[https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gloplacha.2023.104320]]

Wendisch et al. (incl. **U. Löhnert, T. Nomokonova**): Atmospheric and Surface Processes, and Feedback Mechanisms Determining Arctic Amplification: A Review of First Results and Prospects of the (AC)³ Project, //Bull. Amer. Meteor. Soc.//, 104, E208–E242, 2023, [[https://doi.org/10.1175/BAMS-D-21-0218.1]]

Wennrich, V., C. Böhm, D. Brill, R. Carballeira, D. Hoffmeister, A. Jaeschke, F. Kerber, A. Maldonado, S. M. May, L. Olivares, S. Opitz, J. Rethemeyer, M. Reyers, B. Ritter, **J. H. Schween**, F. Sevinç, J. Steiner, K. Walber-Hellmann and M. Melles: Late Pleistocene to modern precipitation changes at the Paranal clay pan, central Atacama Desert, //Global Planet. Change//, 233, 104349, [[https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gloplacha.2023.104349]]

==== 2022 ====
Acquistapace, C., R. Coulter, S. Crewell, A. Garcia-Benadi, R. Gierens, G. Labbri, A. Myagkov, N. Risse, and **J. H. Schween**: 
EUREC4A's Maria S. Merian ship-based cloud and micro rain radar observations of clouds and precipitation, //Earth Syst. Sci. Data//, 14, 33–55, 2022, [[https://doi.org/10.5194/essd-14-33-2022]], in Special Issue: Elucidating the role of clouds–circulation coupling in climate: Datasets from the 2020 (EUREC4A) field campaign

Kneifel, S., **Pospichal, B.**, von Terzi, L., Zinner, T., Puh, M., Hagen, M., Mayer, B., **Löhnert, U.**, and S. Crewell: Multi-year cloud and precipitation statistics observed with remote sensors at the high-altitude Environmental Research Station Schneefernerhaus in the German Alps, //Met. Z.//, 31, 69-86, 2022, [[https://doi.org/10.1127/metz/2021/1099]]

Martinet, P., V. Unger, F. Burnet, J. Georgis, M. Hervo, T. Huet, **U. Löhnert**, E. Miller, E. Orlandi, J. Price, M. Schröder and G. Thomas: A dataset of temperature, humidity, and liquid water path retrievals from a network of ground-based microwave radiometers dedicated to fog investigation, //Bull. of Atmos. Sci. and Technol.// 3, 6, 2022, [[https://doi.org/10.1007/s42865-022-00049-w]]

**Nomokonova, T.**, P. J. Griewank, **U. Löhnert**, T. Miyoshi, T. Necker and M. Weissmann: Estimating the benefit of Doppler wind lidars for short-term low-level wind ensemble forecasts, //Q. J. R. Meteorol. Soc.//, 149(750), 192–210, 2022, [[https://doi.org/10.1002/qj.4402]]

**Schween, J. H.**, C. del Rio, J.-L. García, P. Osses, **S. Westbrook**, and **U. Löhnert**: Life Cycle of Stratocumulus Clouds over one Year at the Coast of the Atacama Desert, // Atmos. Chem. Phys. //, 22, 12241–12267, 2022, [[https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-22-12241-2022 |]]

**Steinheuer, J.**, Detring, C., Beyrich, F., **Löhnert, U.**, Friederichs, P., and Fiedler, S.: A new scanning scheme and flexible retrieval for mean winds and gusts from Doppler lidar measurements, //Atmos. Meas. Tech.//, 15, 3243–3260, 2022, [[https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-15-3243-2022]] 

==== 2021 ====
Beekmans, C. **J. Schween**, M. Lennefer, C. Simmer, 2021: Comparison of Cloud Motion Vector Profiles Derived from Ground-Based Hemispheric Stereocameras to Wind-Lidar Observations. //Met. Z.//, 30, 6, 503-513, 2021, [[https://dx.doi.org/10.1127/metz/2021/1069|10.1127/metz/2021/1069]]

Böhm, C., **J. H. Schween**, M. Reyers, B. Maier, **U. Löhnert**, S. Crewell: Towards a climatology of fog frequency in the Atacama Desert via multi-spectral satellite data and machine learning techniques, //J. Appl. Meteorol. Climatol.//, 60, 1149-1169, 2021, [[https://doi.org/10.1175/JAMC-D-20-0208.1]]

Crewell, S., K. Ebell, P. Konjari, M. Mech, **T. Nomokonova**, A. Radovan, D. Strack, A. M. Triana Gomez, S. Noel, R. Scarlat, G. Spreen, M. Maturilli, A. Rinke, I. Gorodetskaya, C. Viceto, T. August, and M. Schröder:  A systematic assessment of water vapor products in the Arctic: from instantaneous measurements to monthly means, //Atmos. Meas. Tech.//, 14, 4829–4856, 2021, [[https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-14-4829-2021]]

García, J.L., F. Lobos-Roco, **J.H. Schween**, C. del Río, P. Osses,  R. Vives, Ma. Pezoa, A. Siegmund, C. Latorre, F. Alfaro, M.A. Koch, and **U. Löhnert**, 2021: Climate and coastal low-cloud dynamic in the hyperarid Atacama fog Desert and the geographic distribution of Tillandsia landbeckii (Bromeliaceae) dune ecosystems. //Plant Syst. Evol.//, 307, 57, 2021, [[https://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00606-021-01775-y]]

Stephan, C. et al. (incl. **T. Böck**): Ship- and island-based atmospheric soundings from the 2020 EUREC4A field campaign, //Earth Syst. Sci. Data//, 13, 491–514, 2021, [[https://doi.org/10.5194/essd-13-491-2021]]

Turner, D. D. and **U. Löhnert**: Ground-based temperature and humidity profiling: combining active and passive remote sensors, //Atmos. Meas. Tech.//, 14, 3033–3048, 2021, [[https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-14-3033-2021]]