Coal mining, oil and gas production, landfill and agriculture are all anthropogenic sources of the greenhouse gas methane, which is the second most important contributor to climate change after carbon dioxide. A methane molecule has an up to 86 times stronger climate impact than carbon dioxide. This is compounded by Earth’s large wetlands and thawing […]
Research flights over Canada analyse greenhouse gases Weiterlesen »
TROPOS analysis: Wildfire smoke becomes increasingly important for climate models due to climate change The 2019/20 wildfires in Australia transported more smoke into the atmosphere than observed ever before anywhere in the world. In the so-called Black Summer, three times as many particles reached high air layers as in the previous record wildfires in Canada
Lockdowns in early summer 2020 meant that the amount of soot in the atmosphere, which is harmful to the climate and to health, almost halved uring the first lockdown of the coronavirus pandemic, soot concentrations in the atmosphere over Western and Southern Europe almost halved. This is apparent from the comparison of two measurement campaigns carried
Cleaner air as a result of coronavirus lockdown Weiterlesen »
The goal of the HALO-(AC)3 campaign is to gain a better understanding of the air mass transformations within a Warm Air Intrusion (WAI) and Cold Air Outbreak (CAO). During a WAI, warm and moist air is transported into the Arctic. During a CAO cold and dry air is transported out of the Arctic. On the 11th of
Warm Air Intrusion and Atmospheric River event opened the HALO-(AC)3 campaign Weiterlesen »
What a successful day! P5, P6 and HALO had their first joint research flight on Sunday! If you ask yourself “What is HALO? And what is special about a joint flight?” then read on… First, let’s start with something you already know from the previous posts: P5 and P6 are polar aircraft, which participate in
Long-awaited first research flight: Joint adventure with three aircraft! Weiterlesen »
Joint press release by Leipzig University + Alfred Wegener Institute, Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research (AWI) + German Aerospace Center (DLR) + Leibniz Institute for Tropospheric Research (TROPOS) + Max Planck Institute for Meteorology (MPI-M) + Hamburg University + University of Cologne + Max Planck Institute for Chemistry (MPIC) ) + Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität Munich (LMU)
Dramatic warming in the Arctic Weiterlesen »
Thirteen scientists from Germany, France and the United States collaborated to collect measurements and process them into a dataset that provides a rich characterization of the thermodynamic and kinematic aspects of the atmosphere in the North Atlantic trades. The effort was led by Dr. Geet George, a post-doctoral scientist at the Max Planck Institute for
Der heutige Post dreht sich um eine Flugzeugmesskampagne mit dem deutschen Forschungsflugzeug HALO (High Altitude LOng Range research aircraft). HALO ist ein speziell für die Wissenschaft umgebauter Business Jet mit allerlei wissenschaftlichen Messgeräten an Bord. Die technische Leitung von HALO übernimmt das Deutsche Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt (DLR) in Oberpfaffenhofen. Für die wissenschaftlichen Geräte
CIRRUS HL – DMG Kurzbericht Weiterlesen »
EUREC4A, the world’s largest measurement campaign to investigate the role of clouds in the climate system, began in early 2020. It took place on and off the Caribbean island of Barbados. More than 40 partner institutions were involved, four research aircraft and four research vessels were deployed, combined with ground measurement stations and satellite remote
EUREC4A Field Study: Do Clouds Amplify Global Warming? Weiterlesen »
Welchen Einfluss haben Kondensstreifen auf das Klima? Dieser Frage geht nun ein großes deutsches Forschungsteam nach – unter Leitung einer Mainzer Wissenschaftlerin. Um die Wolken zu messen, fliegen sie von Mitteleuropa bis in die Arktis. Kondensstreifen, sogenannte Zirruswolken, haben einen größeren Einfluss auf das Klima als CO2. Nun wollen Wissenschaftler herausfinden, ob sie auch zur Erwärmung
Mainzer Forscher in der Arktis: Erwärmen Kondensstreifen die Erde? Weiterlesen »