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Markus Rettinger 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 significant work within Atmospheric Science and Global and Planetary Change subfields.

The scientist's research covers a range of topics related to atmospheric dynamics and chemistry including:

  • Atmospheric and Environmental Gas Dynamics
  • Atmospheric Ozone and Climate
  • Atmospheric chemistry and aerosols
  • Spectroscopy and Laser Applications
  • Climate Change and Health Impacts
  • Atmospheric aerosols and clouds
  • Meteorological Phenomena and Simulations

Markus Rettinger has published in several scientific venues, with frequent contributions to:

  • Atmospheric measurement techniques
  • Earth system science data
  • Remote Sensing
  • Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres
  • Earth and Space Science

Some recent papers authored or coauthored by Rettinger include:

  • Validation of methane and carbon monoxide from Sentinel-5 Precursor using TCCON and NDACC-IRWG stations (2021) in Atmospheric measurement techniques
  • The Total Carbon Column Observing Network's GGG2020 data version (2024) in Earth system science data
  • An 11-year record of XCO 2 estimates derived from GOSAT measurements using the NASA ACOS version 9 retrieval algorithm (2022) in Earth system science data
  • Retrieval of greenhouse gases from GOSAT and GOSAT-2 using the FOCAL algorithm (2022) in Atmospheric measurement techniques
  • Characterization and potential for reducing optical resonances in Fourier transform infrared spectrometers of the Network for the Detection of Atmospheric Composition Change (NDACC) (2021) in Atmospheric measurement techniques

Frequent collaborators in their research include:

  • Ralf Sussmann
  • Isamu Morino
  • Justus Notholt
  • Yao Té
  • Rigel Kivi

Best Publications

  • Comparisons of the Orbiting Carbon Observatory-2 (OCO-2) X CO 2 measurements with TCCON

    Debra Wunch;Debra Wunch;Paul O. Wennberg;Gregory Osterman;Gregory Osterman;Brendan Fisher;Brendan Fisher

  • Improvement of the retrieval algorithm for GOSAT SWIR XCO2 and XCH4 and their validation using TCCON data

    Y. Yoshida;N. Kikuchi;I. Morino;O. Uchino

  • A method for evaluating bias in global measurements of CO 2 total columns from space

    D. Wunch;P. O. Wennberg;G. C. Toon;B. J. Connor

  • Preliminary validation of column-averaged volume mixing ratios of carbon dioxide and methane retrieved from GOSAT short-wavelength infrared spectra

    I. Morino;O. Uchino;M. Inoue;Y. Yoshida

  • Calibration of TCCON column-averaged CO2: the first aircraft campaign over European TCCON sites

    Janina Messerschmidt;Janina Messerschmidt;Marc Christoph Geibel;Thomas Blumenstock;Hilin Chen;Hilin Chen

  • Validation of methane and carbon monoxide from Sentinel-5 Precursor using TCCON and NDACC-IRWG stations

    Mahesh Kumar Sha;Bavo Langerock;Jean-François L. Blavier;Thomas Blumenstock

  • Mapping carbon monoxide pollution from space down to city scales with daily global coverage

    Tobias Borsdorff;Joost aan de Brugh;Haili Hu;Otto Hasekamp

  • Atmospheric greenhouse gases retrieved from SCIAMACHY: comparison to ground-based FTS measurements and model results

    O Schneising;p Bergamaschi;H Bovensmann;M Buchwitz

  • Effects of atmospheric light scattering on spectroscopic observations of greenhouse gases from space: Validation of PPDF‐based CO2 retrievals from GOSAT

    Sergey Oshchepkov;Andrey Bril;Tatsuya Yokota;Isamu Morino

  • Observed and simulated time evolution of HCl, ClONO§2 and HF total column abundances.

    R Kohlhepp;R Ruhnke;M P Chipperfield;M De Mazière

  • An 11-year record of XCO2 estimates derived from GOSAT measurements using the NASA ACOS version 9 retrieval algorithm

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  • The Total Carbon Column Observing Network's GGG2020 data version

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  • Effects of atmospheric light scattering on spectroscopic observations of greenhouse gases from space. Part 2: Algorithm intercomparison in the GOSAT data processing for CO2 retrievals over TCCON sites

    Sergey Oshchepkov;Andrey Bril;Tatsuya Yokota;Paul O. Wennberg

  • Technical Note: Harmonized retrieval of column-integrated atmospheric water vapor from the FTIR network - first examples for long-term records and station trends

    R. Sussmann;T. Borsdorff;M. Rettinger;C. Camy-Peyret

  • Renewed methane increase for five years (2007-2011) observed by solar FTIR spectrometry

    R. Sussmann;F. Forster;M. Rettinger;P. Bousquet;P. Bousquet

  • NDACC harmonized formaldehyde time-series from 21 FTIR stations covering a wide range of column abundances

    Corinne Vigouroux;Carlos Augusto Bauer Aquino;Maite Bauwens;Cornelis Becker

  • Calibration of column-averaged CH4 over European TCCON FTS sites with airborne in-situ measurements

    M. C. Geibel;M. C. Geibel;J. Messerschmidt;C. Gerbig;T. Blumenstock

  • Total Column Carbon Observing Network (TCCON) Site: Garmisch

    Ralf Sussmann;Markus Rettinger

  • Strategy for high-accuracy-and-precision retrieval of atmospheric methane from the mid-infrared FTIR network

    R. Sussmann;F. Forster;M. Rettinger;N. Jones

  • Bias corrections of GOSAT SWIR XCO2 and XCH4 with TCCON data and their evaluation using aircraft measurement data

    Makoto Inoue;Makoto Inoue;Isamu Morino;Osamu Uchino;Takahiro Nakatsuru

  • B355 The Total Carbon Column Observing Network (TCCON)

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  • A method for evaluating bias in global measurements of CO{sub 2} total columns from space

    D. Wunch;P. O. Wennberg;G. C. Toon;B. J. Connor

Frequent Co-Authors

Ralf Sussmann
Ralf Sussmann Karlsruhe Institute of Technology
Nicholas M. Deutscher
Nicholas M. Deutscher University of Wollongong
Justus Notholt
Justus Notholt University of Bremen
Thorsten Warneke
Thorsten Warneke University of Bremen
David W. T. Griffith
David W. T. Griffith University of Wollongong
Debra Wunch
Debra Wunch University of Toronto
Frank Hase
Frank Hase Karlsruhe Institute of Technology
Isamu Morino
Isamu Morino National Institute for Environmental Studies
Paul O. Wennberg
Paul O. Wennberg California Institute of Technology
Coleen M. Roehl
Coleen M. Roehl California Institute of Technology

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