Publications of Sergej Molleker

Appel, O., Köllner , F., Dragoneas, A., Hünig, A., Molleker, S., Schlager, H., Mahnke, C., Weigel, R., Port, M., Schulz, C., Drewnick, F., Vogel, B., Stroh, F. and Borrmann, S.: Chemical analysis of the Asian Tropopause Aerosol Layer (ATAL) with emphasis on secondary aerosol particles using aircraft based in situ aerosol mass spectrometry, Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, 22(20), 13607–13630, doi:10.5194/acp-22-13607-2022, 2022.

Dragoneas, A., Molleker, S., Appel, O., Hünig, A., Böttger, T., Hermann, M., Drewnick, F., Schneider, J., Weigel, R. and Borrmann, S.: The realization of autonomous, aircraft-based, real-time aerosol mass spectrometry in the upper troposphere and lower stratosphere, Atmospheric Measurement Techniques, 15(19), 5719–5742, doi:10.5194/amt-15-5719-2022, 2022.

Hünig, A., Appel, O., Dragoneas, A., Molleker, S., Clemen, H.-C., Helleis, F., Klimach, T., Köllner, F., Böttger, T., Drewnick, F., Schneider, J. and Borrmann, S.: Design, characterization, and first field deployment of a novel aircraft-based aerosol mass spectrometer combining the laser ablation and flash vaporization techniques, Atmospheric Measurement Techniques, 15(9), 2889–2921, doi:10.5194/amt-15-2889-2022, 2022.

Tritscher, I., Pitts, M. C., Poole, L. R., Alexander, S. P., Cairo, F., Chipperfield, M. P., Grooß, J.-U., Höpfner, M., Lambert, A., Luo, B., Molleker, S., Orr, A., Salawitch, R., Snels, M., Spang, R., Woiwode, W. and Peter, T.: Polar Stratospheric Clouds: Satellite Observations, Processes, and Role in Ozone Depletion, Reviews of Geophysics, 59(2), doi:10.1029/2020RG000702, 2021.

Schneider, J., Weigel, R., Klimach, T., Dragoneas, A., Appel, O., Hünig, A., Molleker, S., Köllner, F., Clemen, H.-C., Eppers, O., Hoppe, P., Hoor, P., Mahnke, C., Krämer, M., Rolf, C., Grooß, J.-U., Zahn, A., Obersteiner, F., Ravegnani, F., Ulanovsky, A., Schlager, H., Scheibe, M., Diskin, G. S., DiGangi, J. P., Nowak, J. B., Zöger, M. and Borrmann, S.: Aircraft-based observation of meteoric material in lower stratospheric aerosol particles between 15 and 68° N, Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, 21(2), 989–1013, doi:10.5194/acp-21-989-2021, 2021.

Molleker, S., Helleis, F., Klimach, T., Appel, O., Clemen, H.-C., Dragoneas, A., Gurk, C., Hünig, A., Köllner, F., Rubach, F., Schulz, C., Schneider, J. and Borrmann, S.: Application of an O-ring pinch device as a constant-pressure inlet (CPI) for airborne sampling, Atmospheric Measurement Techniques, 13(7), 3651–3660, doi:10.5194/amt-13-3651-2020, 2020.

Polonik, P., Knote, C., Zinner, T., Ewald, F., Koelling, T., Mayer, B., Andreae, M. O., Jurkat-Witschas, T., Klimach, T., Mahnke, C., Molleker, S., Pöhlker, C., Pöhlker, M. L., Pöschl, U., Rosenfeld, D., Voigt, C., Weigel, R. and Wendisch, M.: The challenge of simulating the sensitivity of the Amazonian cloud microstructure to cloud condensation nuclei number concentrations, Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, 20(3), 1591–1605, doi:10.5194/acp-20-1591-2020, 2020.

Hoepfner, M., Ungermann, J., Borrmann, S., Wagner, R., Spang, R., Riese, M., Stiller, G., Appel, O., Batenburg, A. M., Bucci, S., Cairo, F., Dragoneas, A., Friedl-Vallon, F., Hünig, A., Johansson, S., Krasauskas, L., Legras, B., Leisner, T., Mahnke, C. O., Moehler, O., Molleker, S., Mueller, R., Neubert, T., Orphal, J., Preusse, P., Rex, M., Saathoff, H., Stroh, F., Weigel, R. and Wohltmann, I.: Ammonium nitrate particles formed in upper troposphere from ground ammonia sources during Asian monsoons, Nature Geoscience, 12(8), 608–612, doi:10.1038/s41561-019-0385-8, 2019.

Chauvigne, A., Jourdan, O., Schwarzenboeck, A., Gourbeyre, C., Gayet, J. F., Voigt, C., Schlager, H., Kaufmann, S., Borrmann, S., Molleker, S., Minikin, A., Jurkat, T. and Schumann, U.: Statistical analysis of contrail to cirrus evolution during the Contrail and Cirrus Experiment (CONCERT), Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, 18(13), 9803–9822, doi:10.5194/acp-18-9803-2018, 2018.

Braga, R. C., Rosenfeld, D., Weigel, R., Jurkat, T., Andreae, M. O., Wendisch, M., Pöhlker, M. L., Klimach, T., Pöschl, U., Pöhlker, C., Voigt, C., Mahnke, C., Borrmann, S., Albrecht, R. I., Molleker, S., Vila, D. A., Machado, L. A. T. and Artaxo, P.: Comparing parameterized versus measured microphysical properties of tropical convective cloud bases during the ACRIDICON-CHUVA campaign, Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, 17(12), 7365–7386, doi:10.5194/acp-17-7365-2017, 2017.

Braga, R. C., Rosenfeld, D., Weigel, R., Jurkat, T., Andreae, M. O., Wendisch, M., Pöschl, U., Voigt, C., Mahnke, C., Borrmann, S., Albrecht, R. I., Molleker, S., Vila, D. A., Machado, L. A. T. and Grulich, L.: Further evidence for CCN aerosol concentrations determining the height of warm rain and ice initiation in convective clouds over the Amazon basin, Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, 17(23), 14433–14456, doi:10.5194/acp-17-14433-2017, 2017.

Cecchini, M. A., Machado, L. A. T., Andreae, M. O., Martin, S. T., Albrecht, R. I., Artaxo, P., Barbosa, H. M. J., Borrmann, S., Fuetterer, D., Jurkat, T., Mahnke, C., Minikin, A., Molleker, S., Pöhlker, M. L., Pöschl, U., Rosenfeld, D., Voigt, C., Weinzierl, B. and Wendisch, M.: Sensitivities of Amazonian clouds to aerosols and updraft speed, Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, 17(16), 10037–10050, doi:10.5194/acp-17-10037-2017, 2017.

Cecchini, M. A., Machado, L. A. T., Wendisch, M., Costa, A., Krämer, M., Andreae, M. O., Afchine, A., Albrecht, R. I., Artaxo, P., Borrmann, S., Fütterer, D., Klimach, T., Mahnke, C., Martin, S. T., Minikin, A., Molleker, S., Pardo, L. H., Pöhlker, C., Pöhlker, M. L., Pöschl, U., Rosenfeld, D. and Weinzierl, B.: Illustration of microphysical processes in Amazonian deep convective clouds in the Gamma phase space: Introduction and potential applications, Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, 17(23), 14727–14746, doi:10.5194/acp-17-14727-2017, 2017.

Voigt, C., Schumann, U., Minikin, A., Abdelmonem, A., Afchine, A., Borrmann, S., Boettcher, M., Bucuchholz, B., Bugliaro, L., Costa, A., Curtius, J., Dollner, M., Doernbrack, A., Dreiling, V., Ebert, V., Ehrlich, A., Fix, A., Forster, L., Frank, F., Fuetterer, D., Giez, A., Graf, K., Grooss, J.-U., Gross, S., Heimerl, K., Heinold, B., Hueneke, T., Jaervinen, E., Jurkat, T., Kaufmann, S., Kenntner, M., Klingebiel, M., Klimach, T., Kohl, R., Kraemer, M., Krisna, T. C., Luebke, A., Mayer, B., Mertes, S., Molleker, S., Petzold, A., Pfeilsticker, K., Port, M., Rapp, M., Reutter, P., Rolf, C., Rose, D., Sauer, D., Schaefer, A., Schlage, R., Schnaiter, M., Schneider, J., Spelten, N., Spichtinger, P., Stock, P., Walser, A., Weigel, R., Weinzierl, B., Wendisch, M., Werner, F., Wernli, H., Wirth, M., Zahn, A., Ziereis, H. and Zoger, M.: ML-CIRRUS: The Airborne Experiment on Natural Cirrus and Contrail Cirrus with the High-Altitude Long-Range Research Aircraft HALO, Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society, 98(2), 271–288, doi:10.1175/BAMS-D-15-00213.1, 2017.

Shcherbakov, V., Jourdan, O., Voigt, C., Gayet, J.-F., Chauvigne, A., Schwarzenboeck, A., Minikin, A., Klingebiel, M., Weigel, R., Borrmann, S., Jurkat, T., Kaufmann, S., Schlage, R., Gourbeyre, C., Febvre, G., Lapyonok, T., Frey, W., Molleker, S. and Weinzierl, B.: Porous aerosol in degassing plumes of Mt. Etna and Mt. Stromboli, Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, 16(18), 11883–11897, doi:10.5194/acp-16-11883-2016, 2016.

Weigel, R., Spichtinger, P., Mahnke, C., Klingebiel, M., Afchine, A., Petzold, A., Kraemer, M., Costa, A., Molleker, S., Reutter, P., Szakall, M., Port, M., Grulich, L., Jurkat, T., Minikin, A. and Borrmann, S.: Thermodynamic correction of particle concentrations measured by underwing probes on fast-flying aircraft, Atmospheric Measurement Techniques, 9(10), 5135–5162, doi:10.5194/amt-9-5135-2016, 2016.

Woiwode, W., Hoepfner, M., Bi, L., Pitts, M. C., Poole, L. R., Oelhaf, H., Molleker, S., Borrmann, S., Klingebiel, M., Belyaev, G., Ebersoldt, A., Griessbach, S., Grooss, J.-U., Gulde, T., Kraemer, M., Maucher, G., Piesch, C., Rolf, C., Sartorius, C., Spang, R. and Orphal, J.: Spectroscopic evidence of large aspherical β-NAT particles involved in denitrification in the December 2011 Arctic stratosphere, Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, 16(14), 9505–9532, doi:10.5194/acp-16-9505-2016, 2016.

Klingebiel, M., de Lozar, A., Molleker, S., Weigel, R., Roth, A., Schmidt, L., Meyer, J., Ehrlich, A., Neuber, R., Wendisch, M. and Borrmann, S.: Arctic low-level boundary layer clouds: in situ measurements and simulations of mono- and bimodal supercooled droplet size distributions at the top layer of liquid phase clouds, Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, 15(2), 617–631, doi:10.5194/acp-15-617-2015, 2015.

Molleker, S., Borrmann, S., Schlager, H., Luo, B., Frey, W., Klingebiel, M., Weigel, R., Ebert, M., Mitev, V., Matthey, R., Woiwode, W., Oelhaf, H., Dörnbrack, A., Stratmann, G., Grooß, J.-U., Günther, G., Vogel, B., Müller, R., Krämer, M., Meyer, J. and Cairo, F.: Microphysical properties of synoptic-scale polar stratospheric clouds: in situ measurements of unexpectedly large HNO₃-containing particles in the Arctic vortex, Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, 14(19), 10785–10801, doi:10.5194/acp-14-10785-2014, 2014.

Eppers, O., Köllner, F., Appel, O., Brauner, P., Ekinci, F., Molleker, S., Dragoneas, A., Hünig, A., Smith, W., Ueyama, R., Schneider, J. and Borrmann, S.: Chemical composition and processing of aerosol particles in the Asian Tropopause Aerosol Layer inferred from airborne measurements during the ACCLIP campaign, in EGU General Assembly 2023, Vienna, Austria, 24–28 Apr 2023, 2023.