Prof. Hartmut Bösch

About

2022 – today
Professor, Institute for Environmental Physics, FB1, University of Bremen, Germany

2015 – 2022
Divisional Director and Member of Executive Team of the UK National Centre for Earth Observation NCEO

2015 – 2022
Head of Earth Observation Science (EOS), School of Physics and Astronomy

2012 – 2022
Lecturer/Reader/Professor, School of Physics and Astronomy, University of Leicester, UK

2007 – 2012
RCUK Fellow, School of Physics and Astronomy, University of Leicester, UK

2006 – 2007
Scientist, NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, USA

2003 – 2005
Postdoctoral Scholar, NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, USA

2002 – 2003
Postdoctoral Scholar, Institute of Environmental Physics, University of Heidelberg, Germany

2002
Doctorate Degree in Physics, Institute of Environmental Physics, University of Heidelberg, Germany, Supervisor: Prof. U. Platt

1998
Diplom (Master) in Physics, Institute of Environmental Physics, University of Heidelberg, Germany, Supervisor: Prof. U. Platt

Publications

1) Arosio, C., Chipperfield, M. P., Rozanov, A., Weber, M., Dhomse, S., Feng, W., et al. (2024). Investigating zonal asymmetries in stratospheric ozone trends from satellite limb observations and a chemical transport model. Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres, 129, e2023JD040353. https://doi.org/10.1029/2023JD040353
2) Fuentes Andrade, B., Buchwitz, M., Reuter, M., Bovensmann, H., Richter, A., Boesch, H., and Burrows, J. P.: A method for estimating localized CO2 emissions from co-located satellite XCO2 and NO2 images, Atmos. Meas. Tech., 17, 1145–1173, https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-17-1145-2024, 2024.
3) Hachmeister, J., Schneising, O., Buchwitz, M., Burrows, J. P., Notholt, J., and Buschmann, M.: Zonal variability of methane trends derived from satellite data, Atmos. Chem. Phys., 24, 577–595, https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-24-577-2024, 2024.
4) Lange, K., Richter, A., Bösch, T., Zilker, B., Latsch, M., Behrens, L. K., Okafor, C. M., Bösch, H., Burrows, J. P., Merlaud, A., Pinardi, G., Fayt, C., Friedrich, M. M., Dimitropoulou, E., Van Roozendael, M., Ziegler, S., Ripperger-Lukosiunaite, S., Kuhn, L., Lauster, B., Wagner, T., Hong, H., Kim, D., Chang, L.-S., Bae, K., Song, C.-K., Park, J.-U., and Lee, H.: Validation of GEMS tropospheric NO2 columns and their diurnal variation with ground-based DOAS measurements, Atmos. Meas. Tech., 17, 6315–6344, https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-17-6315-2024, 2024.
5) Maratt Satheesan, S., Eichmann, K.-U., Burrows, J. P., Weber, M., Stauffer, R., Thompson, A. M., and Kollonige, D.: Improved convective cloud differential (CCD) tropospheric ozone from S5P-TROPOMI satellite data using local cloud fields, Atmos. Meas. Tech., 17, 6459–6484, https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-17-6459-2024, 2024.
6) Monsees, F., Rozanov, A., Burrows, J. P., Weber, M., Rinke, A., Jaiser, R., and von der Gathen, P.: Relations between cyclones and ozone changes in the Arctic using data from satellite instruments and the MOSAiC ship campaign, Atmos. Chem. Phys., 24, 9085-9099, https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-24-9085-2024,2024.
7) Noël, S., Buchwitz, M., Hilker, M., Reuter, M., Weimer, M., Bovensmann, H., Burrows, J. P., Bösch, H., and Lang, R.: Greenhouse gas retrievals for the CO2M mission using the FOCAL method: first performance estimates, Atmos. Meas. Tech., 17, 2317–2334, https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-17-2317-2024, 2024.
8) Orfanoz-Cheuquelaf, A., Arosio, C., Rozanov, A., Weber, M., Ladstätter-Weißenmayer, A., Burrows, J. P., Thompson, A. M., Stauffer, R. M., and Kollonige, D. E.: Tropospheric ozone column dataset from OMPS-LP/OMPS-NM limb nadir matching, Atmos. Meas. Tech., 17, 1791-1809, https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-17-1791-2024, 2024.
9) Pohl, C., Wrana, F., Rozanov, A., Deshler, T., Malinina, E., von Savigny, C., Rieger, L. A., Bourassa, A. E., and Burrows, J. P.: Stratospheric aerosol characteristics from SCIAMACHY limb observations: two-parameter retrieval, Atmos. Meas. Tech., 17, 41534181, https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-17-4153-2024, 2024.
10) Rozanov, A., Pohl, C., Arosio, C., Bourassa, A., Bramstedt, K., Malinina, E., Rieger, L., and Burrows, J. P.: Retrieval of stratospheric aerosol extinction coefficients from sun-normalized Ozone Mapper and Profiler Suite Limb Profiler (OMPS-LP) measurements, Atmos. Meas. Tech., 17, 66776695, https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-17-6677-2024, 2024.
11) Schneising, O., Buchwitz, M., Reuter, M., Weimer, M., Bovensmann, H., Burrows, J. P., and Bösch, H.: Towards a sector-specific CO/CO2 emission ratio: Satellite-based observation of CO release from steel production in Germany, Atmos. Chem. Phys., 24, 7609–7621, https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-24-7609-2024, 2024.
12) Sofieva, V. F., Rozanov, A., Szelag, M., Burrows, J. P., Retscher, C., Damadeo, R., Degenstein, D., Rieger, L. A., and Bourassa, A.: CREST: a Climate Data Record of Stratospheric Aerosols, Earth Syst. Sci. Data, 16, 52275241, https://doi.org/10.5194/essd-16-5227-2024, 2024.
13) Sofieva, V. F., Szelag, M., Tamminen, J., Fussen, D., Bingen, C., Vanhellemont, F., Mateshvili, N., Rozanov, A., and Pohl, C.: Multi-wavelength dataset of aerosol extinction profiles retrieved from GOMOS stellar occultation measurements, Atmos. Meas. Tech., 17, 30853101, https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-17-3085-2024, 2024.
14)  Swain, Basudev and Vountas, Marco and Deroubaix, Adrien and Lelli, Luca and Ziegler, Yanick and Jafariserajehlou, Soheila and Gunthe, Sachin S. and Herber, Andreas and Ritter, Christoph and Bösch, Hartmut and Burrows, John P. (2024) Retrieval of aerosol optical depth over the Arctic cryosphere during spring and summer using satellite observations. Atmospheric Measurement Techniques, 17 (1). pp. 359-375. ISSN 1867-8548, https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-17-359-2024
15) Swain, Basudev and Vountas, Marco and Singh, Aishwarya and Anchan, Nidhi L. and Deroubaix, Adrien and Lelli, Luca and Ziegler, Yanick and Gunthe, Sachin S. and Bösch, Hartmut and Burrows, John P. (2024) Aerosols in the central Arctic cryosphere: satellite and model integrated insights during Arctic spring and summer. Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, 24 (9). pp. 5671-5693. ISSN 1680-7324, https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-24-5671-2024
16) Swain, Basudev and Vountas, Marco and Singh, Aishwarya and Gunthe, Sachin S. (2024) Tracing human influence on rising surface air temperature in Venezuela. Scientific Reports, 14 (1). ISSN 2045-2322 , https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-024-79671-x
17) Vanselow, S., Schneising, O., Buchwitz, M., Reuter, M., Bovensmann, H., Boesch, H., and Burrows, J. P.: Automated detection of regions with persistently enhanced methane concentrations using Sentinel-5 Precursor satellite data, Atmos. Chem. Phys., 24, 10441–10473, https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-24-10441-2024, 2024.
18) Weber, M.: Stability requirements of satellites to detect long-term stratospheric ozone trends based upon Monte Carlo simulations, Atmos. Meas. Tech., 17, 3597–3604, https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-17-3597-2024, 2024.

Institute

Abteilung Physik und Chemie der Atmosphäre ist eine international führende Forschungsgruppe im Bereich der Fernerkundung von klimarelevanten Spurengasen, Luftschadstoffen und Aerosolen mit den Forschungsschwerpunkte:

  • Treibhausgase und Klimawandel
  • Luftqualität und Luftverschmutzung)
  • Aerosol und Wolken
  • Ozonschicht/Stratosphäre
  • Technologieentwicklung und –transfer