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Holger Vömel is affiliated with the National Center for Atmospheric Research in the United States and has contributed extensively to research in Earth and Planetary Sciences and Environmental Science. Their work primarily focuses on Atmospheric Science, with further specialization in subfields such as Global and Planetary Change, Astronomy and Astrophysics, Spectroscopy, and Aerospace Engineering.

The researcher's main topics of study include:

  • Atmospheric Ozone and Climate
  • Atmospheric chemistry and aerosols
  • Atmospheric aerosols and clouds
  • Atmospheric and Environmental Gas Dynamics
  • Meteorological Phenomena and Simulations
  • Climate variability and models
  • Ionosphere and magnetosphere dynamics

Holger Vömel has published in a range of scientific journals, frequently appearing in:

  • Atmospheric Measurement Techniques
  • Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics
  • Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres
  • Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society
  • Science

Among the recent notable papers are:

  • Water vapor injection into the stratosphere by Hunga Tonga-Hunga Ha'apai, 2022, Science
  • Improving ECC Ozonesonde Data Quality: Assessment of Current Methods and Outstanding Issues, 2021, Earth and Space Science
  • A Post-2013 Dropoff in Total Ozone at a Third of Global Ozonesonde Stations: Electrochemical Concentration Cell Instrument Artifacts?, 2020, Geophysical Research Letters
  • Dehydration and low ozone in the tropopause layer over the Asian monsoon caused by tropical cyclones: Lagrangian transport calculations using ERA-Interim and ERA5 reanalysis data, 2020, Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics
  • Strong day-to-day variability of the Asian Tropopause Aerosol Layer (ATAL) in August 2016 at the Himalayan foothills, 2020, Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics

The scientist frequently collaborates with several coauthors, including:

  • Ryan M. Stauffer
  • D. F. Hurst
  • Anne M. Thompson
  • Henry B. Selkirk
  • Dan Li

Best Publications

  • Southern Hemisphere Additional Ozonesondes (SHADOZ) 1998–2000 tropical ozone climatology 1. Comparison with Total Ozone Mapping Spectrometer (TOMS) and ground-based measurements

    Anne M. Thompson;Jacquelyn C. Witte;Richard D. McPeters;Samuel J. Oltmans

  • Decreases in stratospheric water vapor after 2001: Links to changes in the tropical tropopause and the Brewer-Dobson circulation

    William J. Randel;Fei Wu;Holger Vömel;Gerald E. Nedoluha

  • STATE OF THE CLIMATE IN 2017

    R. Abernethy;Steven A. Ackerman;R. Adler;Adelina Albanil Encarnación

  • Accuracy assessment and correction of Vaisala RS92 radiosonde water vapor measurements

    Larry M. Miloshevich;Holger Vömel;David N. Whiteman;Thierry Leblanc

  • Absolute accuracy of water vapor measurements from six operational radiosonde types launched during AWEX-G and implications for AIRS validation

    Larry M. Miloshevich;Holger Vömel;David N. Whiteman;Barry M. Lesht

  • Observations of Near-Zero Ozone Concentrations Over the Convective Pacific: Effects on Air Chemistry

    D. Kley;P. J. Crutzen;H. G. J Smit;H. Vomel

  • The increase in stratospheric water vapor from balloonborne, frostpoint hygrometer measurements at Washington, D.C., and Boulder, Colorado

    Samuel J. Oltmans;Holger Vömel;David J. Hofmann;Karen H. Rosenlof

  • Radiation Dry Bias of the Vaisala RS92 Humidity Sensor

    H. Vömel;H. Selkirk;L. Miloshevich;J. Valverde-Canossa

  • Accuracy of tropospheric and stratospheric water vapor measurements by the cryogenic frost point hygrometer: Instrumental details and observations

    H. Vömel;H. Vömel;D. E. David;K. Smith

  • Characterization and correction of relative humidity measurements from Vaisala RS80-A radiosondes at cold temperatures

    Larry M. Miloshevich;Holger Vömel;Ari Paukkunen;Andrew J. Heymsfield

  • Reference quality upper-air measurements: GRUAN data processing for the Vaisala RS92 radiosonde

    R. J. Dirksen;M. Sommer;F. J. Immler;D. F. Hurst;D. F. Hurst

  • Stratospheric water vapor trends over Boulder, Colorado: Analysis of the 30 year Boulder record

    Dale F. Hurst;Dale F. Hurst;Samuel J. Oltmans;Holger Vömel;Karen H. Rosenlof

  • Aura Microwave Limb Sounder upper tropospheric and lower stratospheric H2O and relative humidity with respect to ice validation

    W. G. Read;A. Lambert;J. Bacmeister;R. E. Cofield

  • State of the Climate in 2018

    M. Ades;R. Adler;Laura S. Aldeco;G. Alejandra

  • Radiation balance of the tropical tropopause layer

    Andrew Gettelman;Piers M. de F. Forster;Piers M. de F. Forster;Masatomo Fujiwara;Qiang Fu

  • The Stratospheric Water and Ozone Satellite Homogenized (SWOOSH) database: a long-term database for climate studies

    Sean M. Davis;Sean M. Davis;Karen H. Rosenlof;Birgit Hassler;Birgit Hassler;Dale F. Hurst;Dale F. Hurst

  • Validation of Tropospheric Emission Spectrometer (TES) nadir ozone profiles using ozonesonde measurements

    Ray Nassar;Jennifer A. Logan;Helen M. Worden;Inna A. Megretskaia

  • The impact of cirrus clouds on tropical troposphere-to-stratosphere transport

    T. Corti;B. P. Luo;Qinjun Fu;H. Vömel

  • Electrochemical concentration cell (ECC) ozonesonde pump efficiency measurements and tests on the sensitivity to ozone of buffered and unbuffered ECC sensor cathode solutions

    Bryan J. Johnson;Samuel J. Oltmans;Holger Vömel;Herman G. J. Smit

  • Transport into the northern hemisphere lowermost stratosphere revealed by in situ tracer measurements

    Eric A. Ray;Fred L. Moore;James W. Elkins;Geoffrey S. Dutton

  • Validation of Aura Microwave Limb Sounder Ozone by ozonesonde and lidar measurements

    Y. B. Jiang;L. Froidevaux;A. Lambert;N. J. Livesey

Frequent Co-Authors

Samuel J. Oltmans
Samuel J. Oltmans National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Dale F. Hurst
Dale F. Hurst Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences
Masatomo Fujiwara
Masatomo Fujiwara Hokkaido University
Masato Shiotani
Masato Shiotani Kyoto University
Rigel Kivi
Rigel Kivi Finnish Meteorological Institute
Anne M. Thompson
Anne M. Thompson Goddard Space Flight Center
Bryan J. Johnson
Bryan J. Johnson National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Karen H. Rosenlof
Karen H. Rosenlof National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
David N. Whiteman
David N. Whiteman Goddard Space Flight Center
Jacquelyn C. Witte
Jacquelyn C. Witte National Center for Atmospheric Research

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