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Submitted
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
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. submitted to Atmos. Meas. Tech., 12 Nov, 2024
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
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, 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