Amelie Kirchgaessner

Atmospheric Scientist

Amelie Kirchgaessner

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Amelie Kirchgaessner

Biography

1998 Diploma in Meteorology from the University of Hamburg

2001 Doctorate in Natural Sciences from the Albert-Ludwigs-University in Freiburg

2001 – 2005 University of Hamburg, working on projects BALTIMOS (https://www.researchgate.net/publication/285401195_BALTIMOS-a_coupled_modelling_system_for_the_Baltic_Sea_and_its_drainage_basin) , and the Arctic Climate System Study (ACSYS).

2005 – present Atmospheric and Climate scientist at the British Antarctic Survey

Research interests

Polar meteorology

Boundary layer meteorology

Surface energy balance

Atmosphere – Ice – Sea ice interactions

Climate processes

Cloud microphysics

Collaborations

University of Leeds

University of East Anglia

University of Manchester

Institute for Marine and Atmsopheric Sciences, Utrecht

LATMOS, Paris

TROPOS, Leipzig

Publications from NERC Open Research Archive

2022

Song, Congbo, Becagli, Silvia, Beddows, David C.S., Brean, James, Browse, Jo, Dai, Qili, Dall’Osto, Manuel, Ferracci, Valerio, Harrison, Roy M., Harris, Neil, Li, Weijun, Jones, Anna E. ORCIDORCID record for Anna E. Jones, Kirchgäßner, Amélie ORCIDORCID record for Amélie Kirchgäßner, Kramawijaya, Agung Ghani, Kurganskiy, Alexander, Lupi, Angelo, Mazzola, Mauro, Severi, Mirko, Traversi, Rita, Shi, Zongbo. (2022) Understanding Sources and Drivers of Size-Resolved Aerosol in the High Arctic Islands of Svalbard Using a Receptor Model Coupled with Machine Learning. Environmental Science & Technology, 56 (). 10 pp. 10.1021/acs.est.1c07796

Wagner, David N., Shupe, Matthew D., Cox, Christopher, Persson, Ola G., Uttal, Taneil, Frey, Markus M. ORCIDORCID record for Markus M. Frey, Kirchgaessner, Amélie ORCIDORCID record for Amélie Kirchgaessner, Schneebeli, Martin, Jaggi, Matthias, Macfarlane, Amy R., Itkin, Polona, Arndt, Stefanie, Hendricks, Stefan, Krampe, Daniela, Nicolaus, Marcel, Ricker, Robert, Regnery, Julia, Kolabutin, Nikolai, Shimanshuck, Egor, Oggier, Marc, Raphael, Ian, Stroeve, Julienne, Lehning, Michael. (2022) Snowfall and snow accumulation during the MOSAiC winter and spring seasons. The Cryosphere, 16 (). pp. 10.5194/tc-16-2373-2022

Shupe, Matthew D., Rex, Markus, Blomquist, Byron, Persson, P. Ola G., Schmale, Julia, Uttal, Taneil, Althausen, Dietrich, Angot, Hélène, Archer, Stephen, Bariteau, Ludovic, Beck, Ivo, Bilberry, John, Bucci, Silvia, Buck, Clifton, Boyer, Matt, Brasseur, Zoé, Brooks, Ian M., Calmer, Radiance, Cassano, John, Castro, Vagner, Chu, David, Costa, David, Cox, Christopher J., Creamean, Jessie, Crewell, Susanne, Dahlke, Sandro, Damm, Ellen, de Boer, Gijs, Deckelmann, Holger, Dethloff, Klaus, Dütsch, Marina, Ebell, Kerstin, Ehrlich, André, Ellis, Jody, Engelmann, Ronny, Fong, Allison A., Frey, Markus M. ORCIDORCID record for Markus M. Frey, Gallagher, Michael R., Ganzeveld, Laurens, Gradinger, Rolf, Graeser, Jürgen, Greenamyer, Vernon, Griesche, Hannes, Griffiths, Steele, Hamilton, Jonathan, Heinemann, Günther, Helmig, Detlev, Herber, Andreas, Heuzé, Céline, Hofer, Julian, Houchens, Todd, Howard, Dean, Inoue, Jun, Jacobi, Hans-Werner, Jaiser, Ralf, Jokinen, Tuija, Jourdan, Olivier, Jozef, Gina, King, Wessley, Kirchgaessner, Amelie ORCIDORCID record for Amelie Kirchgaessner, Klingebiel, Marcus, Krassovski, Misha, Krumpen, Thomas, Lampert, Astrid, Landing, William, Laurila, Tiia, Lawrence, Dale, Lonardi, Michael, Loose, Brice, Lüpkes, Christof, Maahn, Maximilian, Macke, Andreas, Maslowski, Wieslaw, Marsay, Christopher, Maturilli, Marion, Mech, Mario, Morris, Sara, Moser, Manuel, Nicolaus, Marcel, Ortega, Paul, Osborn, Jackson, Pätzold, Falk, Perovich, Donald K., Petäjä, Tuukka, Pilz, Christian, Pirazzini, Roberta, Posman, Kevin, Powers, Heath, Pratt, Kerri A., Preußer, Andreas, Quéléver, Lauriane, Radenz, Martin, Rabe, Benjamin, Rinke, Annette, Sachs, Torsten, Schulz, Alexander, Siebert, Holger, Silva, Tercio, Solomon, Amy, Sommerfeld, Anja, Spreen, Gunnar, Stephens, Mark, Stohl, Andreas, Svensson, Gunilla, Uin, Janek, Viegas, Juarez, Voigt, Christiane, von der Gathen, Peter, Wehner, Birgit, Welker, Jeffrey M., Wendisch, Manfred, Werner, Martin, Xie, ZhouQing, Yue, Fange. (2022) Overview of the MOSAiC expedition – Atmosphere. Elementa: Science of the Anthropocene, 10 (). 54 pp. 10.1525/elementa.2021.00060

2021

Orr, Andrew ORCIDORCID record for Andrew Orr, Kirchgaessner, Amélie ORCIDORCID record for Amélie Kirchgaessner, King, John ORCIDORCID record for John King, Phillips, Tony ORCIDORCID record for Tony Phillips, Gilbert, Ella, Elvidge, Andrew, Weeks, Mark, Gadian, Alan, Kuipers Munneke, Peter, van den Broeke, Michiel, Webster, Stuart, McGrath, Daniel. (2021) Comparison of kilometre and sub‐kilometre scale simulations of a foehn wind event over the Larsen C Ice Shelf, Antarctic Peninsula using the Met Office Unified Model (MetUM). Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society, 147 (). pp. 10.1002/qj.4138

Kirchgaessner, Amélie ORCIDORCID record for Amélie Kirchgaessner, King, John C. ORCIDORCID record for John C. King, Anderson, Philip S.. (2021) The impact of Föhn conditions across the Antarctic Peninsula on local meteorology based on AWS measurements. Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres, 126 (). 22 pp. 10.1029/2020JD033748

2020

Turton, Jenny V. ORCIDORCID record for Jenny V. Turton, Kirchgaessner, Amélie ORCIDORCID record for Amélie Kirchgaessner, Ross, Andrew N., King, John C. ORCIDORCID record for John C. King, Kuipers Munneke, Peter. (2020) The influence of föhn winds on annual and seasonal surface melt on the Larsen C Ice Shelf, Antarctica. The Cryosphere, 14 (). 16 pp. 10.5194/tc-14-4165-2020

Kirchgaessner, Amelie ORCIDORCID record for Amelie Kirchgaessner, King, John ORCIDORCID record for John King, Gadian, Alan. (2020) The representation of Föhn events to the east of the Antarctic Peninsula in simulations by the Antarctic Mesoscale Prediction System (AMPS). Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres, 124 (). 17 pp. 10.1029/2019JD030637

2019

Listowski, Constantino, Delanoë, Julien, Kirchgaessner, Amelie ORCIDORCID record for Amelie Kirchgaessner, Lachlan-Cope, Tom ORCIDORCID record for Tom Lachlan-Cope, King, John ORCIDORCID record for John King. (2019) Antarctic clouds, supercooled liquid water and mixed-phase investigated with DARDAR: geographical and seasonal variations. Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, 19 (). pp. 10.5194/acp-19-6771-2019

2018

Turton, Jenny V. ORCIDORCID record for Jenny V. Turton, Kirchgaessner, Amelie ORCIDORCID record for Amelie Kirchgaessner, Ross, Andrew N., King, John C. ORCIDORCID record for John C. King. (2018) The spatial distribution and temporal variability of föhn winds over the Larsen C Ice Shelf, Antarctica. Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society, 144 (). pp. 10.1002/qj.3284

2017

O'Shea, Sebastian J., Choularton, Thomas W., Flynn, Michael, Bower, Keith N., Gallagher, Martin, Crosier, Jonathan, Williams, Paul, Crawford, Ian, Fleming, Zoë L., Listowski, Constantino, Kirchgaessner, Amelie ORCIDORCID record for Amelie Kirchgaessner, Ladkin, Russell S., Lachlan-Cope, Thomas ORCIDORCID record for Thomas Lachlan-Cope. (2017) In situ measurements of cloud microphysics and aerosol over coastal Antarctica during the MAC campaign. Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, 17 (). pp. 10.5194/acp-17-13049-2017

King, J.C. ORCIDORCID record for J.C. King, Kirchgaessner, A. ORCIDORCID record for A. Kirchgaessner, Bevan, S., Elvidge, A.D., Kuipers Munneke, P., Luckman, A., Orr, A. ORCIDORCID record for A. Orr, Renfrew, I.A., van den Broeke, M.R.. (2017) The impact of föhn winds on surface energy balance during the 2010-11 melt season over Larsen C Ice Shelf, Antarctica. Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres, 122 (). pp. 10.1002/2017JD026809

Turton, J.V. ORCIDORCID record for J.V. Turton, Kirchgaessner, A. ORCIDORCID record for A. Kirchgaessner, Ross, A.N., King, J.C. ORCIDORCID record for J.C. King. (2017) Does high-resolution modelling improve the spatial analysis of föhn flow over the Larsen C ice shelf?. Weather, 72 (). pp. 10.1002/wea.3028

2016

Garimella, Sarvesh, Kristensen, Thomas Bjerring, Ignatius, Karolina, Welti, Andre, Voigtländer, Jens, Kulkarni, Gourihar R., Sagan, Frank, Kok, Gregory Lee, Dorsey, James, Nichman, Leonid, Rothenberg, Daniel Alexander, Rösch, Michael, Kirchgäßner, Amélie Catharina Ruth ORCIDORCID record for Amélie Catharina Ruth Kirchgäßner, Ladkin, Russell, Wex, Heike, Wilson, Theodore W., Ladino, Luis Antonio, Abbatt, Jon P. D., Stetzer, Olaf, Lohmann, Ulrike, Stratmann, Frank, Cziczo, Daniel James. (2016) The SPectrometer for Ice Nuclei (SPIN): an instrument to investigate ice nucleation. Atmospheric Measurement Techniques, 9 (). pp. doi:10.5194/amt-9-2781-2016

2015

Lloyd, G., Choularton, T. W., Bower, K. N., Crosier, J., Jones, H., Dorsey, J. R., Gallagher, M. W., Connolly, P., Kirchgaessner, A. C. R. ORCIDORCID record for A. C. R. Kirchgaessner, Lachlan-Cope, T. ORCIDORCID record for T. Lachlan-Cope. (2015) Observations and comparisons of cloud microphysical properties in spring and summertime Arctic stratocumulus clouds during the ACCACIA campaign. Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, 15 (). pp. doi:10.5194/acp-15-3719-2015

King, J.C. ORCIDORCID record for J.C. King, Gadian, A., Kirchgaessner, A. ORCIDORCID record for A. Kirchgaessner, Kuipers Munneke, P., Lachlan-Cope, T.A. ORCIDORCID record for T.A. Lachlan-Cope, Orr, A. ORCIDORCID record for A. Orr, Reijmer, C., van den Broeke, M.R., van Wessem, J.M., Weeks, M.. (2015) Validation of the summertime surface energy budget of Larsen C Ice Shelf (Antarctica) as represented in three high-resolution atmospheric models. Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres, 120 (). pp. 10.1002/2014JD022604

2014

Brümmer, Burghard, Kirchgaessner, Amelie ORCIDORCID record for Amelie Kirchgaessner, Müller, Gerd. (2014) The atmospheric boundary layer structure over the open and ice-covered Baltic Sea: in situ measurements compared to simulations with the regional model REMO. Theoretical and Applied Climatology, 118 (). pp. doi:10.1007/s00704-009-0177-y

2011

Kirchgäßner, Amélie ORCIDORCID record for Amélie Kirchgäßner. (2011) An analysis of precipitation data from the Antarctic base Faraday/Vernadsky. International Journal of Climatology, 31 (). pp. 10.1002/joc.2083

2010

Kirchgäßner, Amélie ORCIDORCID record for Amélie Kirchgäßner. (2010) An analysis of cloud observations from Vernadsky, Antarctica. International Journal of Climatology, 30 (). pp. 10.1002/joc.1998

2009

Turner, John ORCIDORCID record for John Turner, Anderson, Philip, Lachlan-Cope, Thomas ORCIDORCID record for Thomas Lachlan-Cope, Colwell, Steve, Phillips, Tony ORCIDORCID record for Tony Phillips, Kirchgaessner, Amélie ORCIDORCID record for Amélie Kirchgaessner, Marshall, Gareth J. ORCIDORCID record for Gareth J. Marshall, King, John C. ORCIDORCID record for John C. King, Bracegirdle, Tom ORCIDORCID record for Tom Bracegirdle, Vaughan, David G. ORCIDORCID record for David G. Vaughan, Lagun, Victor, Orr, Andrew ORCIDORCID record for Andrew Orr. (2009) Record low surface air temperature at Vostok Station, Antarctica. Journal of Geophysical Research, 114 (). 14 pp. 10.1029/2009JD012104

SSAASI-CLIM Seasalt Aerosol above the Arctic Sea Ice, sources, processes and climate impact: http://gotw.nerc.ac.uk/list_full.asp?pcode=NE%2FS00257X%2F1&cookieConsent=A

BALTIMOS: BALTEX Integral Model Study (http://www.borenv.net/BER/pdfs/ber7/ber7-371.pdf)

ACSYS: Arctic Climate SYStem Study (https://www2.meteo.uni-bonn.de/projekte/acsys/)

 

2021

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