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Overview

Thomas Blumenstock is affiliated with the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology in Germany. Their research primarily spans the fields of Earth and Planetary Sciences as well as Environmental Science, with particular emphasis on Atmospheric Science and Global and Planetary Change.

Their work extensively covers topics related to Atmospheric Ozone and Climate, Atmospheric and Environmental Gas Dynamics, and Atmospheric chemistry and aerosols. Additional areas of focus include Spectroscopy and Laser Applications, Air Quality Monitoring and Forecasting, Methane Hydrates and Related Phenomena, and Atmospheric aerosols and clouds.

Blumenstock has contributed numerous publications to several scientific venues. The most frequent outlets for their work include Atmospheric measurement techniques, where they have published 17 papers, and Atmospheric chemistry and physics, with 11 publications. Other venues include Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research), Geophysical Research Letters, and Remote Sensing.

Selected recent papers demonstrate the scope and focus of their research:

  • "TROPOMI-Sentinel-5 Precursor formaldehyde validation using an extensive network of ground-based Fourier-transform infrared stations" (2020, Atmospheric measurement techniques)
  • "Ubiquitous atmospheric production of organic acids mediated by cloud droplets" (2021, Nature)
  • "Validation of methane and carbon monoxide from Sentinel-5 Precursor using TCCON and NDACC-IRWG stations" (2021, Atmospheric measurement techniques)
  • "COVID-19 Crisis Reduces Free Tropospheric Ozone Across the Northern Hemisphere" (2021, Geophysical Research Letters)
  • "Intercomparison of low- and high-resolution infrared spectrometers for ground-based solar remote sensing measurements of total column concentrations of CO 2, CH 4, and CO" (2020, Atmospheric measurement techniques)

Their collaborative work frequently involves coauthors such as Frank Hase, Rigel Kivi, Justus Notholt, Matthias Schneider, and Omaira García, reflecting ongoing collaboration within atmospheric science research networks.

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

  • The Network for the Detection of Atmospheric Composition Change (NDACC): history, status and perspectives

    Martine De Mazière;Anne M. Thompson;Michael J. Kurylo;Jeannette D. Wild

  • Analysis of the instrumental line shape of high-resolution fourier transform IR spectrometers with gas cell measurements and new retrieval software.

    Frank Hase;Thomas Blumenstock;Clare Paton-Walsh

  • Building the COllaborative Carbon Column Observing Network (COCCON): long-term stability and ensemble performance of the EM27/SUN Fourier transform spectrometer

    Matthias Frey;Mahesh Kumar Sha;Frank Hase;Matthäus Kiel;Matthäus Kiel

  • XCO 2 -measurements with a tabletop FTS using solar absorption spectroscopy

    M. Gisi;F. Hase;S. Dohe;T. Blumenstock

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

    Wolfgang Steinbrecht;Lucien Froidevaux;Ryan Fuller;Ray Wang

  • 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

  • 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

  • Ubiquitous atmospheric production of organic acids mediated by cloud droplets.

    B. Franco;T. Blumenstock;C. Cho;Lieven Clarisse

  • Application of portable FTIR spectrometers for detecting greenhouse gas emissions of the major city Berlin

    F. Hase;M. Frey;T. Blumenstock;J. Groß

  • Inferring regional sources and sinks of atmospheric CO 2 from GOSAT XCO 2 data

    F Deng;D Jones;D Jones;D Henze;N Bousserez

  • Geophysical validation of MIPAS-ENVISAT operational ozone data

    U. Cortesi;J. C. Lambert;C. de Clercq;G. Bianchini

  • Recent Northern Hemisphere stratospheric HCl increase due to atmospheric circulation changes

    Emmanuel Mahieu;M P Chipperfield;Justus Notholt;T Reddmann

  • Validation of ozone measurements from the Atmospheric Chemistry Experiment (ACE)

    E. Dupuy;K.A. Walker;K.A. Walker;J. Kar;C.D. Boone

  • Comparisons between SCIAMACHY and ground-based FTIR data for total columns of CO, CH 4 , CO 2 and N 2 O

    B. Dils;M. de Mazière;J. F. Müller;T. Blumenstock

  • Trend analysis of greenhouse gases over Europe measured by a network of ground-based remote FTIR instruments

    T Gardiner;A Forbes;M De Maziere;C Vigouroux

  • TROPOMI-Sentinel-5 Precursor formaldehyde validation using an extensive network of ground-based Fourier-transform infrared stations

    Corinne Vigouroux;Bavo Langerock;Carlos Augusto Bauer Aquino;Thomas Blumenstock

  • COVID-19 Crisis Reduces Free Tropospheric Ozone across the Northern Hemisphere

    Wolfgang Steinbrecht;Dagmar Kubistin;Christian Plass-Dülmer;Jonathan Davies

  • Calibration and instrumental line shape characterization of a set of portable FTIR spectrometers for detecting greenhouse gas emissions

    M. Frey;F. Hase;T. Blumenstock;J. Groß

  • Continuous quality assessment of atmospheric water vapour measurement techniques: FTIR, Cimel, MFRSR, GPS, and Vaisala RS92

    M. Schneider;P. M. Romero;F. Hase;T. Blumenstock

  • Scientific Assessment of Ozone Depletion: 2010

    S. A. Montzka;S. Reimann;A. Engel;K. Kruger

Frequent Co-Authors

Frank Hase
Frank Hase Karlsruhe Institute of Technology
Matthias Schneider
Matthias Schneider Karlsruhe Institute of Technology
Justus Notholt
Justus Notholt University of Bremen
Emmanuel Mahieu
Emmanuel Mahieu University of Liège
Nicholas B. Jones
Nicholas B. Jones University of Wollongong
Ralf Sussmann
Ralf Sussmann Karlsruhe Institute of Technology
Nicholas M. Deutscher
Nicholas M. Deutscher University of Wollongong
James W. Hannigan
James W. Hannigan National Center for Atmospheric Research
David W. T. Griffith
David W. T. Griffith University of Wollongong
Thorsten Warneke
Thorsten Warneke University of Bremen

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