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Niklaus Kämpfer

Niklaus Kämpfer

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Environmental Sciences

D-Index
38
Citations
4435
World Ranking
8722
National Ranking
196

Overview

Niklaus Kämpfer is affiliated with the University of Bern in Switzerland with a research focus centered on earth and planetary sciences and environmental science. Their work extensively explores atmospheric science, particularly the dynamics and chemistry of the atmosphere, as well as aspects of global and planetary change.

The main topics of Kämpfer's research include:

  • Atmospheric Ozone and Climate
  • Atmospheric chemistry and aerosols
  • Atmospheric and Environmental Gas Dynamics
  • Ionosphere and magnetosphere dynamics
  • Meteorological Phenomena and Simulations
  • GNSS positioning and interference
  • Atmospheric aerosols and clouds

Kämpfer's recent publications have appeared predominantly in the journal Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, along with contributions to Atmosphere and Atmospheric Measurement Techniques. Frequent publication venues feature:

  • Atmospheric chemistry and physics
  • Atmosphere
  • Atmospheric measurement techniques

Selected recent papers include:

  • Small-scale variability of stratospheric ozone during the sudden stratospheric warming 2018/2019 observed at Ny-Ålesund, Svalbard (2020), Atmospheric chemistry and physics
  • Trends of atmospheric water vapour in Switzerland from ground-based radiometry, FTIR and GNSS data (2020), Atmospheric chemistry and physics
  • The Diurnal Variation in Stratospheric Ozone from MACC Reanalysis, ERA-Interim, WACCM, and Earth Observation Data: Characteristics and Intercomparison (2021), Atmosphere
  • Study of the dependence of long-term stratospheric ozone trends on local solar time (2020), Atmospheric chemistry and physics
  • Estimation of cloud optical thickness, single scattering albedo and effective droplet radius using a shortwave radiative closure study in Payerne (2020), Atmospheric measurement techniques

Frequent collaborators include:

  • Klemens Hocke
  • Jonas Hagen
  • Gunter Stober
  • Axel Murk
  • Leonie Bernet

The scope of Kämpfer's research encompasses investigation into atmospheric ozone variability and climatic interactions, atmospheric aerosols and clouds, as well as the diurnal and long-term trends of stratospheric ozone. Their work often combines observational data with reanalysis and Earth observation methods to understand meteorological phenomena and atmospheric gas dynamics.

Best Publications

  • An update on ozone profile trends for the period 2000 to 2016

    Wolfgang Steinbrecht;Lucien Froidevaux;Ryan Fuller;Ray Wang

  • Evaluation of the Applicability of Solar and Lamp Radiometric Calibrations of a Precision Sun Photometer Operating Between 300 and 1025 nm.

    Beat Schmid;Paul R. Spyak;Stuart F. Biggar;Christoph Wehrli

  • Comparison of co-located independent ground-based middle atmospheric wind and temperature measurements with numerical weather prediction models

    A. Le Pichon;J. D. Assink;P. Heinrich;E. Blanc

  • Ozone and temperature trends in the upper stratosphere at five stations of the Network for the Detection of Atmospheric Composition Change

    W. Steinbrecht;H. Claude;F. Schönenborn;I. S. McDermid

  • Gap filling and noise reduction of unevenly sampled data by means of the Lomb-Scargle periodogram

    Klemens Hocke;Niklaus Kämpfer

  • The 1994 Northern Midlatitude Budget of Stratospheric Chlorine Derived From ATMOS/ATLAS-3 Observations

    R. Zander;E. Mahieu;M. R. Gunson;M. C. Abrams

  • Ozone depletion, water vapor increase, and PSC generation at midlatitudes by the 2008 major stratospheric warming

    T. Flury;K. Hocke;K. Hocke;A. Haefele;N. Kämpfer;N. Kämpfer

  • Long-Term Evolution of Upper Stratospheric Ozone at Selected Stations of the Network for the Detection of Stratospheric Change (NDSC)

    W. Steinbrecht;H. Claude;F. Schönenborn;I. S. McDermid

  • Modeled and empirical approaches for retrieving columnar water vapor from solar transmittance measurements in the 0.72, 0.82, and 0.94 μm absorption bands

    T. Ingold;B. Schmid;C. Mätzler;Philippe Demoulin

  • Weighted mean tropospheric temperature and transmittance determination at millimeter-wave frequencies for ground-based applications

    T. Ingold;R. Peter;N. Kämpfer

  • Monitoring Atmospheric Water Vapour

    Niklaus Kämpfer

  • Stratospheric chlorine partitioning: Constraints from shuttle‐borne measurements of [HCl], [ClNO3], and [ClO]

    H. A. Michelsen;R. J. Salawitch;M. R. Gunson;C. Aellig

  • Diurnal changes in middle atmospheric H2O and O3: Observations in the Alpine region and climate models

    Alexander Haefele;K. Hocke;N. Kämpfer;Philippe Keckhut

  • Cloud observations in Switzerland using hemispherical sky cameras

    Stefan Wacker;Julian Gröbner;Christoph Zysset;Laurin Diener

  • Validation of MIPAS IMK/IAA temperature, water vapor, and ozone profiles with MOHAVE-2009 campaign measurements

    Gabrielle Stiller;M. Kiefer;E. Eckert;T. von Clarmann

  • A new 22-GHz radiometer for middle atmospheric water vapor profile measurements

    B. Deuber;N. Kampfer;D.G. Feist

  • The Millimeter Wave Atmospheric Sounder (MAS): a shuttle-based remote sensing experiment

    C.L. Croskey;N. Kampfer;R.M. Belivacqua;G.K. Hartmann

  • Retrieval of optical depth and particle size distribution of tropospheric and stratospheric aerosols by means of Sun photometry

    B. Schmid;C. Matzler;A. Heimo;N. Kampfer

  • First middle-atmospheric zonal wind profile measurements with a new ground-based microwave Doppler-spectro-radiometer

    Rolf Rüfenacht;Niklaus Kämpfer;Axel Murk

  • Toward an Improved Representation of Middle Atmospheric Dynamics Thanks to the ARISE Project

    E. Blanc;L. Ceranna;A. Hauchecorne;A. Charlton-Perez

Frequent Co-Authors

Klemens Hocke
Klemens Hocke University of Bern
Christian Mätzler
Christian Mätzler University of Bern
Alain Hauchecorne
Alain Hauchecorne University of Paris-Saclay
Richard M. Bevilacqua
Richard M. Bevilacqua United States Naval Research Laboratory
Wolfgang Steinbrecht
Wolfgang Steinbrecht German Meteorological Service
Gabriele Stiller
Gabriele Stiller Karlsruhe Institute of Technology
Holger Vömel
Holger Vömel National Center for Atmospheric Research
Kaley A. Walker
Kaley A. Walker University of Toronto
Emmanuel Mahieu
Emmanuel Mahieu University of Liège
Lucien Froidevaux
Lucien Froidevaux California Institute of Technology

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