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Overview

Hermann Oelhaf is affiliated with the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology in Germany. Their research primarily focuses on Earth and Planetary Sciences as well as Environmental Science, with particular expertise in Atmospheric Science and Global and Planetary Change. Oelhaf's work encompasses a range of topics related to atmospheric chemistry and aerosols, including their interactions with clouds and climate, as well as air quality and health impacts.

Their main topics of study include:

  • Atmospheric chemistry and aerosols
  • Atmospheric aerosols and clouds
  • Atmospheric Ozone and Climate
  • Air Quality and Health Impacts
  • Air Quality Monitoring and Forecasting
  • Atmospheric and Environmental Gas Dynamics
  • Ionosphere and magnetosphere dynamics

Oelhaf's publication record features contributions to several frequent publication venues such as:

  • Atmospheric measurement techniques
  • Atmospheric chemistry and physics
  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
  • Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society

Among recent notable papers, there are:

  • "Aircraft-based observation of meteoric material in lower-stratospheric aerosol particles between 15 and 68° N," 2021, Atmospheric chemistry and physics
  • "Application of an O-ring pinch device as a constant-pressure inlet (CPI) for airborne sampling," 2020, Atmospheric measurement techniques
  • "Chemical analysis of the Asian tropopause aerosol layer (ATAL) with emphasis on secondary aerosol particles using aircraft-based in situ aerosol mass spectrometry," 2022, Atmospheric chemistry and physics
  • "Design, characterization, and first field deployment of a novel aircraft-based aerosol mass spectrometer combining the laser ablation and flash vaporization techniques," 2022, Atmospheric measurement techniques
  • "The challenge of simulating the sensitivity of the Amazonian cloud microstructure to cloud condensation nuclei number concentrations," 2020, Atmospheric chemistry and physics

Frequent collaborators in Oelhaf's research include:

  • Stephan Borrmann
  • Johannes Schneider
  • Antonis Dragoneas
  • Oliver Appel
  • Andreas Hünig

Best Publications

  • MIPAS: an instrument for atmospheric and climate research

    H. Fischer;M. Birk;C. Blom;B. Carli

  • Remote sensing of vertical profiles of atmospheric trace constituents with MlPAS limb-emission spectrometers.

    H Fischer;H Oelhaf

  • Arctic Ozone Loss Due to Denitrification

    A. E. Waibel;Th. Peter;K. S. Carslaw;H. Oelhaf

  • Geophysical validation of MIPAS-ENVISAT operational ozone data

    U. Cortesi;J. C. Lambert;C. de Clercq;G. Bianchini

  • Validation of ozone measurements from the Atmospheric Chemistry Experiment (ACE)

    E. Dupuy;K.A. Walker;K.A. Walker;J. Kar;C.D. Boone

  • Design and characterization of the balloon-borne Michelson Interferometer for Passive Atmospheric Sounding (MIPAS-B2).

    Felix Friedl-Vallon;Guido Maucher;Meinhard Seefeldner;Olaf Trieschmann

  • Stratospheric ClONO2 and HNO3 profiles inside the Arctic vortex from MIPAS-B limb emission spectra obtained during EASOE

    H. Oelhaf;T.V. Clarmann;H. Fischer;F. Friedl-Vallon

  • Instrument concept of the imaging Fourier transform spectrometer GLORIA

    F. Friedl-Vallon;T. Gulde;F. Hase;A. Kleinert

  • Gimballed Limb Observer for Radiance Imaging of the Atmosphere (GLORIA) scientific objectives

    M. Riese;H. Oelhaf;P. Preusse;J. Blank

  • Chlorine chemistry and the potential for ozone depletion in the Arctic stratosphere in the winter of 1991/92

    R. Müller;Th. Peter;P. J. Crutzen;H. Oelhaf

  • Retrieval of stratospheric O3, HNO3 and ClONO2 profiles from 1992 MIPAS‐B limb emission spectra: Method, results, and error analysis

    T. von Clarmann;H. Fischer;F. Friedl-Vallon;A. Linden

  • New perspectives on gravity wave remote sensing by spaceborne infrared limb imaging

    P. Preusse;S. Schroeder;L. Hoffmann;M. Ern

  • Observation of mesospheric air inside the arctic stratospheric polar vortex in early 2003

    Andreas Engel;Tanja Möbius;Hans-Peter Haase;Harald Bönisch

  • Evidence of scattering of tropospheric radiation by PSCs in mid-IR limb emission spectra: MIPAS-B observations and KOPRA simulations

    M. Höpfner;H. Oelhaf;G. Wetzel;F. Friedl-Vallon

  • 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

  • First tomographic observations of gravity waves by the infrared limb imager GLORIA

    Isabell Krisch;Peter Preusse;Jörn Ungermann;Andreas Dörnbrack

  • GLObal limb Radiance Imager for the Atmosphere (GLORIA): Scientific objectives

    M. Riese;F. Friedl-Vallon;R. Spang;P. Preusse

  • Optical and microphysical parameters of the Mt. Pinatubo aerosol as determined from MIPAS-B mid-IR limb emission spectra

    G. Echle;T. von Clarmann;H. Oelhaf

  • Microphysical properties of synoptic-scale polar stratospheric clouds: in situ measurements of unexpectedly large HNO3-containing particles in the Arctic vortex

    S. Molleker;Stefan Borrmann;Stefan Borrmann;Hans Schlager;Beiping Luo

  • 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

  • Remote sensing of vertical profiles of atmospheric trace constituents with MIPAS limb emission spectrometers

    Herbert Fischer;Hermann Oelhaf

  • New perspectives on gravity wave remote sensing by spaceborne infrared limb imaging

    P. Preusse;S. Schroeder;L. Hoffmann;M. Ern

Frequent Co-Authors

Michael Höpfner
Michael Höpfner Karlsruhe Institute of Technology
Herbert Fischer
Herbert Fischer Karlsruhe Institute of Technology
Peter Preusse
Peter Preusse Forschungszentrum Jülich
Martin Riese
Martin Riese Forschungszentrum Jülich
Gabriele Stiller
Gabriele Stiller Karlsruhe Institute of Technology
T. von Clarmann
T. von Clarmann Karlsruhe Institute of Technology
Norbert Glatthor
Norbert Glatthor Karlsruhe Institute of Technology
Andreas Engel
Andreas Engel Goethe University Frankfurt
Manuel López-Puertas
Manuel López-Puertas Spanish National Research Council
Jens-Uwe Grooß
Jens-Uwe Grooß Forschungszentrum Jülich

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