List of publications

The development of CARIBIC was funded by the European Commission and the German Ministry of Science (AFO 2000).
Currently some CARIBIC partner obtain EC Funding in FW 6 and 7. State of August 30, 2010

46 Reviewed Publications:

2010

Sprung, D., and A. Zahn (2010), Acetone in the upper troposphere/lowermost stratosphere measured by the CARIBIC passenger aircraft: Distribution, seasonal cycle, and variability, J. Geophys. Res., 115, D16301, doi:10.1029/2009JD012099, 2010. [pdf]

Baker A. K., T. J. Schuck, F. Slemr, P. van Velthoven, A. Zahn, and C. A. M. Brenninkmeijer: Characterization of non-methane hydrocarbons in Asian summer monsoon outflow observed by the CARIBIC aircraft, Atmos. Chem. Phys. Discuss., 10, 18101-18138, 2010. [link]

Schuck, T. J., Brenninkmeijer, C. A. M., Baker, A. K., Slemr, F., Velthoven, P. F. J. v., and Zahn, A.: Greenhouse gas relationships in the Indian summer monsoon plume measured by the CARIBIC passenger aircraft, Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, 10, 2031-2087, doi:10.5194/acpd-10-2031-2010, 2010. [pdf]

Laube, J. C., Martinerie, P., Witrant, E., Blunier, T., Schwander, J., Brenninkmeijer, C. A. M., Schuck, T. J., Bolder, M., Röckmann, T., van der Veen, C., Bönisch, H., Engel, A., Mills, G. P., Newland, M. J., Oram, D. E., Reeves, C. E., and Sturges, W. T.: Rapid growth of HFC-227ea (1,1,1,2,3,3,3-Heptafluoropropane) in the atmosphere, Atmos. Chem. Phys. Discuss., 10, 7675-7697, 2010. [link]

A. K. Baker, F. Slemr, and C. A. M. Brenninkmeijer, Analysis of non-methane hydrocarbons in air samples collected aboard the CARIBIC passenger aircraft, Atmos. Meas. Tech., 3, 311-321, 2010. [link]

Lai, S. C., Baker, A. K., Schuck, T. J., van Velthoven, P., Oram, D. E., Zahn, A., Hermann, M., Weigelt, A., Slemr, F., and Brenninkmeijer, C. A. M., Pollution plumes observed during CARIBIC flights in the upper troposphere between South China and the Philippines, Atmos. Chem. Phys., 10, 1649-1660, 2010.

2009

Assonov S., C. A. M. Brenninkmeijer, C. Koeppel, and T. Röckmann, CO₂ isotope analyses using large air samples collected on intercontinental flights by the CARIBIC Boeing 767. Rapid Commun. Mass Spectrom. 2009; 23: 822–830 [pdf]

Assonov S., P. Taylor, and C. A. M. Brenninkmeijer A system for high-quality CO₂ isotope analyses of air samples collected by the CARIBIC Airbus A340-600. Rapid Commun. Mass Spectrom. 2009; 23: 1347–1363 [pdf]

Köppe, M., Hermann, M., Brenninkmeijer, C. A. M., Heintzenberg, J., Schlager, H., Schuck, T., Slemr, F., Sprung, D., van Velthoven, P. F. J., Wiedensohler, A., Zahn, A., and Ziereis, H., Origin of aerosol particles in the mid-latitude and subtropical upper troposphere and lowermost stratosphere, from cluster analysis of CARIBIC data, Atmos. Chem. Phys., 9, 8413-8430, 2009. [pdf]

Martinsson, B.G., C. A. M. Brenninkmeijer, S. A. Carn, M. Hermann, K.-P. Heue, P. F. J. van Velthoven, and A. Zahn. Influence of the 2008 Kasatochi volcanic eruption on sulfurous and carbonaceous aerosol constituents in the lower stratosphere, Geophys. Res. Lett.., 36, L12813, doi:10.1029/2009GL038735, 2009. [pdf]

Schuck T. J., C. A. M. Brenninkmeijer, F. Šlemr, I. Xueref-Remy, and A. Zahn, Greenhouse gas analysis of air samples collected onboard the CARIBIC passenger aircraft, Atmos. Meas. Tech., 2, 449-464, 2009 [pdf]

Šlemr F., R. Ebinghaus, C. A. M. Brenninkmeijer, M. Hermann, H. H. Kock, B. G. Martinsson, T. Schuck, D. Sprung, P. van Velthoven, A. Zahn, and H. Ziereis, Gaseous mercury distribution in the upper troposphere and lower stratosphere observed onboard the CARIBIC passenger aircraft. Atmos. Chem. Phys., 9, 1957–1969, 2009 [pdf]

Weigelt, M. Hermann, P. F. J. van Velthoven, C. A. M. Brenninkmeijer, G. Schlaf, A. Zahn, and A. Wiedensohler, Influence of clouds on aerosol particle number concentrations in the upper troposphere, J. Geophys. Res., 114, D01204, doi:10.1029/2008JD009805, 2009. [pdf]

A. Volz-Thomas, Cammas J-P., Brenninkmeijer C.A.M., Machida T., Cooper O., Sweeney C., Waibel A., Civil Aviation Monitors Air Quality and Climate, EM Magazine,Air & Waste Management Association, p. 16-19, October 2009. [link]

2008

Hermann, M., C. A. M. Brenninkmeijer, F. Šlemr, J. Heintzenberg, B. G. Martinsson, H. Schlager, P. F. J. van Velthoven, A. Wiedensohler, A. Zahn, H. Ziereis, Submicrometer aerosol particle distributions in the upper troposphere over the mid-latitude North Atlantic – results from the third route of ‘CARIBIC’, Tellus B Vol. 60 Issue 1 pp 106-117, February 2008.

Kim, D., Wang, C., Ekman, A. M. L., Barth, M. C., and Rasch, P. J., Distribution and direct radiative forcing of carbonaceaous and sulfate aerosols in an interactive size-resolving aerosol-climate model. J. Geophys. Res. Vol. 113, doi:10.1029/2007JD009756, 2008. [pdf]

Nguyen, H. N., et al., Chemical composition and morphology of individual aerosol particles from a CARIBIC flight at 10 km altitude between 50°N and 30°S, J. Geophys. Res., 113, D23209, doi:10.1029/2008JD009956, 2008. [pdf]

2007

Brenninkmeijer C.A.M. and the CARIBIC Team, The CARIBIC aircraft system for detailed, long-term, global-scale measurement of trace gases and aerosol in a changing atmosphere, IGACtivities Newsletter, No. 37, November 2007 [pdf]

Brenninkmeijer C.A.M. , P. Crutzen, F. Boumard, T. Dauer, B. Dix, R. Ebinghaus, D. Filippi, H. Fischer, H. Franke, U. Frieß, J. Heintzenberg, F. Helleis, M. Hermann, H. H. Kock, C. Koeppel, J. Lelieveld, M. Leuenberger, B. G. Martinsson, S. Miemczyk, H. P. Moret, H. N. Nguyen, P. Nyfeler, D. Oram, D. O'Sullivan, S. Penkett, U. Platt, M. Pupek, M. Ramonet, B. Randa, M. Reichelt, T. S. Rhee, J. Rohwer, K. Rosenfeld, D. Scharffe, H. Schlager, U. Schumann, F. Šlemr, D. Sprung, P. Stock, R. Thaler, F. Valentino, P. van Velthoven, A. Waibel, A. Wandel, K. Waschitschek, A. Wiedensohler, I. Xueref-Remy, A. Zahn, U. Zech, and H. Ziereis, Civil Aircraft for the Regular Investigation of the atmosphere Based on an Instrumented Container: The new CARIBIC system. Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics (ACP) 2007 [pdf]

Ebinghaus R., F. Šlemr, C. A. M. Brenninkmeijer, P. van Velthoven, A. Zahn, M. Hermann, D. A. O'Sullivan, and D. E. Oram, Emissions of gaseous mercury from biomass burning in South America in 2005 observed during CARIBIC flights, Geophys. Res. Lett., VOL. 34, L08813, doi:10.1029/2006GL028866, 2007. [pdf]

Gloor M., E. Dlugokencky, C. Brenninkmeijer, L. Horowitz, D. F. Hurst, G. Dutton, C. Crevoisier, T. Machida, P. Tans, 3D SF₆ data and tropospheric transport simulations: 1. Signals, modeling accuracy, and implications for inverse modeling, J. Geophys. Res., 112, D15112, doi:10.1029/2006JD007973, 2007.

Nguyen H.N. and B.G. Martinsson, Analysis of C, N and O in aerosol collected on an organic backing using internal blank measurements and variable beam size. Nucl. Instr. and Meth. B 264, 96-102, 2007.

Peylin, P., F. M. Bréon, S. Serrar, Y. Tiwari, A. Chédin, M. Gloor, T. Machida, C. A. M. Brenninkmeijer, A. Zahn, and P. Ciais, Evaluation of TOVS space-borne CO₂ estimates using model simulations and aircraft data, J. Geophys. Res, 112, D09313, doi:10.1029/2005JD007018, 2007. [pdf]

2006

Nguyen, Hung N. ,Anders Gudmundsson, and Bengt G. Martinsson, Design and Calibration of a Multi-Channel Aerosol Sampler for Tropopause Region Studies from the CARIBIC Platform, Aerosol Science and Technology, 40:649-655, ISSN: 0278-6826 print / 1521-7388 online, DOI: 10.1080/02786820600767807, 2006 - [pdf]

Rhee, T.S., C. A. M. Brenninkmeijer, and T. Röckmann, The overwhelming role of soils in the global atmospheric hydrogen cycle Atmos. Chem. Phys., 6, 1611-1625, 2006, [pdf]

2005

Brenninkmeijer C.A.M. et al., Analyzing Atmospheric Trace Gases and Aerosols Using Passenger Aircraft, EOS Trans. AGU, 86, 8, 22 February 2005, pp. 77, 82-83. AGU members check here for [pdf]

Dix B., C. Brenninkmeijer, U. Frieß, T. Wagner, and U. Platt, A flying laboratory: DOAS measurements as part of the CARIBIC aircraft project, Geophysical Research Abstracts, Vol. 7, 09139, 2005. [pdf]

Hermann, M., S. Adler, R. Caldow, F. Stratmann, and A. Wiedensohler, Pressure-dependend efficiency of a condensation particle counter operated with FC-43 as working fluid, J. Aerosol Sci., 36, 1322-1337, 2005

Martinsson, B. G., H. N. Nguyen, C. A. M. Brenninkmeijer, A. Zahn, J. Heintzenberg, M. Hermann, and P. F. J. van Velthoven, Characteristics and origin of lowermost stratospheric aerosol at northern midlatitudes under volcanically quiescent conditions based on CARIBIC observations, J. Geophys. Res 110, D12201, doi:10.1029/2004JD005644, 2005. [pdf]

Rhee, T.S., C. A. M. Brenninkmeijer, J. Mühle, P. F. J. van Velthoven, M. Hermann, A. Zahn, D. E. Oram, D. H. Scharffe, C. Koeppel, H. Fischer, and J. Lelieveld, A case study of rapid mixing across the extratropical tropopause based on Civil Aircraft for the Regular Investigation of the Atmosphere Based on an Instrumented Container (CARIBIC) observations, J. Geophys. Res, 110, D22301, doi:10.1029/2005JD005890, 2005 [pdf]

2004

Zahn, A., C.A.M. Brenninkmeijer, P.F.J. van Velthoven: Passenger aircraft project CARIBIC 1997-2002, Part I: the extratropical chemical tropopause, Atmos. Chem. Phys. Discuss. 4, 1091-1117, 2004

Zahn, A., C.A.M. Brenninkmeijer, P.F.J. van Velthoven: Passenger aircraft project CARIBIC 1997-2002, Part II: the ventilation of the lowermost stratosphere, Atmos. Chem. Phys. Discuss. 4, 1119-1150, 2004

2003

Heintzenberg J., Hermann M., and Theiss D., Out of Africa: High aerosol concentrations in the upper troposphere over Africa, Atmos. Chem. Phys., 3, 1191-1198, 2003. [pdf] - [zip]

Hermann, M., J. Heintzenberg, A. Wiedensohler, A. Zahn, G. Heinrich, and C.A.M. Brenninkmeijer, Meridional distributions of aerosol particle number concentrations in the upper troposphere and lower stratosphere obtained by Civil Aircraft for Regular Investigation of the Atmosphere Based on an Instrument Container (CARIBIC) flights. J. Geophys. Res., 108, NO. D3, 4114-4130, doi:10.1029/2001JD001077, 2003. [pdf] - [zip]

Krol, M. C., J. Lelieveld, D. E. Oram, G. A. Sturrock, S. A. Penkett, C. A. M. Brenninkmeijer, V. Gros, J. Williams & H. A. Scheeren, Continuing emissions of methylchloroform from Europe, Nature, VOL 421, 131-135, 2003. [pdf] - [zip]

Zahn, A., C.A.M. Brenninkmeijer, New directions: a chemical tropopause defined, Atmos. Environ., 37, 439-440, 2003. [pdf] - [zip]

2002

Heintzenberg, J., M. Herman, B. G. Martinsson, and G. Papaspiropoulos. Number and sulfur derived 3-parameter aerosol size distributions in the tropopause region from CARIBIC flights between Germany and the Indic. J. Aerosol Sci. 33, 595-608, 2002. [pdf] - [zip] - See here Table 1 of above paper

Mühle, J., C.A.M. Brenninkmeijer, T.S. Rhee, F. Šlemr, D.E. Oram, S.A. Penkett, and A. Zahn, Biomass burning and fossil fuel signatures in the upper troposphere observed during a CARIBIC flight from Namibia to Germany, Geophys. Res. Lett.., 29, No.19, 1910, doi:10.1029/2002GL015764, 2002. [pdf] - [zip]

Papaspiropoulos, G., B.G. Martinsson, A. Zahn, C.A.M. Brenninkmeijer, M. Hermann, J. Heintzenberg, H. Fischer, and P.F.J. van Velthoven, Aerosol elemental concentrations in the tropopause region from intercontinental flights with the CARIBIC platform, J. Geophys. Res 107, D23, 4671, doi:10.1029/2002JD002344, 2002. [pdf] - [zip]

Zahn, A., C.A.M. Brenninkmeijer, P.J. Crutzen, D.D. Parrish, D. Sueper, G. Heinrich, H. Güsten, H. Fischer, M. Hermann, J. Heintzenberg, , Electrical discharge source for tropospheric "ozone-rich transients", J. Geophys. Res. 107, D22, 4638, doi:10.1029/2002JD002345, 2002. [pdf] - [zip]

Zahn, A., C.A.M. Brenninkmeijer, W.A.H. Asman, P.J. Crutzen, G. Heinrich, H. Fischer, J.W.M. Cuijpers, and P.F.J. van Velthoven, The budgets of O₃ and CO in the upper troposphere: CARIBIC passenger aircraft results 1997-2001, J. Geophys. Res.107, D17, 4337, doi:10.1029/2001JD001529, 2002. [pdf] - [zip]

2001

Hermann, M., F.Stratmann, M. Wilck, and A. Wiedensohler, Sampling characteristics of an aircraft-borne aerosol inlet system, J. Atmos. Oceanic Technol.18, 7-19, 2001.

Hermann, M. and A. Wiedensohler, Counting efficiency of condensation particle counters at low-pressures with illustrative data from the upper troposphere, J. Aerosol Sci. 32, 975-99, 2001. [pdf] - [zip]

Martinsson, B.G., G. Papaspiropoulos, J. Heintzenberg, and M. Hermann. Fine mode particulate sulphur in the tropopause region measured from intercontinental flights (CARIBIC), Geophys. Res. Lett.., 28, 1175-1178, 2001. [pdf] - [zip]

2000

Sturges, W.T., D.E. Oram, L.J. Carpenter, S.A. Penkett, and A. Engel, Bromoform as a source of stratospheric bromine, Geophys. Res. Lett.,. 27, 2081-2084, 2000. [pdf] [zip]

Zahn, A, C.A.M.Brenninkmeijer, M. Maiss, D.H. Scharffe, P.J. Crutzen, M. Hermann, A. Wiedensohler, J. Heintzenberg, H. Güsten, G. Heinrich, H. Fischer, J.W.M. Cuijpers, P.F.J. Van Velthoven., Identification of extratropical two-way troposphere-stratosphere mixing based on CARIBIC measurements of O₃, CO, and ultrafine particles, J. Geophys. Res., 105, 1527-1535, 2000. [pdf] - [zip]

1999

Brenninkmeijer C.A.M. et al., CARIBIC - Civil aircraft for global measurement of trace gases and aerosols in the tropopause region, J. Atmos. Oceanic Technology, 16, 1373-1383, 1999.

Papaspiropoulos, G., B. Mentes, P. Kristiansson, and B.G. Martinsson, A high sensitivity elemental analysis methodology for upper tropospheric aerosol, Nucl. Instr. and Meth., B150, 356-362, 1999. [pdf] - [zip]

Conference Talks /Posters /Proceedings (by date):

2010

Weigelt, A., Hermann, M., Höppner, F., van Velthoven, P. F. J., Brenninkmeijer, C. A. M., Heintzenberg, J., and Wiedensohler, A., Influence of clouds on aerosol particle number concentrations in the middle and upper troposphere in different climatic regions, Presentation at the International Aerosol Conference (IAC), Helsinki, Finland, 29. August.- 03. September, 2010.

Hermann, M., Gross, P., Ekman, A. M. L., Heintzenberg, J., Kim, D., and Wang, C., Comparison of particle distributions measured in the upper troposphere by CARIBIC with distributions from the NCAR CAM 3 model, submitted for presentation at the International Aerosol Conference, (IAC), Helsinki, Finland, 29. August.- 03. September, 2010.

Friberg, J., Martinsson, B. G., Brenninkmeijer, C. A. M., Hermann, M., van Velthoven, P. F. J., and Zahn, A., Carbon aerosol in UT/LS studied from the CARIBIC platform, Presentation at the International Aerosol Conference (IAC), Helsinki, Finland, 29. August.- 03. September, 2010.

Bauer, Ralf, John P. Burrows, Alexei Rozanov, Heinrich Bovensmann, Patrick Jöckel, Peter Hoor and Carl Brenninkmeijer, NO₂ in the lower stratosphere and upper troposphere region retrieved from SCIAMACHY limb measurements, submitted for presentation at the COSPAR - Bremen, 18 - 25 july, 2010.

Elias T., Szopa S., Schuck T., Sprung D., Zahn A., Šlemr F., and Brenninkmeijer C. A. M., Modelling acetone with the LMDz-INCA Chemistry-Transport Model: spatial distribution, temporal variability, budget components and comparison with CARIBIC data, submitted for presentation at the European Geosciences Union General Assembly 2010, Vienna, Austria, 02 – 07 May 2010. [pdf]

2009

Hermann, M., Martinsson, B., Brenninkmeijer, C. A. M., Zahn, A., and Šlemr, F., Approaching 10 years of systematic aerosol measurements in the FT and UT/LMS by the CARIBIC passenger aircraft, Presentation at the 8th International AeroCom Workshop, Princeton, New-Jersey, USA, 05.-07. October, 2009.

Zahn, A. Sprung, D., Brenninkmeijer, C.A.M., Slemr, F., Schuck, T., Hermann, M., Weigelt, A., and vanVelthoven, P.F.J., CARIBIC passenger aircraft (2005-2008): What we have learnt so far on transport, mixing, and chemistry in the UTLS, Presentation at the Extratropical UTLS workshop, Boulder, Colorado, USA, 19.-22. October, 2009.

Ziereis, H, Stratmann, G., Schlager, H., Stock, P., Scheibe, M., Schumann, U., Brenninkmeijer, C.A.M., Slemr, F., Zahn, A., and Hermann, M., Nitrogen oxides in the UTLS: Observations from CARIBIC, Presentation at the Extratropical UTLS, Workshop, Boulder, Colorado, USA, 19.-22. October, 2009.

Alkemade, F., M. van Weele, P.F.J. van Velthoven, S. Szopa, T. Elias, A. Zahn, T. Schuck, C.A.M. Brenninkmeijer en the CARIBIC team, Ability of global chemistry models to reproduce large scale UT/LS features of O₃, CO, CH₄, and acetone assessed by comparison to airborne CARIBIC data Workshop on the extratropical UTLS: observations, concepts and future directions, 19/10/2009-23/10/2009, Boulder, USA, NCAR.

Schuck, T. J., Baker, A. K., Šlemr, F., Brenninkmeijer, C.A.M, Zahn, A., M. Hermann, van Velthoven, P., and Oram, D., Airborne observations of greenhouse gases during the Indian summer monsoon 2008, Presentation at the IAMAS, IAPSO, and IACS Joint Assembly MOCA 09, Montreal, Canada, 19. - 29. July, 2009.

Baker, A.K., Brenninkmeijer, C.A.M., Oram, D.E., O'Sullivan, D.A., Schuck, T.J., Šlemr, F., Observations of trace gases during CARIBIC flights, Presentation at the 15th Conference on Middle Atmosphere, Stowe, USA, 8. - 12. June, 2009.

Šlemr, F., Brenninkmeijer, C.A.M, Schuck, T., Ebinghaus, R., Kock, H. H., Hermann, M., Martinsson, B.G., Sprung, D., Zahn, A., van Velthoven, P., and Ziereis, H., Gaseous mercury distribution in the upper troposphere and lower stratosphere observed onboard the CARIBIC passenger aircraft, Presentation at the ICMGP conference, Guiyang, China, 07. - 12. June, 2009.

Xueref-Remy I., T. Schuck, D. Filippi, D. Scharffe, F. Boumard, M. Ramonet, C. Brenninkmeijer and P. Ciais, CARIBIC in-situ CO2 observations in the UTLS, WMO meeting, Geneva, May 2009.

Alkemade, F., Szopa, S., van Velthoven, P.F.J., Zahn, A., Schuck, T.J., Brenninkmeijer, C.A.M., Ability of the global models to reproduce UT/LS large scale features of CO, CH₄, CO₂ and oxygenated compounds assessed by comparisons with the airborne CARIBIC data, Presentation at the European Geosciences Union General Assembly 2009, Vienna, Austria, 19 - 24 April 2009.

Assonov, S.S., Brenninkmeijer, C.A.M., Koeppel, C., Schuck, T.J., Zahn, A., Taylor, P., CO₂ isotope analysis of air samples in the upper troposphere-lowermost stratosphere region, the project CARIBIC, Presentation at the European Geosciences Union General Assembly 2009, Vienna, Austria, 19 - 24 April 2009.

Baker, A.K., Brenninkmeijer, C.A.M., Oram, D.E., O'Sullivan, D.A., Schuck, T.J., Šlemr, F., Transport of NMHCs and halocarbons observed by CARIBIC: A case study, Presentation at the European Geosciences Union General Assembly 2009, Vienna, Austria, 19 - 24 April 2009.

Batenburg, A.M., Schuck, T.J., Brenninkmeijer, C.A.M., Roeckmann, T., Deuterium content of H₂ measured on air samples from the CARIBIC project, Presentation at the European Geosciences Union General Assembly 2009, Vienna, Austria, 19 - 24 April 2009.

Rhee, T., Brenninkmeijer, C.A.M., Schuck, T.J., Šlemr, F., Zahn, A., CARIBIC measurements of methane and other trace gases in the easterly outflow of the Indian summer monsoon, Presentation at the European Geosciences Union General Assembly 2009, Vienna, Austria, 19 - 24 April, 2009.

Schuck, T.J., Brenninkmeijer, C.A.M., Šlemr, F., van Velthoven, P.F.J., Zahn, A., Airborne Observations of Greenhouse Gases during the Asian Summer Monsoon 2008, Presentation at the European Geosciences Union General Assembly 2009, Vienna, Austria, 19 - 24 April, 2009.

Zuiderweg, A., Holzinger, R., Roeckmann, T., Brenninkmeijer, C.A.M., Applications of an NMHC isotope analysis system on trace gases from plant and CARIBIC samples, Presentation at the European Geosciences Union General Assembly 2009, Vienna, Austria, 19 - 24 April, 2009.

Zahn, A., J. Brito, D. Sprung, and T. Seidler, A lightweight, high-sensitivity PTR-MS for aircraft platforms, 4th International PTR-MS Conference, Obergurgl, Austria, 16.-21. February, 2009.

2008

Baker, A. K., Schuck, T.J., Šlemr, F., Brenninkmeijer, C. A. M., Observations of Non-Methane Hydrocarbons Over India During the Asian Summer Monsoon Period: Results from CARIBIC, Presentation at AGU Fall Meeting, San Francisco, USA, 15. - 19. December, 2008.

Schuck, T. J., Brenninkmeijer, C.A.M, van Velthoven, P., CARIBIC, a European Project to Monitor Greenhouse Gases in the Global Atmosphere Using a Lufthansa Airbus 340-600 Aircraft, invited Presentation at the 2nd EuCheMS Chemistry Congress, Torino, Italy, 16. - 20. September, 2008.

Šlemr, F., Ebinghaus, R., Kock, H.,H., Brenninkmeijer, C., Schuck, T., Zahn, A., van Velthoven, P., Hermann, M., and Martinsson, B., Total gaseous mercury distribution in the UT/LS observed onboard the CARIBIC passenger aircraft, Presentation at the IGAC conference, Annecy, France, 07. - 12. September, 2008.

Ziereis H., H. Schlager, P. Stock, U. Schumann, C.A.M. Brenninkmeijer, F. Šlemr, P. Jöckel, A. Zahn, M. Hermann, Airborne nitrogen oxides observations from CARIBIC, Presentation at the EGU General Assembly, Vienna, Austria, 13 - 18 April 2008.

2007

Zimmermann P.H., F. Šlemr, C.A.M. Brenninkmeijer, H. Winter, CARIBIC global observations in the WDCC, Presentation at Second International Conference on Earth System Modelling (ICESM), Hamburg, 27.-31. August 2007. [pdf]

Weigelt, A., Hermann, M., van Velthoven, P. F. J., Brenninkmeijer, C. A. M., Heintzenberg, J., and Wiedensohler, A., Influence of clouds on aerosol particle number concentrations in the upper troposphere - results from the CARIBIC project, Presentation at the European Aerosol Conference (EAC), Salzburg, Austria, 9.-14. September, 2007.

Ziereis, H., Schlager, H., Stock, P., Schumann, U., Brenninkmeijer, C.A.M, Šlemr, F., Zahn, A., and Hermann, M., Large scale distribution of nitrogen oxides in the UTLS - Results of the NO and NOy measurements during CARIBIC, Presentation at the EGU General Assembly, Vienna, 15.- 20. April, 2007.

2006

Hermann, M., Jost Heintzenberg, Bengt G. Martinsson, Hung N. Nguyen, Manuela Reichelt, Claudia Timmreck, Andreas Zahn, Helmut Ziereis, and Carl A. M. Brenninkmeijer. Global scale aerosol measurements in the upper troposphere/lower stratosphere obtained by the civil aircraft based project CARIBIC. JOINT IGAC/CACGP/WMO SYMPOSIUM ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY, Capetown, South Africa, 17-23 September 2006. [pdf]

Hermann, M., Carl A. M. Brenninkmeijer, Jost Heintzenberg, Bengt G. Martinsson, Hung N. Nguyen, Manuela Reichelt, Hans Schlager, Franz Šlemr, Alfred Wiedensohler, Andreas Zahn, and Helmut Ziereis. Submicrometer Aerosol Particles in the Upper Troposphere and Lower Stratosphere - Results from the CARIBIC project. International Aerosol Conference, St. Paul, MN, USA, September 10 - 15, 2006

Nguyen H.N. and B.G. Martinsson (2006), Morphology of Aerosol Particles from a CARIBIC Flight at 10 km Altitude from 50º North to 30º South. Presented at the 7th International Aerosol Conference in St. Paul, Minnesota, USA.

2005

Nguyen H.N., A. Gudmundsson and B.G. Martinsson, Characteristics of an aerosol sampler for aircraft-based measurements (CARIBIC). European Aerosol Conference in Gent, Belgium, 2005.

2004

Brenninkmeijer, C.A.M. and Tae Siek Rhee The chemical composition of the SW Asia summer monsoonal jet as observed by repeated CARIBIC aircraft measurements. Invited oral presentation, Joint AGGS Annual Meeting & APHW Second Conference, Singapore, 5-9 July, 2004.

Martinsson B.G., H.N. Nguyen, C.A.M. Brenninkmeijer, A. Zahn, J. Heintzenberg, M. Hermann and P.J.F. van Velthoven (2004), Characteristics and origin of lowermost stratospheric aerosol at northern midlatidudes during background conditions based on CARIBIC measurements. Proceedings of BACCI activities 2004, Eds. M. Kulmala and T.M. Ruuskanen, Finnish association for aerosol research, Report series in aerosol science, No. 71B, 321 - 326.

Nguyen H.N., A. Gudmundsson and B.G. Martinsson (2004), Design and characterization of a sampler for studies of the aerosol in the upper troposphere and lowermost stratosphere. Proceedings of BACCI activities 2004, Eds. M. Kulmala and T.M. Ruuskanen, Finnish association for aerosol research, Report series in aerosol science, No. 71B, 355 - 359

Rhee T.S., C.A.M. Brenninkmeijer, J. Mühle, P. van Velthoven, H. Fischer, A. Zahn, M. Hermann, D.E. Oram. Rapid Mixing across the Extra-Tropical Tropopause as Observed during a CARIBIC Boeing 767 flight. Poster presentation, SPARC General Assembly, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada, 1-6 August 2004.

2003

Adler, S., Hermann, M., and Wiedensohler, A., Pressure- and temperature-dependent counting efficiency of the CPC 7610 operated with FC-43 as working fluid. Presentation at the European Aerosol Conference 2003, Madrid, J. Aerosol Sci., 34 (Suppl. 1), 2003.

Oram D.E, Halocarbon measurements at UEA, presented at the IHALACE meeting, NOAA-CMDL, November 2003, Boulder, USA.

Penkett, S.A., Probing the composition of the atmosphere over the North Atlantic by the UK Met Office C-130 aircraft and the CARIBIC Boeing-767, presented at the NOAA Aeronomy Laboratory on 23 July 2003 and at the NASA Ames Laboratory on 31 July 2003.

2001

Brenninkmeijer, C.A.M. A. Zahn, J.Mühle, T.S. Rhee, P.J. Crutzen, S. Penkett, D. Oram, H. Fischer, J. Heintzenberg and P.J.F. van Velthoven, A Study of the Huge S-S.E. Asian Monsonal Methane Plume Based on CARIBIC Aircraft observations. Global Change Open Science Conference, Amsterdam, 10-13 July, 2001.

Hermann, M., G. Papaspiropoulos, A. Wiedensohler, B. G. Martinsson, and J. Heintzenberg. Number concentration and elemental composition of sub-micrometer aerosol particles in the upper troposphere and lower stratosphere measured within the CARIBIC project. EGS March 2001, Nice.

Hermann, M., A. Wiedensohler, and J. Heintzenberg, Number concentrations of submicrometer particles at 9-12 km altitude measured within the CARIBIC project. European Aerosol Conference 2001, Leipzig, J. Aerosol Sci., 32 (Suppl. 1), 1049-1050.

Mühle J., Zahn A., Koeppel C., Rhee T. S., Brenninkmeijer C. A. M., Passenger aircraft measurements project CARIBIC: Upper tropospheric non-methane hydrocarbon distributions in the Northern Hemisphere, in :European Geophysical Society XXVI General Assembly, 2001, Nice, France.

Oram D.E, G.A. Sturrock, S.A. Penkett,, C.A.M. Brenninkmeijer and A. Zahn. Halocarbon measurements in the UTLS region: Early results from the CARIBIC programme. EGS March 2001, Nice.

Oram D.E., C.E. Reeves, G.A. Sturrock, S.A. Penkett, P.J. Fraser, C.A.M. Brenninkmeijer and A. Zahn. Estimates of Global and Regional Halocarbon Emissions from Measurements on the Cape Grim Air Archive and from the CARIBIC Aircraft Experiment. Emissions of Chemical Species and Aerosols into the Atmosphere. Paris, June 2001.

Papaspiropoulos, P., M.N.A. Karlsson, B.G. Martinsson, M. Hermann, and J. Heintzenberg. Elemental concentrations of fine mode aerosol in the tropopause region. European Aerosol Conference 2001, Leipzig, J. Aerosol Sci., 32 (Suppl. 1), 1041-1042, 2001.

Zahn, A., C.A.M. Brenninkmeijer, P.J. Crutzen, J. Lelieveld, H. Fischer, G. Heinrich, and P.F.J. van Velthoven. Passenger aircraft project CARIBIC: O3-CO tropopause and the ventilation of the lowermost stratosphere. EGS March 2001

2000

Brenninkmeijer, C.A.M., A. Zahn, P.J. Crutzen, J.Heintzenberg, M.Hermann, H.Fischer, G.Heinrich, P.J. van Velthoven, H.Cuijpers, R.Borchers, and D.Oram, Results and status of the aircraft research project CARIBIC, EUROTRACC 2000.

Brenninkmeijer, C.A.M., A. Zahn, P.J. Crutzen, J. Heintzenberg, and H. Fischer. Future development of the CARIBIC passenger aircraft measurement container package for upper tropospheric research, European Workshop, "Aviation, Aerosols, Contrails and Cirrus Clouds" (A²C³), Seeheim-Jugenheim, Germany, July 10-12, 2000.

Güsten, H. CARIBIC- a versatile concept for global measurements of trace gases and aeroslol in the tropopause region. NASA Ames Research Center, Moffet Field, California, 13 September 2000.

Zahn, A., C.A.M. Brenninkmeijer, P.J. Crutzen, G. Heinrich, H. Fischer, O₃ - CO correlations in the tropopause region from CARIBIC flights 1997-2000, 2^nd SPARC General Assembly Stratospheric Processes and their Role in Climate, Mar del Plata, Argentina, November 6 - 10, 2000.

Zahn, A., C.A.M. Brenninkmeijer, P.J. Crutzen, G. Heinrich, H. Fischer, J.W.M. Cuijpers, and P.F.J. van Velthoven, Seasonality of subtropical troposphere-to-stratosphere transport based on O₃ - CO interrelationships during CARIBIC, 25^th General Assembly of the European Geophysical Society (EGS), Nice (France), 25-29 April, 2000.

1999

Wilck, M., M. Hermann, S. Brühl, and F. Stratmann, Evaporation of sulfuric acid-water particles in an aircraft-borne aerosol sampling system, European Aerosol Conference 1999, Prague, J. Aerosol Sci., 30 (Suppl. 1), 155-156, 1999.

Zahn,A., Passenger aircraft project CARIBIC to study dynamics and chemistry in the upper troposphere and lowermost stratosphere (UT/LS), European Community Advanced Study Course on Atmospheric effects of aircraft emissions in the upper troposphere and lower stratosphere, ASTAIRE, 22-31 August, 1999, Bergen, Norway, 1999.

Hermann, M., J. Heintzenberg, A. Wiedensohler, Aerosol particle number concentrations in the upper troposphere and lower stratosphere measured by CARIBIC, European Aerosol Conference 1999, Prague, J. Aerosol Sci., 30 (Suppl. 1), 205-206, 1999.

Hermann, M. F. Stratmann, and A. Wiedensohler, Calibration of an aircraft-borne aerosol inlet system for fine particle measurements, European Aerosol Conference 1999, Prague, J. Aerosol Sci., 30 (Suppl. 1), 153-154, 1999.

1998

Brenninkmeijer, C.A.M., A. Zahn, M. Maiss, P.J. Crutzen, H. Cuijpers, and P.F.J. van Velthoven, The ¹³C, ¹⁴C, and ¹⁸O isotope composition of CO at 10 km between the tropics and the mid-latitudes; results from the CARIBIC project, American Geophysical Union (AGU), fall meeting, San Francicso, 6-10 December, 1998.

Hermann, M. and Wiedensohler, A. (1998) Dependence of the TSI 7610 condensation particle counter on pressure and temperature difference. Poster presented at the International Aerosol Conference 1998, Edinburgh, Great Britain, J. Aerosol Sci. 29 (Suppl. 1), 343-344

1996

Hermann, M. and Wiedensohler, A., Modification and calibration of a TSI 7610 condensation particle counter for high altitude airborne measurements. Presentation at the European Aerosol Conference 1996, Delft, J. Aerosol Sci. 27 (Suppl. 1), 303-304, 1996

Borchers, R., C.A.M. Brenninkmeijer, A. Jordan, and A. Zahn. Latitudinal distribution of halocarbons in the northern hemisphere derived from aicraft measurements within the project CARIBIC.

Doctoral theses:

2010

Peter Groß: Global distribution of submicrometer aerosol particles: Comparison between in situ measurements and global model outputs, Universität Leipzig, 2010

2007

Barbara Dix: Spectroscopic Measurements of Atmospheric Trace Gases on Long-Distance Flights. Ph.D. thesis. University Heidelberg, Germany, 2007. [pdf]

Hung N. Nguyen: Chemical and Morphological Characterisation of Aerosol Particles in the Tropopause Region. Ph.D. thesis. Lund University, Sweden, 2007. [pdf]

Manuela Reichelt: Entwicklung und atmosphärische Anwendung eines optischen Partikelzählers für Tropopausenbedingungen. Ph.D. thesis. University Leipzig, Germany, 2007.

2002

Jens Mühle: GC/MS-Meßsystem für Nicht-Methan-Kohlenwasserstoffe - Spurengasuntersuchungen im Tropopausenbereich und in der maritimen Grenzschicht. Dissertation, University of Mainz, Germany, 2002.

2001

Giorgos Papaspiropoulos: Studies of Tropospheric and Stratospheric Aerosol using Ion Beam Analysis. Ph.D. thesis. University of Lund, Sweden, 2001.

2000

Markus Hermann: Development and application of an aerosol measurement system for use on commercial aircraft, Ph. D. thesis, University Leipzig, Germany, 2000.

Master theses:

2008

Köppe, M.: „Charakterisierung der Submikrometer-Aerosolpartikel in der oberen Troposphäre und unteren Stratosphäre“, MSc. Thesis, Leibniz-Institut für Troposphärenforschung, Leipzig; Institut für Meteorologie, Universität Leipzig, Germany, 2008.

2007

Andreas Weigelt: Modifikation von Aerosolpartikeln in der oberen Troposphäre durch Wolken. MSc. Thesis, Leibniz-Institut für Troposphärenforschung, Leipzig Institut für Meteorologie, Universität Leipzig, Germany, 2007.

2003

Sascha Adler: Untersuchung der Funktionsfähigkeit von Kondensationspartikelzählern mit FC-43 als Arbeitssubstanz. MSc. Thesis, Westsächsische Hochschule Zwickau (FH), Germany, 2003.

1999

Alexander Rockmann: Modifikation und Kalibrierung eines Rußphotometers fr die Messung von Rußproben eines automatischen Aerosolprobensammlers auf einem kommerziellen Flugzeug. MSc. Thesis, Westsähsische Hochschule Zwickau (FH), Germany, 1999.

CARIBIC Database:

CARIBIC in the WDCC : Peter Zimmermann in cooperation with Modelle & Daten group at Max-Planck-Institute for Meteorology, Hamburg

General information:

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