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Markus Rex is affiliated with the Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research in Germany. Their research primarily spans the fields of Earth and Planetary Sciences and Environmental Science, with a focus on Atmospheric Science, Global and Planetary Change, Environmental Chemistry, Oceanography, and Astronomy and Astrophysics.

The scientist's work covers several main topics, including:

  • Arctic and Antarctic ice dynamics
  • Atmospheric Ozone and Climate
  • Atmospheric and Environmental Gas Dynamics
  • Atmospheric chemistry and aerosols
  • Climate change and permafrost
  • Methane Hydrates and Related Phenomena
  • Climate variability and models

Markus Rex's recent publications feature contributions to major studies related to the MOSAiC expedition and atmospheric phenomena. Notable papers include the following:

  • "Overview of the MOSAiC expedition: Atmosphere," 2022, Elementa Science of the Anthropocene
  • "Overview of the MOSAiC expedition: Snow and sea ice," 2022, Elementa Science of the Anthropocene
  • "Overview of the MOSAiC expedition: Physical oceanography," 2022, Elementa Science of the Anthropocene
  • "Near-Complete Local Reduction of Arctic Stratospheric Ozone by Severe Chemical Loss in Spring 2020," 2020, Geophysical Research Letters
  • "Arctic Report Card 2020: The MOSAiC Expedition: A Year Drifting with the Arctic Sea Ice," 2020, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) - NOAA Central Library

Frequent co-authors that have collaborated with Markus Rex include:

  • Klaus Dethloff
  • Marcel Nicolaus
  • Benjamin Rabe
  • Matthew D. Shupe
  • Ellen Damm

Markus Rex has published several works in venues with significant relevance to geosciences and environmental research. These include:

  • Publishing Network for Geoscientific and Environmental Data (PANGAEA) (Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research)
  • Elementa Science of the Anthropocene
  • The Cryosphere
  • Nature Communications
  • Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics

Best Publications

  • Unprecedented Arctic ozone loss in 2011

    Gloria L. Manney;Gloria L. Manney;Michelle L. Santee;Markus Rex;Nathaniel J. Livesey

  • Stratospheric Aerosol--Observations, Processes, and Impact on Climate

    Stefanie Kremser;Larry W. Thomason;Marc von Hobe;Markus Hermann

  • Overview of the MOSAiC expedition—Atmosphere

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  • Arctic ozone loss and climate change

    M. Rex;R. J. Salawitch;P. von der Gathen;N. R. P. Harris

  • Overview of the MOSAiC expedition

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  • Prolonged stratospheric ozone loss in the 1995–96 Arctic winter

    Markus Rex;Neil R. P. Harris;Peter von der Gathen;Ralph Lehmann

  • Multimodel assessment of the upper troposphere and lower stratosphere: Tropics and global trends

    A. Gettelman;M. I. Hegglin;S.-W. Son;Jung-Hyun Kim

  • Observational evidence for chemical ozone depletion over the Arctic in winter 1991–92

    Peter von der Gathen;Peter von der Gathen;Markus Rex;Markus Rex;Neil R. P. Harris;Neil R. P. Harris;Diana Lucic

  • Arctic winter 2005: Implications for stratospheric ozone loss and climate change

    M. Rex;R. J. Salawitch;H. Deckelmann;P. von der Gathen

  • A Strategy for Process-Oriented Validation of Coupled Chemistry- Climate Models

    V. Eyring;N. R. P. Harris;M. Rex;Ted G. Shepherd

  • Ammonium nitrate particles formed in upper troposphere from ground ammonia sources during Asian monsoons

    Michael Höpfner;Jörn Ungermann;Stephan Borrmann;Stephan Borrmann;Robert Wagner

  • Ozone trends at northern mid- and high latitudes - a European perspective

    N. R. P. Harris;E. Kyrö;J. Staehelin;Dennis Brunner

  • Atmospheric and Surface Processes, and Feedback Mechanisms Determining Arctic Amplification: A Review of First Results and Prospects of the (AC)3 Project

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  • On the possible causes of recent increases in northern hemispheric total ozone from a statistical analysis of satellite data from 1979 to 2003

    S. Dhomse;M. Weber;Ingo Wohltmann;Markus Rex

  • Chemical depletion of Arctic ozone in winter 1999/2000

    M. Rex;R. J. Salawitch;N. R. P. Harris;P. von der Gathen

  • In situ measurements of stratospheric ozone depletion rates in the Arctic winter 1991/1992: A Lagrangian approach

    M Rex;P von der Gathen;N R P Harris;D Lucic

  • Near-Complete Local Reduction of Arctic Stratospheric Ozone by Severe Chemical Loss in Spring 2020

    Ingo Wohltmann;Peter von der Gathen;Ralph Lehmann;Marion Maturilli

  • Balloon-borne measurements of temperature, water vapor, ozone and aerosol backscatter on the southern slopes of the Himalayas during StratoClim 2016–2017

    Simone Brunamonti;Teresa Jorge;Peter Oelsner;Sreeharsha Hanumanthu;Sreeharsha Hanumanthu

  • Enhanced upper tropical tropospheric COS: impact on the stratospheric aerosol layer.

    Justus Notholt;Z. Kuang;C. P. Rinsland;G. C. Toon

  • Chemical Ozone Loss in the Arctic Winter 1994/95 as Determined by the Match Technique

    M. Rex;P. Von Der Gathen;G.O. Braathen;N.R.P. Harris

  • Arctic Report Card 2020: The MOSAiC Expedition: A Year Drifting with the Arctic Sea Ice

    Matthew D. Shupe;M. Rex;K. Dethloff;E. Damm

  • Ozone loss rates in the Arctic stratosphere in the winter 1991/92: Model calculations compared with Match results

    Gaby Becker;Rolf Müller;Daniel S. McKenna;Markus Rex

  • The MOSAiC ice floe: sediment-laden survivor from the Siberian shelf

    Thomas Krumpen;Florent Birrien;Frank Kauker;Thomas Rackow

  • Chemical ozone loss in the Arctic and Antarctic stratosphere between 1992 and 2005

    Simone Tilmes;Simone Tilmes;Rolf Müller;Andreas Engel;Markus Rex

Frequent Co-Authors

Neil R. P. Harris
Neil R. P. Harris Cranfield University
Martyn P. Chipperfield
Martyn P. Chipperfield University of Leeds
Kirstin Krüger
Kirstin Krüger University of Oslo
Ross J. Salawitch
Ross J. Salawitch University of Maryland, College Park
Esko Kyrö
Esko Kyrö Finnish Meteorological Institute
Michelle L. Santee
Michelle L. Santee California Institute of Technology
Rolf Müller
Rolf Müller Forschungszentrum Jülich
Katja Frieler
Katja Frieler Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research
P. von der Gathen
P. von der Gathen Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research
Martin Dameris
Martin Dameris German Aerospace Center

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