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Environmental Sciences
Spain
2023

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Environmental Sciences

D-Index
62
Citations
13161
World Ranking
2619
National Ranking
67

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2023 - Research.com Environmental Sciences in Spain Leader Award

Overview

Bernd Funke is affiliated with the Spanish National Research Council in Spain and has contributed extensively to the fields of Earth and Planetary Sciences as well as Physics and Astronomy. Their work primarily spans subfields such as Atmospheric Science, Astronomy and Astrophysics, Global and Planetary Change, Physiology, and Spectroscopy.

Their research topics include Atmospheric Ozone and Climate, Atmospheric and Environmental Gas Dynamics, Ionosphere and Magnetosphere Dynamics, Atmospheric Chemistry and Aerosols, Astro and Planetary Science, Planetary Science and Exploration, and Solar and Space Plasma Dynamics.

Funke has published in several prominent venues, with frequent publications appearing in:

  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
  • Atmospheric measurement techniques
  • Atmospheric chemistry and physics
  • Journal of Geophysical Research Space Physics
  • Journal of Geophysical Research Planets

Among recent papers associated with their work are:

  • NRLMSIS 2.0: A Whole-Atmosphere Empirical Model of Temperature and Neutral Species Densities, 2020, Earth and Space Science
  • Overview: Estimating and reporting uncertainties in remotely sensed atmospheric composition and temperature, 2020, Atmospheric measurement techniques
  • NRLMSIS 2.1: An Empirical Model of Nitric Oxide Incorporated Into MSIS, 2022, Journal of Geophysical Research Space Physics
  • HEPPA III Intercomparison Experiment on Electron Precipitation Impacts: 1. Estimated Ionization Rates During a Geomagnetic Active Period in April 2010, 2021, Journal of Geophysical Research Space Physics
  • Heppa III Intercomparison Experiment on Electron Precipitation Impacts: 2. Model-Measurement Intercomparison of Nitric Oxide (NO) During a Geomagnetic Storm in April 2010, 2021, Journal of Geophysical Research Space Physics

Frequent coauthors working alongside Funke include:

  • M. Höpfner
  • Quentin Errera
  • M. López-Puertas
  • T. von Clarmann
  • Udo Grabowski

Best Publications

  • The Detection and Attribution Model Intercomparison Project (DAMIP v1.0)contribution to CMIP6

    Nathan P. Gillett;Hideo Shiogama;Bernd Funke;Gabriele Hegerl

  • Solar forcing for CMIP6 (v3.2)

    Katja Matthes;Katja Matthes;Bernd Funke;Monika E. Andersson;Luke Barnard

  • NRLMSIS 2.0: A Whole-Atmosphere Empirical Model of Temperature and Neutral Species Densities

    J. T. Emmert;D. P. Drob;J. M. Picone;D. E. Siskind

  • Process-evaluation of tropospheric humidity simulated by general circulation models using water vapor isotopologues: 1. Comparison between models and observations

    Camille Risi;Camille Risi;David Noone;John Worden;Christian Frankenberg

  • Retrieval of temperature and tangent altitude pointing from limb emission spectra recorded from space by the Michelson Interferometer for Passive Atmospheric Sounding (MIPAS)

    T. von Clarmann;N. Glatthor;U. Grabowski;M. Höpfner

  • Measuring and modeling the lifetime of nitrous oxide including its variability

    Michael J. Prather;Juno Hsu;Nicole M. DeLuca;Charles H. Jackman

  • Retrieval of temperature, H 2 O, O 3 , HNO 3 , CH 4 , N 2 O, ClONO 2 and ClO from MIPAS reduced resolution nominal mode limb emission measurements

    T. von Clarmann;M. Höpfner;S. Kellmann;A. Linden

  • Observed temporal evolution of global mean age of stratospheric air for the 2002 to 2010 period

    G. P. Stiller;T. von Clarmann;F. Haenel;B. Funke

  • Sensitivity of trace gas abundances retrievals from infrared limb emission spectra to simplifying approximations in radiative transfer modelling

    Gabriele P. Stiller;Thomas von Clarmann;Bernd Funke;Norbert Glatthor

  • Vertical structure of stratospheric water vapour trends derived from merged satellite data.

    M. I. Hegglin;D. A. Plummer;T. G. Shepherd;J. F. Scinocca

  • Composition changes after the "Halloween" solar proton event: the High Energy Particle Precipitation in the Atmosphere (HEPPA) model versus MIPAS data intercomparison study

    B. Funke;A. Baumgaertner;M. Calisto;T. Egorova

  • Short- and medium-term atmospheric constituent effects of very large solar proton events

    C. H. Jackman;D. R. Marsh;F. M. Vitt;R. R. Garcia

  • Downward transport of upper atmospheric NOx into the polar stratosphere and lower mesosphere during the Antarctic 2003 and Arctic 2002/2003 winters

    B. Funke;M. López-Puertas;S. Gil-López;T. von Clarmann

  • The natural thermostat of nitric oxide emission at 5.3 μm in the thermosphere observed during the solar storms of April 2002

    Martin G. Mlynczak;F. Javier Martin‐torres;James Russell;Ken Beaumont

  • Observation of NO(x) Enhancement and Ozone Depletion in the Northern and Southern hemispheres after the October-November 2003 Solar Proton Events

    M. López-Puertas;B. Funke;S. Gil-López;T. von Clarmann

  • Errors in Sounding of the Atmosphere Using Broadband Emission Radiometry (SABER) Kinetic Temperature Caused by Non-Local Thermodynamic Equilibrium Model Parameters

    M. García-Comas;M. López-Puertas;B. T. Marshall;P. P. Wintersteiner

  • Martian dust storm impact on atmospheric H2O and D/H observed by ExoMars Trace Gas Orbiter

    Ann Carine Vandaele;Oleg Korablev;Frank Daerden;Shohei Aoki

  • LARGE ABUNDANCES OF POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS IN TITAN'S UPPER ATMOSPHERE

    M. López-Puertas;B. M. Dinelli;A. Adriani;B. Funke

  • MIPAS level 2 operational analysis

    P. Raspollini;C. Belotti;A. Burgess;B. Carli

  • Energy transport in the thermosphere during the solar storms of April 2002

    Martin G. Mlynczak;F. Javier Martin-Torres;Geoff Crowley;David P. Kratz

  • Science objectives and performances of NOMAD, a spectrometer suite for the ExoMars TGO mission

    Ann Carine Vandaele;Eddy Neefs;Rachel Drummond;Ian R. Thomas

Frequent Co-Authors

Manuel López-Puertas
Manuel López-Puertas Spanish National Research Council
Gabriele Stiller
Gabriele Stiller Karlsruhe Institute of Technology
Norbert Glatthor
Norbert Glatthor Karlsruhe Institute of Technology
T. von Clarmann
T. von Clarmann Karlsruhe Institute of Technology
Michael Höpfner
Michael Höpfner Karlsruhe Institute of Technology
Sylvia Kellmann
Sylvia Kellmann Karlsruhe Institute of Technology
Andrea Linden
Andrea Linden Karlsruhe Institute of Technology
Kaley A. Walker
Kaley A. Walker University of Toronto
Herbert Fischer
Herbert Fischer Karlsruhe Institute of Technology
Peter F. Bernath
Peter F. Bernath Old Dominion University

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