Publications

Selected peer-reviewed articles

Appel, O.; F. Köllner, A. Dragoneas, A. Hünig, S. Molleker, H. Schlager, C. Mahnke, R. Weigel, M. Port, C. Schulz, F. Drewnick, B. Vogel, F. Stroh, and S. Borrmann; Chemical analysis of the Asian Tropopause Aerosol Layer (ATAL) with emphasis on secondary aerosol particles using aircraft based in situ aerosol mass spectrometry; Atmos. Chem. Phys. Discuss., ACP-2022-92, 2022.

Dragoneas, A., S. Molleker, O. Appel, A. Hünig, T. Böttger, M. Hermann, F. Drewnick, J. Schneider, R. Weigel, and S. Borrmann; The realization of autonomous, aircraft-based, realtime aerosol mass spectrometry in the stratosphere; submitted to AMTD, 2022.

Theis, A., M. Szakáll, K. Diehl, S. K. Mitra, F. Zanger, A. Heymsfield, and S. Borrmann: Vertical Wind Tunnel Experiments and a Theoretical Study on the Microphysics of Melting Low-Density Graupel. Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences, 79 (4): 1069-1087, 2022.

Grulich, L.; R. Weigel, A. Hildebrandt, M. Wand, P. Spichtinger; Automatic shape detection of ice crystals; under review, Journal of Computational Science, 2021.

Weigel, R., C. Mahnke, M. Baumgartner, A. Dragoneas, B. Vogel, F. Ploeger, S. Viciani, F. D'Amato, S. Bucci, B. Legras, B. Luo, and S. Borrmann; In situ observation of new particle formation (NPF) in the tropical tropopause layer of the 2017 Asian monsoon anticyclone – Part 1: Summary of StratoClim results. Atmos. Chem. Phys., 21, 11689–11722, doi.org/10.5194/acp-21-11689-2021, 2021.

Weigel, R.; C. Mahnke, M. Baumgartner, M. Krämer, P. Spichtinger, N. Spelten, A. Afchine, C. Rolf, S. Viciani, F. D’Amato, H. Tost and S. Borrmann; In situ observation of new particle formation (NPF) in the tropical tropopause layer of the 2017 Asian monsoon anticyclone – Part 2: NPF inside ice clouds; Atmos. Chem. Phys., 21, 13455–13481, https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-21-13455-2021, 2021.

Mahnke, C.; R. Weigel, F. Cairo, J.-P. Vernier, A. Afchine, M. Krämer, V. Mitev, R. Matthey, S. Viciani, F. D’Amato, F. Ploeger, T. Deshler, and S. Borrmann; The ATAL within the 2017 Asian Monsoon Anticyclone: Microphysical aerosol properties derived from aircraft-borne in situ measurements; Atmos. Chem. Phys., 21, 15259–15282, https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-21-15259-2021, 2021.

Köllner, F., Schneider, J., Willis, M. D., Schulz, H., Kunkel, D., Bozem, H., Hoor, P., Klimach, T., Helleis, F., Burkart, J., Leaitch, W. R., Aliabadi, A. A., Abbatt, J. P. D., Herber, A. B., and Borrmann, S.: Chemical composition and source attribution of submicron aerosol particles in the summertime Arctic lower troposphere, Atmos. Chem. Phys. Discuss., https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-2020-742, accepted, 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, Atmos. Chem. Phys., 21, 989–1013, https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-21-989-2021, 2021

Szakáll, M., Debertshäuser, M., Lackner, C. P., Mayer, A., Eppers, O., Diehl, K., Theis, A., Mitra, S. K., and Borrmann, S.: Comparative study on immersion freezing utilizing single-droplet levitation methods, Atmos. Chem. Phys., 21, 3289–3316, https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-21-3289-2021, 2021

Clemen, H.-C., Schneider, J., Klimach, T., Helleis, F., Köllner, F., Hünig, A., Rubach, F., Mertes, S., Wex, H., Stratmann, F., Welti, A., Kohl, R., Frank, F., and Borrmann, S.: Optimizing the detection, ablation, and ion extraction efficiency of a single-particle laser ablation mass spectrometer for application in environments with low aerosol particle concentrations, Atmos. Meas. Tech., 13, 5923–5953, https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-13-5923-2020, 2020.

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, Atmos. Meas. Tech., 13, 3651–3660, https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-13-3651-2020, 2020.

Mei, F., Wang, J., Comstock, J. M., Weigel, R., Krämer, M., Mahnke, C., Shilling, J. E., Schneider, J., Schulz, C., Long, C. N., Wendisch, M., Machado, L. A. T., Schmid, B., Krisna, T., Pekour, M., Hubbe, J., Giez, A., Weinzierl, B., Zoeger, M., Pohlker, M. L., Schlager, H., Cecchini, M. A., Andreae, M. O., Martin, S. T., de Sa, S. S., Fan, J. W., Tomlinson, J., Springston, S., Poschl, U., Artaxo, P., Pohlker, C., Klimach, T., Minikin, A., Afchine, A., and Borrmann, S.: Comparison of aircraft measurements during GoAmazon2014/5 and ACRIDICON-CHUVA, Atmos Meas Tech, 13, 661-684, 10.5194/amt-13-661-2020, 2020.

Polonik, P., Knote, C., Zinner, T., Ewald, F., Kolling, T., Mayer, B., Andreae, M. O., Jurkat-Witschas, T., Klimach, T., Mahnke, C., Molleker, S., Pohlker, C., Pohlker, M. L., Poschl, 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, Atmos Chem Phys, 20, 1591-1605, 10.5194/acp-20-1591-2020, 2020.

Baumgartner, M., Weigel, R., Harvey, A. H., Plöger, F., Achatz, U., and Spichtinger, P.: Reappraising the appropriate calculation of a common meteorological quantity: potential temperature, Atmos. Chem. Phys., 20, 15585–15616, https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-20-15585-2020, 2020.

Theis, A., S. Borrmann, S. K. Mitra, A. Heymsfield, and M. Szakáll, „A wind tunnel investigation into the aerodynamics of lobed hailstones”
Atmosphere, 11, 494, doi:10.3390/atmos11050494 (2020)

Höpfner , M., J. Ungermann , S. Borrmann, R. Wagner, R. Spang , M. Riese , G. Stiller , O. Appel, A.M. Batenburg , S. Bucci , F. Cairo, A. Dragoneas, F. Friedl-Vallon , A. Hünig, S. Johansson , L. Krasauskas, B. Legras , T. Leisner , C. Mahnke, O. Möhler, S. Molleker, R. Müller, T. Neubert, J. Orphal, P. Preusse, M. Rex, H. Saathoff, F. Stroh, R. Weigel, I. Wohltmann: Ammonium nitrate particles formed in upper troposphere from ground ammonia sources during Asian monsoons,
Nature Geoscience VOL 12, 608–612, 2019 Link

Weigel, R., Spichtinger, P., Mahnke, C., Klingebiel, M., Afchine, A., Petzold, A., Krämer, M., Costa, A., Molleker, S., Reutter, P., Szakáll, 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
Atmos. Meas. Tech., 9, 5135-5162, https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-9-5135-2016, 2016 Link

Ebert, M., Weigel, R., Kandler, K., Günther, G., Molleker, S., Grooß, J. U., Vogel, B., Weinbruch, S., and Borrmann, S.: Chemical analysis of refractory stratospheric aerosol particles collected within the arctic vortex and inside polar stratospheric clouds
Atmos. Chem. Phys., 16, 8405-8421, 2016. Link

Kremser, S., Thomason, L. W., von Hobe, M., Hermann, M., Deshler, T., Timmreck, C. Toohey, M., Stenke, A., Schwarz, J. P., Weigel, R., Fueglistaler, S., Prata, F. J., Vernier, J.-P., Schlager, H., Barnes, J. E., Antuña-Marrero, J.-C., Fairlie, D., Palm, M., Mahieu, E., Notholt, J., Rex, M., Bingen, C., Vanhellemont, F., Bourassa, A., Plane, J. M. C., Klocke, D., Carn, S. A., Clarisse, L., Trickl, T., Neely, R., James, A. D., Rieger, L., Wilson, J. C., Meland, B.: Stratospheric aerosol - Observations, processes, and impact on climate
Review of Geophysics, 10.1002/2015RG000511, 2016. Link

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
Atmos. Chem. Phys., 15, 617-631, 10.5194/acp-15-617-2015, 2015. Link

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
Atmos. Chem. Phys., 14, 10785-10801, 10.5194/acp-14-10785-2014, 2014. Link

Weigel, R., Volk, C. M., Kandler, K., Hösen, E., Günther, G., Vogel, B., Grooß, J. U., Khaykin, S., Belyaev, G. V., and Borrmann, S.: Enhancements of the refractory submicron aerosol fraction in the Arctic polar vortex: feature or exception?
Atmos. Chem. Phys., 14, 12319-12342, 10.5194/acp-14-12319-2014, 2014. Link

Jost, A., M. Szakáll, K. Diehl, S. K. Mitra, A. Hundertmark, B. S. Klug, S. Borrmann: The effect of turbulence on the accretional growth of graupel
J. Atmos. Sci., 76, 3047-3061, 2019.

Hiranuma, N., et al.: A comprehensive characterization of ice nucleation by three different types of cellulose particles immersed in water
Atmos. Chem. Phys., 19, 4823–4849, 2019.

DeMott, P. J., et al.: The Fifth International Workshop on Ice Nucleation phase 2 (FIN-02). Laboratory intercomparison of ice nucleation measurements
Atmos. Meas. Tech. 11 (11), 6231–6257. doi: 10.5194/amt-11-6231-2018, 2018.

Heymsfield, A., M. Szakáll, A. Jost, I. Giammanco, R. Wright: A comprehensive observational study of graupel and hail terminal velocity, mass flux, and kinetic energy
J. Atmos. Sci., 75 (11), 3861-3885, 2018.

M. Szakáll, I. Urbich: Wind tunnel study on the size distribution of droplets after collision induced breakup of levi-tating water drops
Atmos. Res., 213, 51-56, 2018.

Jost, A., M. Szakáll, K. Diehl, S. K. Mitra, S. Borrmann: Chemistry of riming: the retention of organic and inorganic atmospheric trace constituents
Atmos. Chem. Phys., 17, 9717-9732, 2017.

Szakáll, M., S. Kessler, K. Diehl, S. K. Mitra, S. Borrmann: A Wind Tunnel Study of the Effects of Collision Processes on the Shape and Oscillation for Moderate-Size Raindrops
Atmos. Res., 142, 67-78, doi: 10.1016/j.atmosres.2013.09.005, 2014.

 

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Theses

M. Weitzel, PhD Thesis, 2020

C. Mahnke, PhD Thesis, 2018

A. Jost, PhD Thesis, 2017