Publications

A special issue in AMT on GLORIA describes the scientific and technical instrument concept, technical solutions and processing

• Atmospheric limb imaging with GLORIA

Overview papers

• Instrument concept of the imaging Fourier transform spectrometer GLORIA
  F. Friedl-Vallon, T. Gulde, F. Hase, A. Kleinert, T. Kulessa, G. Maucher, T. Neubert, F. Olschewski, C. Piesch, P. Preusse, H. Rongen, C. Sartorius, H. Schneider, A. Schönfeld, V. Tan, N. Bayer, J. Blank, R. Dapp, A. Ebersoldt, H. Fischer, F. Graf, T. Guggenmoser, M. Höpfner, M. Kaufmann, E. Kretschmer, T. Latzko, H. Nordmeyer, H. Oelhaf, J. Orphal, M. Riese, G. Schardt, J. Schillings, M. K. Sha, O. Suminska-Ebersoldt, and J. Ungermann
  Atmos. Meas. Tech., 7, 3565-3577, doi:10.5194/amt-7-3565-2014, 2014.
• Gimballed Limb Observer for Radiance Imaging of the Atmosphere (GLORIA) scientific objectives
  M. Riese, H. Oelhaf, P. Preusse, J. Blank, M. Ern, F. Friedl-Vallon, H. Fischer, T. Guggenmoser, M. Höpfner, P. Hoor, M. Kaufmann, J. Orphal, F. Plöger, R. Spang, O. Suminska-Ebersoldt, J. Ungermann, B. Vogel, and W. Woiwode
  Atmos. Meas. Tech., 7, 1915-1928, doi:10.5194/amt-7-1915-2014, 2014.

Technical publications

• Quantification and mitigation of the instrument effects and uncertainties of the airborne limb imaging FTIR GLORIA
  J. Ungermann, A. Kleinert, G. Maucher, I. Bartolomé, F. Friedl-Vallon, S. Johansson, L. Krasauskas, and T. Neubert
  Atmos. Meas. Tech., 15, 2503–2530, doi:10.5194/amt-15-2503-2022, 2022.
• Characterization of blackbody inhomogeneity and its effect on the retrieval results of the GLORIA instrument
  A. Kleinert, I. Krisch, J. Ungermann, A. Adibekyan, B. Gutschwager, and C. Monte
  Atmos. Meas. Tech., 11, 3871–3882, doi:10.5194/amt-11-3871-2018, 2018.
• New calibration noise suppression techniques for the GLORIA limb imager
  T. Guggenmoser, J. Blank, A. Kleinert, T. Latzko, J. Ungermann, F. Friedl-Vallon, M. Höpfner, M. Kaufmann, E. Kretschmer, G. Maucher, T. Neubert, H. Oelhaf, P. Preusse, M. Riese, H. Rongen, M. K. Sha, O. Suminska-Ebersoldt, and V. Tan
  Atmos. Meas. Tech., 8, 3147-3161, doi:10.5194/amt-8-3147-2015, 2015.
• In-flight control and communication architecture of the GLORIA imaging limb-sounder on atmospheric research aircraft
  E. Kretschmer, M. Bachner, J. Blank, R. Dapp, A. Ebersoldt, F. Friedl-Vallon, T. Guggenmoser, T. Gulde, V. Hartmann, R. Lutz, G. Maucher, T. Neubert, H. Oelhaf, P. Preusse, G. Schardt, C. Schmitt, A. Schönfeld, and V. Tan
  Atmos. Meas. Tech., 8, 2543-2553, doi:10.5194/amt-8-2543-2015, 2015.
• The mechanical and thermal setup of the GLORIA spectrometer
  C. Piesch, C. Sartorius, F. Friedl-Vallon, T. Gulde, S. Heger, E. Kretschmer, G. Maucher, H. Nordmeyer, J. Barthel, A. Ebersoldt, F. Graf, F. Hase, A. Kleinert, T. Neubert, and H. J. Schillings
  Atmos. Meas. Tech., 8, 1773-1787, doi:10.5194/amt-8-1773-2015, 2015.
• Level 0 to 1 processing of the imaging Fourier transform spectrometer GLORIA: generation of radiometrically and spectrally calibrated spectra
  A. Kleinert, F. Friedl-Vallon, T. Guggenmoser, M. Höpfner, T. Neubert, R. Ribalda, M. K. Sha, J. Ungermann, J. Blank, A. Ebersoldt, E. Kretschmer, T. Latzko, H. Oelhaf, F. Olschewski, and P. Preusse
  Atmos. Meas. Tech., 7, 4167–4184, doi:10.5194/amt-7-4167-2014, 2014.
• The in-flight blackbody calibration system for the GLORIA interferometer on board an airborne research platform
  F. Olschewski, A. Ebersoldt, F. Friedl-Vallon, B. Gutschwager, J. Hollandt, A. Kleinert, C. Monte, C. Piesch, P. Preusse, C. Rolf, P. Steffens, and R. Koppmann
  Atmos. Meas. Tech., 6, 3067–3082, doi:10.5194/amt-6-3067-2013, 2013.

Scientific publications

• Ammonia in the upper troposphere–lower stratosphere (UTLS): GLORIA airborne measurements for CAMS model evaluation in the Asian monsoon and in biomass burning plumes above the South Atlantic
  S. Johansson, M. Höpfner, F. Friedl-Vallon, N. Glatthor, T. Gulde, V. Huijnen, A. Kleinert, E. Kretschmer, G. Maucher, T. Neubert, H. Nordmeyer, C. Piesch, P. Preusse, M. Riese, B.-M. Sinnhuber, J. Ungermann, G. Wetzel, and W. Woiwode
  Atmos. Chem. Phys., 24, 8125–8138, doi:10.5194/acp-24-8125-2024, 2024.
• Non-orographic gravity waves and turbulence caused by merging jet streams
  W. Woiwode, A. Dörnbrack, M. Geldenhuys, F. Friedl-Vallon, A. Giez, T. Gulde, M. Höpfner, S. Johansson, B. Kaifler, A. Kleinert, L. Krasauskas, E. Kretschmer, G. Maucher, T. Neubert, H. Nordmeyer, C. Piesch, P. Preusse, M. Rapp, M. Riese, U. Schumann, and J. Ungermann
  J. Geophys. Res., 128, e2022JD038097, doi:10.1029/2022JD038097, 2023.
• Oblique propagation and refraction of gravity waves over the Andes observed by GLORIA and ALIMA during the SouthTRAC campaign
  L. Krasauskas, B. Kaifler, S. Rhode, J. Ungermann, W. Woiwode, and P. Preusse
  J. Geophys. Res., 128, e2022JD037798, doi:10.1029/2022JD037798, 2023.
• Observations of gravity wave refraction and its causes and consequences
  M. Geldenhuys, B. Kaifler, P. Preusse, J. Ungermann, P. Alexander, L. Krasauskas, S. Rhode, W. Woiwode, M. Ern, M. Rapp, and M. Riese
  J. Geophys. Res., 128, e2022JD036830, doi:10.1029/2022JD036830, 2023.
• Biomass burning pollution in the South Atlantic upper troposphere: GLORIA trace gas observations and evaluation of the CAMS model
  S. Johansson, G. Wetzel, F. Friedl-Vallon, N. Glatthor, M. Höpfner, A. Kleinert, T. Neubert, B.-M. Sinnhuber, and J. Ungermann
  Atmos. Chem. Phys., 22, 3675-3691, doi:10.5194/acp-22-3675-2022, 2022.
• Redistribution of total reactive nitrogen in the lowermost Arctic stratosphere during the cold winter 2015/2016
  H. Ziereis, P. Hoor, J.-U. Grooß, A. Zahn, G. Stratmann, P. Stock, M. Lichtenstern, J. Krause, V. Bense, A. Afchine, C. Rolf, W. Woiwode, M. Braun, J. Ungermann, A. Marsing, C. Voigt, A. Engel, B.-M. Sinnhuber, and H. Oelhaf
  Atmos. Chem. Phys., 22, 3631-3654, doi:10.5194/acp-22-3631-2022, 2022.
• Challenge of modelling GLORIA observations of upper troposphere–lowermost stratosphere trace gas and cloud distributions at high latitudes: a case study with state-of-the-art models
  F. Haenel, W. Woiwode, J. Buchmüller, F. Friedl-Vallon, M. Höpfner, S. Johansson, F. Khosrawi, O. Kirner, A. Kleinert, H. Oelhaf, J. Orphal, R. Ruhnke, B.-M. Sinnhuber, J. Ungermann, M. Weimer, and P. Braesicke
  Atmos. Chem. Phys., 22, 2843-2870, doi:10.5194/acp-22-2843-2022, 2022.
• Retrieval of water vapour profiles from GLORIA nadir observations
  N. König, G. Wetzel, M. Höpfner, F. Friedl-Vallon, S. Johansson, A. Kleinert, M. Schneider, B. Ertl, and J. Ungermann
  Remote Sens., 13, 3675, doi:10.3390/rs13183675, 2021.
• Pollution trace gases C2H6, C2H2, HCOOH, and PAN in the North Atlantic UTLS: observations and simulations
  G. Wetzel, F. Friedl-Vallon, N. Glatthor, J.-U. Grooß, T. Gulde, M. Höpfner, S. Johansson, F. Khosrawi, O. Kirner, A. Kleinert, E. Kretschmer, G. Maucher, H. Nordmeyer, H. Oelhaf, J. Orphal, C. Piesch, B.-M. Sinnhuber, J. Ungermann, and B. Vogel
  Atmos. Chem. Phys, 21, 8213-8232, doi:10.5194/acp-21-8213-2021, 2021.
• Orographically induced spontaneous imbalance within the jet causing a large-scale gravity wave event
  M. Geldenhuys, P. Preusse, I. Krisch, C. Zülicke, J. Ungermann, M. Ern, F. Friedl-Vallon, and M. Riese
  Atmos. Chem. Phys., 21, 10393–10412, doi:10.5194/acp-21-10393-2021, 2021.
• SOUTHTRAC-GW: An airborne field campaign to explore gravity wave dynamics at the world's strongest hotspot
  M. Rapp, B. Kaifler, A. Dörnbrack, S. Gisinger, T. Mixa, R. Reichert, N. Kaifler, S. Knobloch, R. Eckert, N. Wildmann, A. Giez, L. Krasauskas, P. Preusse, M. Geldenhuys, M. Riese, W. Woiwode, F. Friedl-Vallon, B.-M. Sinnhuber, A. de la Torre, P. Alexander, J. L. Hormaechea, D. Janches, M. Garhammer, J. L. Chau, J. F. Conte, P. Hoor, and A. Engel
  Bull. Amer. Meteor. Soc., doi:10.1175/BAMS-D-20-0034.1, 2020.
• 3-D tomographic observations of Rossby wave breaking over the North Atlantic during the WISE aircraft campaign in 2017
  L. Krasauskas, J. Ungermann, P. Preusse, F. Friedl-Vallon, A. Zahn, H. Ziereis, C. Rolf, F. Plöger, P. Konopka, B. Vogel, and M. Riese
  Atmos. Chem. Phys., 21, 10249-10272, doi:10.5194/acp-21-10249-2021, 2021.
• Observation of cirrus clouds with GLORIA during the WISE campaign: detection methods and cirrus characterization
  I. Bartolome Garcia, R. Spang, J. Ungermann, S. Griessbach, M. Krämer, M. Höpfner, and M. Riese
  Atmos. Meas. Tech., 14, 3153-3168, doi:10.5194/amt-14-3153-2021, 2021.
• Was macht Düngemittel in 18 km Höhe?
  M. Höpfner, S. Borrmann, J. Ungermann, and R. Wagner
  Chem. Unserer Zeit, 54, doi:10.1002/ciuz.202000037, 2020.
• Cirrus cloud shape detection by tomographic extinction retrievals from infrared limb emission sounder measurements
  J. Ungermann, I. Bartolome, S. Grießbach, R. Spang, C. Rolf, M. Krämer, M. Höpfner, and M. Riese
  Atmos. Meas. Tech., 13, 7025–7045, doi:10.5194/amt-13-7025-2020, 2020.
• Pollution trace gas distributions and their transport in the Asian monsoon upper troposphere and lowermost stratosphere during the StratoClim campaign 2017
  S. Johansson, M. Höpfner, O. Kirner, I. Wohltmann, S. Bucci, B. Legras, F. Friedl-Vallon, N. Glatthor, E. Kretschmer, J. Ungermann, and G. Wetzel
  Atmos. Chem. Phys., 20, 14695–14715, doi:10.5194/acp-20-14695-2020, 2020.
• Technical note: Lowermost-stratospheric moist bias in ECMWF IFS model diagnosed from airborne GLORIA observations during winter-spring 2016
  W. Woiwode, A. Dörnbrack, I. Polichtchouk, S. Johansson, B. Harvey, M. Höpfner, J. Ungermann, and F. Friedl-Vallon
  Atmos. Chem. Phys., 20, 15379–15387, doi:10.5194/acp-20-15379-2020, 2020.
• Superposition of gravity waves with different propagation characteristics observed by airborne and space-borne infrared sounders
  I. Krisch, M. Ern, L. Hoffmann, P. Preusse, C. Strube, J. Ungermann, W. Woiwode, and M. Riese
  Atmos. Chem. Phys., 20, 11469–11490, doi:10.5194/acp-20-11469-2020, 2020.
• Vortex-wide detection of large aspherical NAT particles in the Arctic winter 2011/12 stratosphere
  W. Woiwode, M. Höpfner, L. Bi, F. Khosrawi, and M. L. Santee
  Geophys. Res. Lett., 46, 13420-13429, doi:10.1029/2019GL084145, 2019.
• Ammonium nitrate particles formed in upper troposphere from ground ammonia sources during Asian monsoons
  M. Höpfner, 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 and I. Wohltmann
  Nat. Geosci., 12, 608-612, doi:10.1038/s41561-019-0385-8, 2019.
• POLSTRACC: Airborne experiment for studying the polar stratosphere in a changing climate with the high altitude and long range research aircraft (HALO)
  H. Oelhaf, B.-M. Sinnhuber, W. Woiwode, H. Bönisch, H. Bozem, A. Engel, A. Fix, F. Friedl-Vallon, J.-U. Grooß, P. Hoor, S. Johansson, T. Jurkat-Witschas, S. Kaufmann, M. Krämer, J. Krause, E. Kretschmer, D. Lörks, A. Marsing, J. Orphal, K. Pfeilsticker, M. Pitts, L. Poole, P. Preusse, M. Rapp, M. Riese, C. Rolf, J. Ungermann, C. Voigt, C. M. Volk, M. Wirth, A. Zahn, and H. Ziereis
  Bull. Amer. Meteor. Soc., 100, 2634-2664, doi:10.1175/BAMS-D-18-0181.1, 2019.
• A process study on thinning of Arctic winter cirrus clouds with high-resolution ICON-ART simulations
  S. Gruber, U. Blahak, F. Haenel, C. Kottmeier, T. Leisner, H. Muskatel, T. Storelvmo, and B. Vogel
  J. Geophys. Res., 124, 5860-5888, doi:10.1029/2018JD029815, 2019.
• Nitrification of the lowermost stratosphere during the exceptionally cold Arctic winter 2015-16
  M. Braun, J.-U. Grooß, W. Woiwode, S. Johansson, M. Höpfner, F. Friedl-Vallon, H. Oelhaf, P. Preusse, J. Ungermann, B.-M. Sinnhuber, H. Ziereis, and P. Braesicke
  Atmos. Chem. Phys., 19, 13681-13699, doi:10.5194/acp-19-13681-2019, 2019.
• Unusual chlorine partitioning in the 2015/16 Arctic winter lowermost stratosphere: observations and simulations
  S. Johansson, M. L. Santee, J.-U. Grooß, M. Höpfner, M. Braun, F. Friedl-Vallon, F. Khosrawi, O. Kirner, E. Kretschmer, H. Oelhaf, J. Orphal, B.-M. Sinnhuber, I. Tritscher, J. Ungermann, K. A. Walker, and W. Woiwode
  Atmos. Chem. Phys., 19, 8311-8338, 2019, doi:10.5194/acp-19-8311-2019, 2019.
• Evidence of small-scale quasi-isentropic mixing in ridges of extratropical baroclinic waves
  D. Kunkel, P. Hoor, T. Kaluza, J. Ungermann, B. Kluschat, A. Giez, H.-Ch. Lachnitt, M. Kaufmann, and M. Riese
  Atmos. Chem. Phys., 19, 12607–12630, 2019, doi:10.5194/acp-19-12607-2019, 2019.
• 3-D tomographic limb sounder retrieval techniques: irregular grids and Laplacian regularisation
  L. Krasauskas, J. Ungermann, S. Ensmann, I. Krisch, E. Kretschmer, P. Preusse, and M. Riese
  Atmos. Meas. Tech., 12, 853-872, 2019, doi:10.5194/amt-12-853-2019, 2019.
• Mesoscale fine structure of a tropopause fold over mountains
  W. Woiwode, A. Dörnbrack, M. Bramberger, F. Friedl-Vallon, F. Haenel, M. Höpfner, S. Johansson, E. Kretschmer, I. Krisch, T. Latzko, H. Oelhaf, J. Orphal, P. Preusse, B.-M. Sinnhuber, and J. Ungermann
  Atmos. Chem. Phys., 18, 15643-15667, doi:10.5194/acp-18-15643-2018, 2018.
• Limited angle tomography of mesoscale gravity waves by the infrared limb-sounder GLORIA
  I. Krisch, J. Ungermann, P. Preusse, E. Kretschmer, and M. Riese
  Atmos. Meas. Tech., 11, 4327-4344, doi:10.5194/amt-11-4327-2018, 2018.
• Airborne limb-imaging measurements of temperature, HNO3, O3, ClONO2, H2O and CFC-12 during the Arctic winter 2015/2016: characterization, in situ validation and comparison to Aura/MLS
  S. Johansson, W. Woiwode, M. Höpfner, F. Friedl-Vallon, A. Kleinert, E. Kretschmer, T. Latzko, J. Orphal, P. Preusse, J. Ungermann, M. L. Santee, T. Jurkat-Witschas, A. Marsing, C. Voigt, A. Giez, M. Krämer, C. Rolf, A. Zahn, A. Engel, B.-M. Sinnhuber, and H. Oelhaf
  Atmos. Meas. Tech., 11, 4737–4756, doi:10.5194/amt-11-4737-2018, 2018.
• First tomographic observations of gravity waves by the infrared limb imager GLORIA
  I. Krisch, P. Preusse, J. Ungermann, A. Dörnbrack, S. D. Eckermann, M. Ern, F. Friedl-Vallon, M. Kaufmann, H. Oelhaf, M. Rapp, C. Strube, and M. Riese
  Atmos. Chem. Phys., 17, 14937-14953, doi:10.5194/acp-17-14937-2017, 2017.
• Denitrification, dehydration and ozone loss during the 2015/2016 Arctic winter
  F. Khosrawi, O. Kirner, B.-M. Sinnhuber, S. Johansson, M. Höpfner, M. L. Santee, L. Froidevaux, J. Ungermann, R. Ruhnke, W. Woiwode, H. Oelhaf, and P. Braesicke
  Atmos. Chem. Phys., 17, 12893-12910, doi:10.5194/acp-17-12893-2017, 2017.
• Spectroscopic evidence for large aspherical ß-NAT particles involved in denitrification in the December 2011 Arctic stratosphere
  W. Woiwode, M. Höpfner, L. Bi, M. C. Pitts, L. R. Poole, H. Oelhaf, S. Molleker, S. Borrmann, M. Klingebiel, G. Belyaev, A. Ebersoldt, S. Griessbach, J.-U. Grooß, T. Gulde, M. Krämer, G. Maucher, C. Piesch, C. Rolf, C. Sartorius, R. Spang, and J. Orphal
  Atmos. Chem. Phys., 16, 9505-9532, doi:10.5194/acp-16-9505-2016, 2016.
• Transport of Antarctic stratospheric strongly dehydrated air into the troposphere observed during the HALO-ESMVal campaign 2012
  C. Rolf, A. Afchine, H. Bozem, B. Buchholz, V. Ebert, T. Guggenmoser, P. Hoor, P. Konopka, E. Kretschmer, S. Müller, H. Schlager, N. Spelten, O. Suminska-Ebersoldt, J. Ungermann, A. Zahn, and M. Krämer
  Atmos. Chem. Phys., 15, 9143-9158, doi:10.5194/acp-15-9143-2015, 2015.
• Validation of first chemistry mode retrieval results from new limb-imaging FTS GLORIA with correlative MIPAS-STR observations
  W. Woiwode, O. Suminska-Ebersoldt, H. Oelhaf, M. Höpfner, G. V. Belyaev, A. Ebersoldt, F. Friedl-Vallon, J.-U. Grooß, T. Gulde, M. Kaufmann, A. Kleinert, M. Krämer, E. Kretschmer, T. Kulessa, G. Maucher, T. Neubert, C. Piesch, P. Preusse, M. Riese, H. Rongen, C. Sartorius, G. Schardt, A. Schönfeld, D. Schuettemeyer, M. K. Sha, F. Stroh, J. Ungermann, C. M. Volk, and J. Orphal
  Atmos. Meas. Tech., 8, 2509-2520, doi:10.5194/amt-8-2509-2015, 2015.
• Level 2 processing for the imaging Fourier transform spectrometer GLORIA: derivation and validation of temperature and trace gas volume mixing ratios from calibrated dynamics mode spectra
  J. Ungermann, J. Blank, M. Dick, A. Ebersoldt, F. Friedl-Vallon, A. Giez, T. Guggenmoser, M. Höpfner, T. Jurkat, M. Kaufmann, S. Kaufmann, A. Kleinert, M. Krämer, T. Latzko, H. Oelhaf, F. Olchewski, P. Preusse, C. Rolf, J. Schillings, O. Suminska-Ebersoldt, V. Tan, N. Thomas, C. Voigt, A. Zahn, M. Zöger, and M. Riese
  Atmos. Meas. Tech., 8, 2473-2489, doi:10.5194/amt-8-2473-2015, 2015.
• Retrieval of three-dimensional small scale structures in upper tropospheric/lower stratospheric composition as measured by GLORIA
  M. Kaufmann, J. Blank, T. Guggenmoser, J. Ungermann, A. Engel, M. Ern, F. Friedl-Vallon, D. Gerber, J. U. Grooss, G. Guenther, M. Höpfner, A. Kleinert, Th. Latzko, G. Maucher, T. Neubert, H. Nordmeyer, H. Oelhaf, F. Olschewski, J. Orphal, P. Preusse, H. Schlager, H. Schneider, D. Schuettemeyer, F. Stroh, O. Suminska-Ebersoldt, B. Vogel, C. M. Volk, W. Woiwode, and M. Riese
  Atmos. Meas. Tech., 8, 81-95, doi:10.5194/amt-8-81-2015, 2015.
• A 3-D tomographic retrieval approach with advection compensation for the air-borne limb-imager GLORIA
  J. Ungermann, J. Blank, J. Lotz, K. Leppkes, L. Hoffmann, T. Guggenmoser, M. Kaufmann, P. Preusse, U. Naumann, and M. Riese
  Atmos. Meas. Tech., 4, 2509-2529, doi:10.5194/amt-4-2509-2011, 2011.
• Towards a 3-D tomographic retrieval for the air-borne limb-imager GLORIA
  J. Ungermann, M. Kaufmann, L. Hoffmann, P. Preusse, H. Oelhaf, F. Friedl-Vallon, and M. Riese
  Atmos. Meas. Tech., 3, 1647-1665, doi:10.5194/amt-3-1647-2010, 2010
• New perspectives on gravity wave remote sensing by spaceborne infrared limb imaging
  P. Preusse, S. Schroeder, L. Hoffmann, M. Ern, F. Friedl-Vallon, J. Ungermann, H. Oelhaf, H. Fischer, and M. Riese
  Atmos. Meas. Tech., 2, 299-311, doi:10.5194/amt-2-299-2009, 2009.