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Michael Buchwitz

Michael Buchwitz

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Environmental Sciences

D-Index
60
Citations
15541
World Ranking
2887
National Ranking
193

Overview

Michael Buchwitz is affiliated with the University of Bremen in Germany and has contributed extensively to the fields of Environmental Science and Earth and Planetary Sciences. Their research primarily focuses on Atmospheric Science, Global and Planetary Change, Environmental Chemistry, and Spectroscopy.

The scientist has a strong emphasis on topics related to Atmospheric and Environmental Gas Dynamics, Atmospheric Ozone and Climate, Atmospheric chemistry and aerosols, Meteorological Phenomena and Simulations, Hydrocarbon exploration and reservoir analysis, Methane Hydrates and Related Phenomena, and Climate variability and models.

Buchwitz has authored research published in several prominent scientific venues, with the most frequent publication outlets including:

  • Atmospheric measurement techniques
  • Atmospheric chemistry and physics
  • Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society
  • Frontiers in Remote Sensing
  • Remote Sensing

The scientist has participated in research collaborations with notable co-authors such as Maximilian Reuter, Oliver Schneising, H. Bovensmann, John P. Burrows, and Stefan Noël. These collaborations have resulted in multiple publications across various topics within atmospheric sciences.

Recent papers by Michael Buchwitz cover diverse aspects of atmospheric monitoring and gas dynamics, including:

  • "Toward an Operational Anthropogenic CO2 Emissions Monitoring and Verification Support Capacity," 2020, Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society
  • "Remote sensing of methane leakage from natural gas and petroleum systems revisited," 2020, Atmospheric chemistry and physics
  • "The CO2 Human Emissions (CHE) Project: First Steps Towards a European Operational Capacity to Monitor Anthropogenic CO2 Emissions," 2021, Frontiers in Remote Sensing
  • "Can a regional-scale reduction of atmospheric CO 2 during the COVID-19 pandemic be detected from space? A case study for East China using satellite XCO 2 retrievals," 2021, Atmospheric measurement techniques
  • "Technical note: The CAMS greenhouse gas reanalysis from 2003 to 2020," 2023, Atmospheric chemistry and physics

This body of work highlights a focus on satellite and remote sensing techniques for greenhouse gas monitoring, anthropogenic CO2 emissions, and methane leakage detection. The research often intersects with climate-related phenomena and efforts to enhance operational capacities for monitoring atmospheric gas changes at regional and global scales.

Best Publications

  • SCIAMACHY: Mission Objectives and Measurement Modes

    H. Bovensmann;J. P. Burrows;M. Buchwitz;J. Frerick

  • The Global Ozone Monitoring Experiment (GOME): Mission Concept and First Scientific Results

    John P. Burrows;Mark Weber;Michael Buchwitz;Vladimir Rozanov

  • The ESA Climate Change Initiative: Satellite Data Records for Essential Climate Variables

    R Hollmann;CJ Merchant;RA Saunders;C Downy

  • SCIATRAN 2.0 – A new radiative transfer model for geophysical applications in the 175–2400 nm spectral region

    A. Rozanov;V. Rozanov;M. Buchwitz;A. Kokhanovsky

  • A remote sensing technique for global monitoring of power plant CO 2 emissions from space and related applications

    H. Bovensmann;M. Buchwitz;J. P. Burrows;M. Reuter

  • Atmospheric methane and carbon dioxide from SCIAMACHY satellite data: initial comparison with chemistry and transport models

    M. Buchwitz;R. de Beek;J. Burrows;H. Bovensmann

  • Global Estimates of CO Sources with High Resolution by Adjoint Inversion of Multiple Satellite Datasets (MOPITT, AIRS, SCIAMACHY, TES)

    M. Kopacz;M. Kopacz;Daniel J. Jacob;John Fisher;Jennifer A. Logan

  • Current systematic carbon-cycle observations and the need for implementing a policy-relevant carbon observing system

    P. Ciais;A. J. Dolman;A. Bombelli;R. Duren

  • A near‐infrared optimized DOAS method for the fast global retrieval of atmospheric CH4, CO, CO2, H2O, and N2O total column amounts from SCIAMACHY Envisat‐1 nadir radiances

    Michael Buchwitz;Vladimir V. Rozanov;John P. Burrows

  • Carbon Monoxide, Methane and Carbon Dioxide Columns Retrieved from SCIAMACHY by WFM-DOAS: Year 2003 Initial Data Set

    M. Buchwitz;R. de Beek;S. Noël;J. P. Burrows

  • Towards monitoring localized CO 2 emissions from space: co-located regional CO 2 and NO 2 enhancements observed by the OCO-2 and S5P satellites

    Maximilian Reuter;Michael Buchwitz;Oliver Schneising;Sven Krautwurst

  • Long-term analysis of carbon dioxide and methane column-averaged mole fractions retrieved from SCIAMACHY

    O. Schneising;M. Buchwitz;M. Reuter;J. Heymann

  • Space‐based near‐infrared CO2 measurements: Testing the Orbiting Carbon Observatory retrieval algorithm and validation concept using SCIAMACHY observations over Park Falls, Wisconsin

    H. Bösch;G. C. Toon;B. Sen;R. A. Washenfelder

  • A method for improved SCIAMACHY CO 2 retrieval in the presence of optically thin clouds

    M. Reuter;M. Buchwitz;O. Schneising;J. Heymann

  • Remote sensing of fugitive methane emissions from oil and gas production in North American tight geologic formations

    Oliver Schneising;John P. Burrows;John P. Burrows;Russell R. Dickerson;Michael Buchwitz

  • The Greenhouse Gas Climate Change Initiative (GHG-CCI): Comparison and quality assessment of near-surface-sensitive satellite-derived CO2 and CH4 global data sets

    M Buchwitz;Markus Reuter;O Schneising;Hartmut Boesch

  • Three years of greenhouse gas column-averaged dry air mole fractions retrieved from satellite – Part 1: Carbon dioxide

    O. Schneising;M. Buchwitz;J. Burrows;H. Bovensmann

  • Atmospheric carbon gases retrieved from SCIAMACHY by WFM-DOAS: version 0.5 CO and CH 4 and impact of calibration improvements on CO 2 retrieval

    M. Buchwitz;R. de Beek;S. Noël;J. P. Burrows

  • Retrieval of atmospheric CO2 with enhanced accuracy and precision from SCIAMACHY: validation with FTS measurements and comparison with model results

    M. Reuter;H. Bovensmann;M. Buchwitz;J. P. Burrows

  • Comparison of Models Used for UV Index Calculations

    Peter Koepke;Alkiviadis Bais;Dimitrios Balis;Michael Buchwitz

  • Toward an operational anthropogenic CO2 emissions monitoring and verification support capacity

    G. Janssens-Maenhout;B. Pinty;M. Dowell;H. Zunker

  • The Global Ozone Monitoring Experiment (Gome) : Mission, instrument concept, and first scientific results

    J. P. Burrows;M. Buchwitz;V. Rozanov;M. Weber

Frequent Co-Authors

John P. Burrows
John P. Burrows University of Bremen
Heinrich Bovensmann
Heinrich Bovensmann University of Bremen
Oliver Schneising
Oliver Schneising University of Bremen
Justus Notholt
Justus Notholt University of Bremen
Thorsten Warneke
Thorsten Warneke University of Bremen
Ralf Sussmann
Ralf Sussmann Karlsruhe Institute of Technology
Vladimir V. Rozanov
Vladimir V. Rozanov University of Bremen
Nicholas M. Deutscher
Nicholas M. Deutscher University of Wollongong
Christian Frankenberg
Christian Frankenberg California Institute of Technology
Otto Hasekamp
Otto Hasekamp Netherlands Institute for Space Research

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