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Ulrich Löhnert

Ulrich Löhnert

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Environmental Sciences

D-Index
42
Citations
5986
World Ranking
7471
National Ranking
474

Overview

Ulrich Löhnert is affiliated with the University of Cologne in Germany and has contributed extensively to the fields of Environmental Science and Earth and Planetary Sciences. Their research primarily focuses on meteorological phenomena and simulations, atmospheric aerosols and clouds, climate variability and models, atmospheric and environmental gas dynamics, atmospheric chemistry and aerosols, aeolian processes and effects, and precipitation measurement and analysis.

The scientist has a significant number of publications in various leading venues. Frequent publication venues include:

  • Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society
  • Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society
  • Atmospheric measurement techniques
  • Atmospheric chemistry and physics
  • Journal of Applied Meteorology and Climatology

Several recent papers co-authored or contributed to by Ulrich Löhnert are:

  • The Added Value of Large-eddy and Storm-resolving Models for Simulating Clouds and Precipitation, 2020, Journal of the Meteorological Society of Japan Ser II
  • Atmospheric and Surface Processes, and Feedback Mechanisms Determining Arctic Amplification: A Review of First Results and Prospects of the (AC)3 Project, 2022, Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society
  • Optimal Estimation Retrievals and Their Uncertainties: What Every Atmospheric Scientist Should Know, 2020, Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society
  • Ground-based temperature and humidity profiling: combining active and passive remote sensors, 2021, Atmospheric measurement techniques
  • Low-level mixed-phase clouds in a complex Arctic environment, 2020, Atmospheric chemistry and physics

Ulrich Löhnert collaborates frequently with other researchers in the field. Notable co-authors include:

  • Susanne Crewell
  • Kerstin Ebell
  • Tatiana Nomokonova
  • Jan H. Schween
  • Vera Schemann

Their work spans several subfields such as Global and Planetary Change, Atmospheric Science, Environmental Engineering, Earth-Surface Processes, and Artificial Intelligence. This diverse expertise supports their comprehensive approach to studying complex atmospheric and environmental systems.

Best Publications

  • A network suitable microwave radiometer for operational monitoring of the cloudy atmosphere

    Thomas Rose;Susanne Crewell;Ulrich Löhnert;Clemens Simmer

  • Information Content and Uncertainties in Thermodynamic Profiles and Liquid Cloud Properties Retrieved from the Ground-Based Atmospheric Emitted Radiance Interferometer (AERI)

    D. D. Turner;U. Löhnert

  • Accuracy of cloud liquid water path from ground‐based microwave radiometry 1. Dependency on cloud model statistics

    Ulrich Löhnert;Susanne Crewell

  • Accuracy of cloud liquid water path from ground-based microwave radiometry 2. Sensor accuracy and synergy

    Susanne Crewell;Ulrich Löhnert

  • The Added Value of Large-Eddy and Storm-Resolving Models for Simulating Clouds and Precipitation

    Bjorn Stevens;Claudia Acquistapace;Akio Hansen;Rieke Heinze

  • Operational profiling of temperature using ground-based microwave radiometry at Payerne: prospects and challenges

    U. Löhnert;O. Maier

  • Ground-Based Temperature and Humidity Profiling Using Spectral Infrared and Microwave Observations. Part I: Simulated Retrieval Performance in Clear-Sky Conditions

    Ulrich Löhnert;D. D. Turner;S. Crewell

  • Accuracy of Boundary Layer Temperature Profiles Retrieved With Multifrequency Multiangle Microwave Radiometry

    S. Crewell;U. Lohnert

  • 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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  • Mixing-layer height retrieval with ceilometer and Doppler lidar: from case studies to long-term assessment

    J. H. Schween;A. Hirsikko;U. Löhnert;S. Crewell

  • An Integrated Approach toward Retrieving Physically Consistent Profiles of Temperature, Humidity, and Cloud Liquid Water

    Ulrich Löhnert;Susanne Crewell;Clemens Simmer

  • A W-Band Radar–Radiometer System for Accurate and Continuous Monitoring of Clouds and Precipitation

    Nils Küchler;Stefan Kneifel;Ulrich Löhnert;Pavlos Kollias

  • Modifications to the Water Vapor Continuum in the Microwave Suggested by Ground-Based 150-GHz Observations

    D.D. Turner;M.P. Cadeddu;U. Lohnert;S. Crewell

  • JOYCE: Jülich Observatory for cloud evolution

    U. Löhnert;J. H. Schween;C. Acquistapace;K. Ebell

  • Optimal Estimation Retrievals and Their Uncertainties: What Every Atmospheric Scientist Should Know

    Maximilian Maahn;David D. Turner;Ulrich Löhnert;Derek J. Posselt

  • Profiling Cloud Liquid Water by Combining Active and Passive Microwave Measurements with Cloud Model Statistics

    U. Löhnert;S. Crewell;C. Simmer;Andreas Macke

  • Microwave Radiometer for Cloud Carthography: A 22-channel ground-based microwave radiometer for atmospheric research

    Susanne Crewell;Harald Czekala;Ulrich Löhnert;Clemens Simmer

  • Monitoring and Modeling the Terrestrial System from Pores to Catchments: The Transregional Collaborative Research Center on Patterns in the Soil–Vegetation–Atmosphere System

    Clemens Simmer;Insa Thiele-Eich;Matthieu Masbou;Wulf Amelung

  • Ground-Based Temperature and Humidity Profiling Using Spectral Infrared and Microwave Observations. Part II: Actual Retrieval Performance in Clear-Sky and Cloudy Conditions

    W. G. Blumberg;D. D. Turner;U. Löhnert;S. Castleberry

  • The HD(CP)2 Observational Prototype Experiment (HOPE) - An overview

    Andreas Macke;Patric Seifert;Holger Baars;Christian Barthlott

  • How Can Existing Ground-Based Profiling Instruments Improve European Weather Forecasts?

    Anthony J. Illingworth;D. Cimini;A. Haefele;M. Haeffelin

  • Snow scattering signals in ground-based passive microwave radiometer measurements

    Stefan Kneifel;Ulrich Löhnert;Alessandro Battaglia;Susanne Crewell

Frequent Co-Authors

Susanne Crewell
Susanne Crewell University of Cologne
Clemens Simmer
Clemens Simmer University of Bonn
David D. Turner
David D. Turner National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Pavlos Kollias
Pavlos Kollias Stony Brook University
Ewan J. O'Connor
Ewan J. O'Connor Finnish Meteorological Institute
Marion Maturilli
Marion Maturilli Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research
Manfred Wendisch
Manfred Wendisch Leipzig University
Yaping Shao
Yaping Shao University of Cologne
Lucas Alados-Arboledas
Lucas Alados-Arboledas University of Granada
Norbert Kalthoff
Norbert Kalthoff Karlsruhe Institute of Technology

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