Goethe-Universität Frankfurt am Main
Fachbereich Geowissenschaften / Geographie
Institut für Atmosphäre und Umwelt
Address
Altenhöferallee 1
60438 Frankfurt am Main
Deutschland
GERiT
This institution in GERiT
60438 Frankfurt am Main
Projects
Research Grants
Current projects
Long-lived greenhouse gases in the extra-tropical tropopause region
(Applicant
Schuck, Tanja
)
Regional Efficacy and Implications of Marine Cloud Brightening Applications (RegMCB)
(Applicant
Possner, Anna
)
Completed projects
Airborne Observations of Halogenated Trace Gases in the Upper Troposphere and Lowermost Stratosphere
(Applicant
Schuck, Tanja
)
Development of new turbulence length scale formulations
(Applicant
Schmidli, Ph.D., Juerg
)
Empirische lineare Modellierung der Gezeiten in der mittleren Atmosphäre
(Applicant
Achatz, Ulrich
)
Experimental investigations into the influence of oxygen (O2) in the presence of organic complexing agents and inorganic anions (Cl-, NO3-, SO42- und PO43-) on the transformation behaviour and the solubility of metallic palladium (Pd)
(Applicant
Zereini, Fathi
)
FASTOF: Fully automated in-situ GC-TOF Observation of atmospheric trace gases
(Applicant
Engel, Andreas
)
Fluctuation-Dissipation, Stochasticity, and Climate-Dependent Subgrid-Scale Parameterizations for Efficient Climate Models
(Applicant
Achatz, Ulrich
)
Foehn Dynamics - Lagrangian Analysis and Large-Eddy Simulation
(Applicant
Schmidli, Ph.D., Juerg
)
Laboruntersuchungen zur Wechselwirkung atmosphärischer Spurengase mit Eisoberflächen
(Applicant
Jaeschke, Wolfgang
)
Local stochastic subgrid-scale modeling in efficient simulations of geophysical fluid dynamics
(Applicant
Dolaptchiev, Stamen
)
PGS: POLSTRACC / GWLCYCLE and SALSA: University Participation in joint Arctic HALO Mission
(Applicants
Engel, Andreas
;
Pfeilsticker, Klaus
;
Volk, Ph.D., C. Michael
)
Untersuchungen zum globalen Kreislauf von Carbonylsulfid (OCS) und zum Austausch von OCS zwischen terrestrischer Vegetation und Atmosphäre
(Applicant
Bingemer, Heinz
)
Infrastructure Priority Programmes
Current projects
Bromine and Chlorine budget in the Asian Monsoon outflow during PHILEAS
(Applicant
Engel, Andreas
)
CAFE-Pacific Umbrella – Chemistry of the Atmosphere: Field Experiment in the Pacific Umbrella proposal for DFG-funded university partners
(Applicant
Curtius, Joachim
)
Eddy shedding transport from the Asian monsoon as a source of pollution for the lowermost stratosphere
(Applicants
Hoor, Peter
;
Plöger, Felix
)
HALO SPP 1294 Coordination Proposal
(Applicant
Curtius, Joachim
)
Investigation of key aerosol nucleation mechanisms in the tropical troposphere above the Indo-Pacific during the HALO mission CAFE-Pacific
(Applicant
Curtius, Joachim
)
PINEair - A new instrument for aircraft-based in situ measurements of ice nucleating particles at cirrus formation conditions
(Applicants
Curtius, Joachim
;
Möhler, Ottmar
)
Scientific motivation, and co-ordination of HALO campaign ASCCI and provision of quality controlled merged data products
(Applicants
Engel, Andreas
;
Sinnhuber, Björn-Martin
)
Towards a quantification of vortex impact on the arctic lowermost stratosphere
(Applicant
Hoor, Peter
)
Transport timescales and halogen budget in the Arctic polar Vortex and the UTLS during HALO-ASCCI
(Applicant
Engel, Andreas
)
Completed projects
CAFE-Brazil Umbrella – Chemistry of the Atmosphere: Field Experiment in Brazil
(Applicant
Curtius, Joachim
)
Central Project to Coordinate the HALO SPP 1294
(Applicant
Curtius, Joachim
)
Central Project to Coordinate the HALO SPP 1294
(Applicant
Scheinert, Mirko
)
Coordination of SPP 1294 HALO
(Applicants
Curtius, Joachim
;
Scheinert, Mirko
;
Wendisch, Manfred
)
Development and application of an ice nucleus (IN) counter for HALO (FINCH (HALO) Fast Ice Nucleus Chamber counter onboard HALO)
(Applicant
Curtius, Joachim
)
GhOST-MS: Gaschromatograph for Observation of Stratospheric Tracers - Mass Spectrometer
(Applicant
Engel, Andreas
)
HALO TACTS and SALSA: Mission co-ordination for TACTS: (Transport And Composition in the UT/LMS) and SALSA (Seasonality of Air mass transport and origin in the Lowermost Stratosphere using the HALO Aircraft)
(Applicant
Engel, Andreas
)
Influence of aerosol composition on cloud formation: in-situ studies by mass spectrometric measurements onboard HALO
(Applicants
Curtius, Joachim
;
Schneider, Johannes
)
Investigation of key aerosol nucleation mechanisms in the tropical troposphere with a CI-APiTOF-Mass Spectrometer above Amazonia during the HALO mission CAFE-Brazil
(Applicant
Curtius, Joachim
)
Southern Hemispheric halogen budgets, mean age distributions, age spectra and interhemispheric difference using GhOST-MS observations during SOUTHTRAC
(Applicant
Engel, Andreas
)
Trace Gas Budgets and Interhemispheric Differences of Composition and Transport in the UTLS
(Applicant
Hoor, Peter
)
Transport and composition of the southern hemisphere UTLS (SOUTHTRAC)
(Applicants
Engel, Andreas
;
Hoor, Peter
)
Using tracer observation with GhOST-MS during TACTS, SALSA, POLSTRACC and WISE to derive age spectra and the halogen budget of the UTLS during different seasons
(Applicant
Engel, Andreas
)
WISE: Wave driven isentropic exchange
(Applicant
Hoor, Peter
)
Research Units
Completed projects
3D Multi-Scale Dynamics of Gravity-Wave Propagation (3DMSD)
(Applicants
Achatz, Ulrich
;
Bölöni, Ph.D., Gergely
;
Klein, Rupert
)
Atmospheric drivers of extreme floods
(Applicant
Ahrens, Bodo
)
Central Coordination and Administration of the INUIT research unit
(Applicant
Curtius, Joachim
)
Chemical and mineralogical characterization of ice nucleating particles and ice particle residuals
(Applicants
Bingemer, Heinz
;
Ebert, Martin
)
FOR 1525: INUIT - Ice Nuclei Research Unit
(Spokesperson
Curtius, Joachim
)
FOR 1898: Multiscale Dynamics of Gravity Waves (MS-GWaves)
(Spokesperson
Achatz, Ulrich
)
FOR 2416: Space-Time Dynamics of Extreme Floods (SPATE)
(Spokesperson
Schumann, Andreas H.
)
Gravity Wave Interactions in the Global Atmosphere (GWING)
(Applicants
Schmidt, Hauke
;
Zängl, Günther
)
Gravity-waves impact on ice clouds in the tropopause region (GW-ICE)
(Applicants
Achatz, Ulrich
;
Spichtinger, Peter
)
How is the Brewer-Dobson circulation affected by climate change, and which processes are relevant? (SHARP-BDC)
(Applicants
Dameris, Martin
;
Engel, Andreas
;
Langematz, Ulrike
)
How is the evolution of stratospheric ozone affected by climate change, and how strong is the feedback? (SHARP-OFC)
(Applicants
Burrows, John Philip
;
Langematz, Ulrike
;
Pfeilsticker, Klaus
;
Sinnhuber, Björn-Martin
)
In situ measurements of ice nucleating particles (INP) and quantification of biological INP
(Applicant
Curtius, Joachim
)
Multi-Scale Dynamics of Gravity Waves MS-GWaves (Coordination proposal)
(Applicant
Achatz, Ulrich
)
Spatio-Temporal Gravity-Wave-Source Variability (SV)
(Applicants
Achatz, Ulrich
;
Bölöni, Ph.D., Gergely
;
Ern, Manfred
;
Preuße, Peter
)
Spontaneous Imbalance (SI)
(Applicants
Achatz, Ulrich
;
Harlander, Uwe
;
Zülicke, Christoph
)
Emmy Noether Independent Junior Research Groups
Current projects
Aerosol Loadings in the Future Atmosphere (ALFA) - Improving Predictive Capability of Atmospheric Aerosol Loadings through Molecular-level Understanding of the Transformation of Present-day and Future-scenario Emissions
(Applicant
Vogel, Alexander
)
Priority Programmes
Completed projects
Solar contribution to the variability of middle atmosphere solar tides in their interaction with zonal-mean-flow variations, planetary waves and gravity waves
(Applicant
Achatz, Ulrich
)
The turbulent interaction among scale-separated gravity waves and between gravity waves and synoptic-scale flow
(Applicants
Achatz, Ulrich
;
Hickel, Stefan
)
Research Fellowships
Completed projects
Durchführung von Kammerexperimenten zur Untersuchung von Bildungsmechanismen des sekundären Aerosols mit einem neu entwickelten Partikelsammler und -verdampfer in Kombination mit einem Chemischen Ionisations-Massenspektrometer
(Applicant
Kürten, Andreas
)
Major Research Instrumentation
Completed projects
Cluster and Aerosol Characterization Unit
CRC/Transregios
Current projects
Aerosol nucleation in the upper troposphere
(Project Heads
Curtius, Joachim
;
Tost, Holger
)
Deep exchange with the UTLS: the Tibetan pipe
(Project Heads
Ahrens, Bodo
;
Schmidli, Ph.D., Juerg
)
Deriving transport timescales in the UTLS from age tracers and the propagation of the sea-sonal cycle of CO2
(Project Heads
Engel, Andreas
;
Hoor, Peter
)
Gravity Wave Parameterisation for the Atmosphere
(Project Heads
Achatz, Ulrich
;
Baumgarten, Gerd
;
Eden, Carsten
;
Lübken, Franz-Josef
)
Impact of cirrus clouds on tropopause structure
(Project Heads
Achatz, Ulrich
;
Spichtinger, Peter
)
Impact of small-scale dynamics on UTLS transport and mixing
(Project Heads
Achatz, Ulrich
;
Kunkel, Daniel
;
Schmidli, Ph.D., Juerg
)
Improved Parameterisations and Numerics in Climate Models
(Project Heads
Achatz, Ulrich
;
Brüggemann, Nils
;
Czeschel, Lars
;
Danilov, Sergey
;
Dobrynin, Mikhail
;
Eden, Carsten
;
Jungclaus, Johann
;
Korn, Peter
;
Schaefer-Rolffs, Urs
)
Joint model development and modelling synthesis
(Project Heads
Achatz, Ulrich
;
Tost, Holger
)
Molecular fingerprints of organic aerosol in the UTLS region
(Project Heads
Hoffmann, Thorsten
;
Vogel, Alexander Lucas
)
Seasonality, variability and trends of halogenated trace gases in the UTLS
(Project Head
Engel, Andreas
)
Source apportionment of UTLS refractory aerosol and ice-nucleating particles
(Project Heads
Curtius, Joachim
;
Ebert, Martin
;
Kandler, Konrad
)
The importance of upper troposphere aerosol transport and processing for low and mid troposphere aerosol concentrations
(Project Heads
Curtius, Joachim
;
Possner, Anna
)
Major Instrumentation Initiatives
Current projects
Chemical Ionization Mass Spectrometer for airborne measurement of key aerosol precursor gases for nucleation and condensation
Collaborative Research Centres
Completed projects
Central Administrative PRoject Of the SFB (CAPROS)
(Project Heads
Bingemer, Heinz
;
Borrmann, Stephan
)
Composition and distribution of ice nuclei in continental air masses and in mineral dust after long-range transport
(Project Heads
Bingemer, Heinz
;
Schütz, Lothar
;
Weinbruch, Stephan
)
In Situ IN (Ice Nuclei) Measurements
(Project Heads
Bundke, Ulrich
;
Jaenicke, Ruprecht
;
Pöschl, Ulrich
)
Mass spectrometric in situ analysis of the chemical composition of ice nuclei and ice particle residuals
(Project Heads
Borrmann, Stephan
;
Curtius, Joachim
)
SFB 641: The Tropospheric Ice Phase - TROPICE
(Spokesperson
Borrmann, Stephan
)
Research Training Groups
Completed projects
GRK 323: Archaeological Analysis
(Spokesperson
Meyer, Jan-Waalke
)
