Thomas Blumenstock

Validation of version-4.61 methane and nitrous oxide observed by MIPAS (2009)

Payan, S, Camy-Peyret, C, Oelhaf, H, Wetzel, G, Maucher, G, Keim, C, ...

The ENVISAT validation programme for the atmospheric instruments MIPAS, SCIAMACHY and GOMOS is based on a number of balloon-borne, aircraft, satellite and ground-based correlative measurements. In...

Forschungszentrum Karlsruhe (2008)

Technik Und Umwelt, Ra Zimmermann, Thomas Blumenstock, Frank Hase, Michael Höpfner, Dmitry Yashcov

Derivation of PSC properties from ground based FTIR measurements at Kiruna (Sweden) on January 26 th, 2000

Trend analysis of greenhouse gases over Europe measured by a network of ground-based remote FTIR instruments (2008)

Gardiner, Tom, Forbes, A., De Mazière, Martine, Vigouroux, Corinne, Mahieu, Emmanuel, Demoulin, Philippe, ...

This paper describes the statistical analysis of annual trends in long term datasets of greenhouse gas measurements taken over ten or more years. The analysis technique employs a bootstrap resampling...

Validation of ACE-FTS v2.2 measurements of HCl, HF, CCl3F and CCl2F2 using space-, balloon- and ground-based instrument observations (2008)

Mahieu, Emmanuel, Duchatelet, Pierre, Demoulin, Philippe, Walker, Kaley A., Dupuy, Eric, Froidevaux, Lucien, ...

Hydrogen chloride (HCl) and hydrogen fluoride (HF) are respectively the main chlorine and fluorine reservoirs in the Earth's stratosphere. Their buildup resulted from the intensive use of man-made...

Validation of ACE-FTS N2O measurements (2008)

Strong, Kimberley, Wolff, Mareile A, Kerzenmacher, Tobias E, Walker, Kaley A., Bernath, Peter, Blumenstock, Thomas, ...

The Atmospheric Chemistry Experiment (ACE), also known as SCISAT, was launched on 12 August 2003, carrying two instruments that measure vertical profiles of atmospheric constituents using the solar...

Validation of ACE-FTS v2.2 methane profiles from the upper troposphere to the lower mesosphere (2008)

De Mazière, Martine, Vigouroux, Corinne, Bernath, Peter, Baron, P., Blumenstock, Thomas, Boone, Christopher D., ...

The ACE-FTS (Atmospheric Chemistry Experiment – Fourier Transform Spectrometer) solar occultation instrument that was launched onboard the Canadian SCISAT-1 satellite in August 2003 is measuring...

Comparisons between ground-based FTIR and MIPAS N2O and HNO3 profiles before and after assimilation in BASCOE (2007)

Vigouroux, Corinne, De Mazière, Martine, Errera, Quentin, Chabrillat, Simon, Mahieu, Emmanuel, Duchatelet, Pierre, ...

Within the framework of the Network for Detection of Atmospheric Composition Change (NDACC), regular ground-based Fourier transform infrared ( FTIR) measurements of many species are performed at...

Validation of MIPAS ClONO2 measurements (2007)

Hopfner, Michael, Von Clarmann, Thomas, Fischer, H, Funke, B, Glatthor, N, Grabowski, Udo, ...

Altitude profiles of ClONO2 retrieved with the IMK (Institut fur Meteorologie und Klimaforschung) science-oriented data processor from MIPAS/Envisat (Michelson Interferometer for Passive Atmospheric...

Validation of MIPAS HNO3 operational data (2007)

Wang, DY, Hopfner, Michael, Blom, CE, Ward, WE, Fischer, H, Blumenstock, Thomas, ...

Nitric acid (HNO3) is one of the key products that are operationally retrieved by the European Space Agency (ESA) from the emission spectra measured by the Michelson Interferometer for Passive...

Comparisons between SCIAMACHY and ground-based FTIR data for total columns of CO, CH4, CO2 and N2O (2006)

Dils, Bart, De Mazière, Martine, Muller, Jean-François, Blumenstock, Thomas, Buchwitz, M, De Beek, R, ...

Total column amounts of CO, CH4, CO2 and N2O retrieved from SCIAMACHY nadir observations in its near-infrared channels have been compared to data from a ground-based quasi-global network of...

Comparisons between ACE-FTS and ground-based measurements of stratospheric HCl and ClONO2 loadings at northern latitudes (2005)

Mahieu, Emmanuel, Zander, Rodolphe, Duchatelet, Pierre, Hannigan, Jim W., Coffey, MT, Mikuteit, Sabine, ...

We report first comparisons of stratospheric column abundances of hydrogen chloride (HCl) and chlorine nitrate (ClONO2) derived from infrared solar spectra recorded in 2004 at selected northern...

The exploitation of ground-based Fourier transform infrared observations for the evaluation of tropospheric trends of greenhouse gases over Europe (2005)

De Mazière, Martine, Vigouroux, Corinne, Gardiner, Tom, Coleman, M., Woods, Peter, Ellingsen, Kjerstin, ...

Solar absorption measurements using Fourier transform infrared (FTIR) spectrometry carry information about the atmospheric abundances of many constituents, including non-CO2 greenhouse gases. Such...

A quantitative assessment of the 1998 carbon monoxide emission anomaly in the Northern Hemisphere based on total column and surface concentration measurements (2004)

Yurganov, Leonid N., Blumenstock, Thomas, Grechko, EI, Hase, Frank, Hyer, EJ, Kasischke, ES, ...

Carbon monoxide abundances in the atmosphere have been measured between January 1996 and December 2001 in the high Northern Hemisphere (HNH) (30degrees-90degreesN) using two different approaches:...

Long-term trends of inorganic chlorine from ground-based infrared solar spectra: Past increases and evidence for stabilization (2003)

Rinsland, Curtis P., Mahieu, Emmanuel, Zander, Rodolphe, Jones, Nicholas B., Chipperfield, Martyn P., Goldman, Aaron, ...

Long-term time series of hydrogen chloride (HCl) and chlorine nitrate (ClONO2) total column abundances has been retrieved from high spectral resolution ground-based solar absorption spectra recorded...

On the use of HF as a reference for the comparison of stratospheric observations and models (1997)

Chipperfield, MP, Burton, M, Bell, W, Paton-Walsh, C, Blumenstock, Thomas, Coffey, MT, ...

Hydrogen fluoride (HF) is often used as a simple reference for other column observations of chemically active stratospheric species. However, seasonal and shorter timescale variations in column HF...