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Overview

C. M. Volk is affiliated with the University of Wuppertal in Germany. Their research primarily focuses on atmospheric sciences, with a pronounced interest in the dynamics of atmospheric ozone, climate, and gas transport mechanisms within the Earth's atmosphere.

The scientific contributions of C. M. Volk span 15 publications within Earth and Planetary Sciences, alongside 9 publications in Environmental Science. Their work is specifically situated within the subfields of Atmospheric Science and Global and Planetary Change.

Their research topics include:

  • Atmospheric Ozone and Climate
  • Atmospheric and Environmental Gas Dynamics
  • Atmospheric chemistry and aerosols
  • Climate variability and models

C. M. Volk has published extensively in established scientific venues with the majority appearing in Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics. Other notable publication venues include Communications Earth & Environment, Geoscientific Model Development, and Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres.

Recent notable papers authored or coauthored by C. M. Volk include:

  • Upward transport into and within the Asian monsoon anticyclone as inferred from StratoClim trace gas observations, 2021, Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics
  • In situ observations of CH 2 Cl 2 and CHCl 3 show efficient transport pathways for very short-lived species into the lower stratosphere via the Asian and the North American summer monsoon, 2022, Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics
  • Reconstructing high-resolution in-situ vertical carbon dioxide profiles in the sparsely monitored Asian monsoon region, 2023, Communications Earth & Environment
  • Evaluation of vertical transport in ERA5 and ERA-Interim reanalysis using high-altitude aircraft measurements in the Asian summer monsoon 2017, 2024, Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics
  • How can Brewer-Dobson circulation trends be estimated from changes in stratospheric water vapour and methane?, 2022, Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics

Frequent collaborators in Volk's research include:

  • Valentin Lauther
  • Felix Ploeger
  • Rolf Müller
  • Marc von Hobe
  • Corinna Kloss

Best Publications

  • Evaluation of source gas lifetimes from stratospheric observations

    C. M. Volk;James W. Elkins;David W. Fahey;G. S. Dutton

  • Airborne gas chromatograph for in situ measurements of long‐lived species in the upper troposphere and lower stratosphere

    James W. Elkins;David W. Fahey;Jonathan Mark Gilligan;G. S. Dutton

  • Quantifying Transport Between the Tropical and Mid-Latitude Lower Stratosphere

    C. M. Volk;James W. Elkins;David W. Fahey;R. J. Salawitch

  • Mixing of polar vortex air into middle latitudes as revealed by tracer-tracer scatterplots

    Darryn Waugh;R A Plumb;J W Elkins;D W Fahey

  • Distribution of halon-1211 in the upper troposphere and lower stratosphere and the 1994 total bromine budget

    P. R. Wamsley;J. W. Elkins;D. W. Fahey;G. S. Dutton

  • Observations of meteoric material and implications for aerosol nucleation in the winter Arctic lower stratosphere derived from in situ particle measurements

    J. Curtius;R. Weigel;H.-J. Vössing;H. Wernli

  • Tropical troposphere to stratosphere transport of carbon monoxide and long-lived trace species in the Chemical Lagrangian Model of the Stratosphere (CLaMS)

    R. Pommrich;R. Pommrich;R. Müller;J.-U. Grooß;P. Konopka

  • Bulk properties of isentropic mixing into the tropics in the lower stratosphere

    K. Minschwaner;A. E. Dessler;J. W. Elkins;C. M. Volk

  • Contribution of mixing to upward transport across the Tropical Tropopause Layer (TTL)

    P. Konopka;G. Günther;R. Müller;F. H. S. dos Santos

  • Three‐dimensional simulations of long‐lived tracers using winds from MACCM2

    Darryn Waugh;Timothy M Hall;W J Randel;P J Rasch

  • Simulation of denitrification and ozone loss for the Arctic winter 2002/2003

    J.-U. Grooß;G. Günther;R. Müller;P. Konopka

  • In situ observations of new particle formation in the tropical upper troposphere: the role of clouds and the nucleation mechanism

    R. Weigel;S. Borrmann;S. Borrmann;J. Kazil;J. Kazil;A. Minikin

  • Ultrathin Tropical Tropopause Clouds (UTTCs): I. Cloud morphology and occurrence

    Th. Peter;B. P. Luo;M. Wirth;C. Kiemle

  • Heterogeneous chlorine activation on stratospheric aerosols and clouds in the Arctic polar vortex

    T. Wegner;J.-U. Grooß;M. von Hobe;F. Stroh

  • Envisat MIPAS measurements of CFC-11: retrieval, validation, and climatology

    L. Hoffmann;M. Kaufmann;R. Spang;R. Müller

  • Reconciliation of essential process parameters for an enhanced predictability of Arctic stratospheric ozone loss and its climate interactions (RECONCILE): activities and results

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  • Reconciliation of essential process parameters for an enhanced predictability of Arctic stratospheric ozone loss and its climate interactions (RECONCILE): activities and results

    M. von Hobe;S. Bekki;S. Borrmann;F. Cairo

  • Dehydration potential of ultrathin clouds at the tropical tropopause

    B. P. Luo;T. Peter;S. Fueglistaler;H. Wernli

  • In situ measurements of tropical cloud properties in the West African Monsoon: upper tropospheric ice clouds, Mesoscale Convective System outflow, and subvisual cirrus

    W. Frey;S. Borrmann;S. Borrmann;D. Kunkel;R. Weigel

  • Upward transport into and within the Asian monsoon anticyclone as inferred from StratoClim trace gas observations

    Marc von Hobe;Felix Ploeger;Paul Konopka;Corinna Kloss

  • Three-dimensional model study of the Arctic ozone loss in 2002/2003 and comparison with 1999/2000 and 2003/2004

    W. Feng;M. P. Chipperfield;S. Davies;B. Sen

  • Polstracc: Airborne Experiment for Studying the Polar Stratosphere in a Changing Climate with the High Altitude and Long Range Research Aircraft (HALO)

    Hermann Oelhaf;Björn-Martin Sinnhuber;Wolfgang Woiwode;Harald Bönisch

  • CO2 and SF6 as stratospheric age tracers: Consistency and the effect of mesospheric SF6-loss

    M. Strunk;A. Engel;U. Schmidt;C. M. Volk

Frequent Co-Authors

Stephan Borrmann
Stephan Borrmann Max Planck Institute for Chemistry
Hans Schlager
Hans Schlager German Aerospace Center
Cornelius Schiller
Cornelius Schiller Forschungszentrum Jülich
Paul Konopka
Paul Konopka Forschungszentrum Jülich
Martin Riese
Martin Riese Forschungszentrum Jülich
Rolf Müller
Rolf Müller Forschungszentrum Jülich
Jens-Uwe Grooß
Jens-Uwe Grooß Forschungszentrum Jülich
Geoff S. Dutton
Geoff S. Dutton National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
David W. Fahey
David W. Fahey National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Kathy S. Law
Kathy S. Law Université Paris Cité

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