Projects

We have been involved in several international and national projects that encompasses collaborations with many partner institutes and scientists. They are divided here into international (EU, ESA, etc.) and national (German) projects.

International projects

  • ESA, Product Evaluation of GEMS L2 via Assesment with S5P and other Sensors (PEGASOS), Contract No. 4000138176/22/I-DT-lr, 2022-2024.
  • ESA, Copernicus ATM Mission Performance (ATM-MPC), Contract No. 4000137010/21/I-BG, 2022-2027.
  • ESA, Atmosphere Science Cluster - Research Opportunities 1: Ozone Recovery from Merged Observational Data and Model Analysis (OREGANO), Contract No. 4000137112/22/I-AG, 2022-2024.
  • ESA, Preparation and Operations of the Mission Performance Centre (MPC) for the Copernicus Sentinel-S Precursor Satellite (S5P-MPC), Contract No. 4000117151/16/1-LG, 2017-2022.
  • European Metrology Research Programme (EMRP)/Researcher Excellence Grant (REG), ENV59 Traceability for atmospheric total columne ozone (ATMOZ), 2014-2017.
  • ESA Climate Change Initiative (CCI): Ozone_CCI Phase 2 (Ozone_cci ), 2013-2016.
  • EU, First European Comprehensive Solar Irradiance Data Exploitation, (SOLID, coordinator: Werner Schmutz, PMOD-WRC, Davos), 2012-2015
  • ESA Climate Change Initiative (CCI): Ozone_CCI, (Ozone_cci), 2011-2013.
  • ESA Contract, ESRIN/RFQ/3-13173/10/I-LG, SCIAMACHY Long Term Validation (SCILOV-10), 2011-2013.
  • ESA Contract RFQ/3-12160/07/I-LG, Harmonisation of GOME, SCIAMACHY, GOME-2 Ozone and Nitrogen Dioxide Cross-sections (HARMONICS), 2008-2010
  • ESA Contract ENVI-CL-EOPG-SW-04-0017, SCIAMACHY Long Term Validation (SCILOV), 2005-2009.
  • International Space Science Institute Team (ISSI-Team) "Spectral Interpretation and Modelling of Solar Spectral Irradiance Measurements", 2007-2009.
  • EU, Stratosphere-Climate Links with emphasis on the UTLS (SCOUT-O3, Coordinator: Prof. John Pyle, Univ. Cambridge), 2004-2009.
  • ECMWF, Chemical and dynamical influences on decadal ozone change (SPDECDIO), 2003-2011 (link: ECMWF Special projects)
  • European Union EVK2-CT-2001-00133, Chemical and Dynamical Influences on Decadal Ozone Change (CANDIDOZ, PI Prof. Esko Kyrö, FMI, Finland), 2002-2005.
  • European Space Agency Contract ESRIN 16402/02/I-LG, GOME Total Ozone Column Retrieval Development (GOTOCORD), 2002-2004 (project web page)
  • EUMETSAT Contract EUM/CO/01/901/DK, GOME-2 Error Assessment Study (Coordinator: Dr. Brian Kerridge, RAL, UK), 2001-2004 (Final Report: PDF, 17.4Mb, Executive Summary:PDF, 0.7Mb, Final Report Extension Phase: PDF, 6.7Mb, Executive Summary Extension Phase: PDF, 0.7Mb)
  • Ozone Profile Retrieval from Broadband Nadir UV/VIS satellite spectra: How accurate is the tropospheric profile?, Part of Task Group 1: Development of Algorithms in EUROTRAC-2 Project TROPOSAT - The Use and Usability of Satellite Data for Tropospheric Research, 2000-2002
  • European Union EVK2-2000-00545, Quantification and Interpretation of Long- Term UV-Visible Observations of the Stratosphere (QUILT, PI Dr. W. Arlander, NILU, Norway), 2000-2003
  • ESA Category 1 Data Usage Project Nr. 1008, GOME Satellite Observations in Near-Real-Time during the Arctic Winter/Spring Seasons 2000/01-2001/02, 2000-2002
  • ESA-Earth Observation Project 666 (ESA-EO 666), Validation of SCIAMACHY and GOMOS with SAGE III (PI Dr. William Chu, NASA Langley Research Center USA), 2000-2002
  • ESA-Earth Observation Project 651 (ESA-EO 651), Validation of ENVISAT Trace Gas Data Products by Comparison with GOME/ERS-2 and other Satellite Sensors, 2000-2002
  • European Union EVK2-1999-00311, Improved Understanding of Stratospheric Ozone Loss by Measurements and Modelling Contributing to THESEO 2000 and SOLVE, (THESEO-EUROSOLVE,PI Dr. Geir Braathen, NILU, Norway), 1999-2000
  • ESA-ERS AO3 377 (ESA-ERS Announcement of Opportunity 3 Project), Ozone Vertical Profile Retrieval from GOME/ERS2: Optimization, Validation, and new Scientific Data Products, 1999-2001
  • ESA-ERS AO3 344 GOME real-time Total Column Ozone and Ozone Profiles with Neural Networks (PI Anton Kaifel, ZSW Stuttgart), 1999-2001
  • EU ENV4-CT97-0418, GOME Data Interpretation, Validation and Application (GODIVA, PI Dr. A. Goede, SRON, The Netherlands), 1997-2000

German projects

  • BMBF, Stratosphäre-Troposphäre-Wechselwirkung in der Arktis: Ozonverteilung in synoptischen Ereignissen (SynopSys - Ozon), BMBF Project No. 03F0872B (Verbundprojekt mit SWS und AWI Potsdam), 2019-2024.
  • BMWi, "Troposphärisches Ozon in mittleren Breiten aus S5P/TROPOMI Satellitendaten (TROPO3-MIDLAT)", FKZ 50EE1916, 2021-2024.
  • BMBF, Long-term trends in solar spectral irradiances from satellite observations during solar cycles 23 and 24 (SCIASOL), Priority Program "The Role of the Middle Atmosphere in Climate (ROMIC)", 2014-2017.
  • DLR Bonn/BMWi, Wissenschaftliche Vorbereitung der operationellen Datenauswertung und Entwicklung neuer Datenprodukte für GMES Sentinel 5 Precursor, 2013-2015
  • DFG, SHARP - Stratospheric Change and its Role for Climate Prediction: How is the evolution of stratospheric ozone affected by climate change, and how strong is the feedback? (SHARP-OFC), 2009-2015 (Link)
  • DFG, SHARP - Stratospheric Change and its Role for Climate Prediction: How is stratospheric water vapour affected by climate change, and which processes are responsible? (SHARP-WV), 2009-2015 (Link)
  • BMWi, Langzeit-Validierung von SCIAMACHY und MIPAS an Bord von ENVISAT (ENVIVAL-LIFE), 2008-2013
  • DFG WE 3647/1-1, Special Programme CAWSES (Climate and Weather of the Sun-Earth System), Investigation of solar UV irradiance variation on hourly to decadal time scales and its impact on middle atmospheric ozone and ozone climate interaction (SOLOZON II), 2005-2009
  • GSF Project 07ATF42, Vertical Ozone Distributions and Stratospheric Columns of NO2, OClO, and BrO from GOME and SCIAMACHY nadir satellite data: Data Product Optimization and Scientific Studies of the Lower Stratospheric Dynamics and Chemistry (GOMSTRAT), National Atmospheric Research Programme AFO2000, National Research Center for Environment and Health GSF and BMBF, 2001-2004 (Final Report: PDF, 2.8Mb)
  • BMBF FKZ 01SF9994, Validierung von ENVISAT Spurengasverteilungen durch Vergleich mit GOME/ERS-2 und anderen Satelliteninstrumenten und Prozeßstudie zur Tag-Nacht-Variation und Dämmerungschemie von Stick- und Halogenoxiden in der unteren und mittleren Stratosphäre. Institute of Environmental Physics, University Bremen within BMBF project of HGF-Networking-Fonds-Project "Generierung und Validierung von Datenprodukten aus ENVISAT Messungen sowie deren Nutzung zur Erforschung der oberen Troposphäre und Stratosphäre", 2001-2004 (Abschlussbericht Uni Bremen, PDF, 4.4Mb).
  • DLR 50EE0025, Deutsche Agentur für Raumfahrtangelegenheit and BMBF, Validation of Sciamachy In-Flight Measured Irradiances, Radiances, and selected Tracegas Products by Comparison with Measurements from Independent Satellites (VIRTIS), 2000-2004 (Abschlussbericht, PDF, 3.5Mb)
  • DLR Project 50EE9905, Real-Time Retrieval of Ozone from GOME Data, Sponsor: Deutsche Agentur für Raumfahrtangelegenheit and BMBF, 1999-2002
  • DLR PTUSF 01LO9607/1, Interpretation of Ozone Vertical Profiles and their Variation in the Northern Hemisphere Using GOME Satellite Data, National Ozone Research Programme (OFP), Sponsor: BMBF and DLR PT Umweltsystemforschung, 1997-1999
  • DLR PTUSF 01LU9704/2, Solar UVB Surface Flux from GOME Satellite Data, National Ozone Research Programme (OFP), Sponsor: BMBF and DLR PT Umweltsystemforschung, 1998-2001
  • DARA 50EE94400: Scientific Data Products and Process Studies from GOME, Deutsche Agentur für Raumfahrtangelegenheit (DARA), Sponsor: BMBF and ESA/ERS AO2, 1995-1998