Atmospheric Physics and Chemistry Group

Jörg Steinwagner

Research Interests

• Examination of the isotopic composition of the atmosphere by satellite based remote sensing; currently HDO in the UT/LS.
• Inversion techniques in the remote sensing of atmospheric constituents.

Publications

Peer-reviewed papers (first author)

• J. Steinwagner, S. Fueglistaler, G. P. Stiller T. von Clarmann, M. Kiefer, P.-P. Borsboom, A. van Delden, T. Röckmann (2010): Tropical dehydration processes constrained by the saesonality of stratospheric deuterated water, Nature Geoscience 3, 262 - 266 (2010), published online 28 March 2010, doi: 10.1038/ngeo822
• J. Steinwagner, M. Milz, T. von Clarmann, N. Glatthor, U. Grabowski, M. Höpfner, G. P. Stiller, T. Röckmann (2007): HDO measurements with MIPAS, Atmos. Chem. Phys., 7, 2601-2615, 2007
• J. Steinwagner, Schwarz, G., Hilgers, S., (2006): Use of a Maximum Entropy Method as a Regularization Technique during the Retrieval of Trace Gas Profiles from Limb Sounding Measurements, Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology, Vol. 23, No. 12, pp. 1657-1667 (2006), doi:10.1175/JTECH1951.1
• J. Steinwagner and G. Schwarz, (2006): Shape-dependent regularization for the retrieval of atmospheric state parameter profiles, Appl. Opt. 45, 1000-1009 (2006)

Conferences, spring schools, posters, talks etc.

• May 6 – May 7, EGU 2010, Vienna, poster, Global massbalance of stratospheric deuterated water, J. Steinwagner, S. Fueglistaler, G. P. Stiller, T. Röckmann
• Apr 27 – Apr 30, 2010, WAVACS Isotope workshop, talk, Global massbalance of stratospheric deuterated water, J. Steinwagner, S. Fueglistaler, G. P. Stiller, T. Röckmann
• Sep 14 – 26, 2009 Summer school on WATER VAPOUR IN THE CLIMATE SYSTEM (WAVACS), Cargese, Korsika, France, poster: On HDO, J. Steinwagner
• Sep 7 – 11, 2009 Envisat Symposium 2009, Barcelona, Spain, talk: Can MIPAS HDO observations be used to determine the role of convection for moistening the stratosphere? J. Steinwagner, S. Fueglistaler, T. von Clarmann, G. P. Stiller, T. Röckmann
• Apr 20 – 24, 2009 EGU General Assembly, Vienna, Austria, talk, HDO variability in the upper troposphere and lower stratosphere J. Steinwagner, Röckmann, T., Stiller, G. P.
• Apr 14 – 18, 2008 EGU General Assembly, Vienna, Austria, talk: Distribution of HDO as seen by MIPAS, J. Steinwagner, Röckmann, T., Stiller, G. P.
• April 26 - 27, 2007 Envisat Symposium 2007 at Montreux, Switzerland, talk: Global HDO measurements with MIPAS, J. Steinwagner, Röckmann, T., Stiller, G. P., von Clarmann, T., Grabowski, U., Glatthor, N., Höpfner, M., Milz, M.
• Mar 20 - 24, 2006 SCOUT meeting at Forschungszentrum Jülich, poster and talk: Space borne remote sensing of water isotopes with MIPAS - understanding stratosphere/troposphere exchange processes, J. Steinwagner, Röckmann, T., Stiller, G. P., von Clarmann, T., Grabowski, U., Glatthor, N., Höpfner, M., Milz, M.
• Dec 15, 2005 Seminar of the Harvard Atmospheric Chemistry Modeling Group, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, USA, talk: Global distribution of water isotopes retrieved from MIPAS measurements, J. Steinwagner
• Dec 8 - 9, 2005 MIPAS data user meeting, FZK-IMK, Karlsruhe, Germany, talk: Global distribution of water isotopes retrieved from MIPAS measurements, J. Steinwagner
• Nov 8 - 10, 2005 Aura Science Team Meeting, poster: Global distribution of water isotopes retrieved from MIPAS measurements, J. Steinwagner, Röckmann, T., Stiller, G. P., von Clarmann, T., Grabowski, U., Glatthor, N., Höpfner, M., Milz, M.
• Sep 6 - 8, 2005 ASA 2005, Reims, France, poster: Global distribution of water isotopologues retrieved from MIPAS measurements, J. Steinwagner, Röckmann, T., Stiller, G. P., von Clarmann, T., Grabowski, U., Glatthor, N., Höpfner, M., Milz, M.
• June 24, 2005 FZK-IMK seminar, Karlsruhe, Germany, talk: Water isotopologues from MIPAS measurements, J. Steinwagner
• Mar 14 - 24, 2005 Oxford/RAL Spring School in Quantitative Earth Observation, Oxford, UK, poster: Shape-dependent regularization of atmospheric profile retrievals, J. Steinwagner
• Dec 9 - 10, 2004 MIPAS data user meeting, FZK-IMK, Karlsruhe, Germany, talk: Stable Isotope retrieval from MIPAS data - useful, possible?, J. Steinwagner

Reports, proceedings, contributional work

• J. Steinwagner, Fueglistaler, S., Stiller, G., Clarmann, T.von, Borsboom, P.P., Van Delden, A., T. Röckmann (2009) ,Troposphere-to-stratosphere transport: insights from the water isotope 'tape recorder' signal, June 15-17, 2009 5th SCOUT-O3 Annual Meeting, Schliersee
• J. Steinwagner, M. Milz, T. von Clarmann, N. Glatthor, U. Grabowski, G. P. Stiller, T. Röckmann (2007): HDO measurements from space, Proceedings of the ESA Envisat Symposium 2007, Montreux, Switzerland, 22-27 April 2007.
• J. Steinwagner, Röckmann, T., Stiller, G. P., von Clarmann, T., Grabowski, U., Glatthor, N., Höpfner, M., Milz, M., May 7 - 11, 2007 Third SCOUT-O3 Annual Meeting Heraklion, Crete, Greece, poster: Global HDO and δD observations in the UT/LS and TTL from MIPAS/ENVISAT
• J. Steinwagner, Röckmann, T., Stiller, G. P., von Clarmann, T., Grabowski, U., Glatthor, N., Höpfner, M., Milz, M., April 19, 2007 EGU general Assembly 2007 at Vienna, Austria, poster: HDO measurements from space
• J. Steinwagner, M. Milz, T. von Clarmann, N. Glatthor, U. Grabowski, G. P. Stiller, T. Röckmann (2007): HDO measurements from space, Geophysical Research Abstracts, Vol. 9, 00760, 2007, SRef-ID: 1607-7962/gra/EGU2007-A-00760
• Astrid Bracher, L. Amekudzi, K. Bramstedt, M. Buchwitz, K.U. Eichmann, A. Heckel, W. von Hoyningen-Huene, A. Kokhanovsky, S. Mieruch, S. Noël, A. Richter, A. Rozanov, C. von Savigny, A. Schönhardt, J. Steinwagner, M. Weber, H. Bovensmann, J. P. Burrows (2006): Verification and Validation of the new operational SCIAMACHY data set of level-1 v6.02 and level-2 v3.0 products by the IUP using IUP-IFE scientific retrievals and independent measurements, final report
• Thomas Röckmann, J. Steinwagner, S. Füglistaler, T. von Clarmann, G. Stiller, M. Milz, N. Glatthor, U. Grabowski, M. Höpfner (2006): Sep 17-23, 2006, IGAC, Cape Town, poster and talk (2006): Information about stratospheric dehydration processes from satellite based HDO measurements with the MPIAS instrument
• Gabriele P. Stiller, Thomas von Clarmann, Norbert Glatthor, Andrea Linden, Mathias Milz, Tilman Steck, and Jörg Steinwagner (2006): Retrieval of Source Gases in the Tropopause region and Upper Troposphere from MIPAS/ENVISAT Measurements, A contribution to ACCENT-TROPOSAT-2, Task Group 1
• Gabriele P. Stiller, Th. von Clarmann, H. Fischer, B. Funke, G. M. Tsidu, N. Glatthor, U. Grabowski, M. Höpfner, S. Kellmann, M. Kiefer, A. Linden, M. Milz, T. Steck, D.-Y. Yang, M. Lopez-Puertas, J.Steinwagner (2006): Mean age of stratospheric air as derived from MIPAS SF6 distributions Atmospheric Science Conference of ESA, May 8-12, 2006, Frascati, Italy. Abstract Book Vol. n. 30B - ISBN 2-914771-33-0
• Gabriele P. Stiller, Th. von Clarmann, H. Fischer, B. Funke, G. M. Tsidu, N. Glatthor, U. Grabowski, M. Höpfner, S. Kellmann, M. Kiefer, A. Linden, M. Milz, T. Steck, D.-Y. Yang, M. Lopez-Puertas, J.Steinwagner (2006): Global distributions of HO2NO2 as observed by MIPAS Atmospheric Science Conference of ESA, May 8-12, 2006, Frascati, Italy. Abstract Book Vol. n. 30B - ISBN 2-914771-33-0
• Gabriele P. Stiller, Th. von Clarmann, H. Fischer, B. Funke, G. M. Tsidu, N. Glatthor, U. Grabowski, M. Höpfner, S. Kellmann, M. Kiefer, A. Linden, M. Milz, T. Steck, D.-Y. Yang, M. Lopez-Puertas, J.Steinwagner (2006): Enhanced upper stratospheric HNO3 during Antarctic winter 2003 and Arctic winter 2003/2004 Atmospheric Science Conference of ESA, May 8-12, 2006, Frascati, Italy. Abstract Book Vol. n. 30B - ISBN 2-914771-33-0
• Gabriele P. Stiller, Th. von Clarmann, H. Fischer, B. Funke, G. M. Tsidu, N. Glatthor, U. Grabowski, M. Höpfner, S. Kellmann, M. Kiefer, A. Linden, M. Milz, T. Steck, D.-Y. Yang, M. Lopez-Puertas, J.Steinwagner (2006): Atmospheric processes in the upper troposphere and lowermost stratosphere as seen by MIPAS, Atmospheric Science Conference of ESA, May 8-12, 2006, Frascati, Italy. Abstract Book Vol. n. 30B - ISBN 2-914771-33-0
• G. Schwarz and J. Steinwagner, (2006): Shape dependent regularization, (published in German), Annual report 2005 of the department IMF-AP, DLR, 2005.
• V. Levizzani, C. Adamo, P. P. Alberoni, A. Antonini, A. Battaglia, J. P. V. Poiares Baptista, P. Bauer,A. Buzzi, D. Capacci, C. Caracciolo, E. Cattani, M. Celano, D. Cimini, M. J. Costa, S. Davolio, S. Dietrich, M. Fantini, S. di Michele, G. Giuliani, D. E. Hinsman, M. Kästner, A. Khain, C. Kidd, J. Kidd, D. Kniveton, R. Lahav, R. Layberry, I. Lensky, P. Malguzzi, S. Mantovani, F. S. Marzano, A. Maurizi, C. M. Medaglia, S. Melani, F. Meneguzzo, G. Messeri, A. Mugnai, S. Natali, A. Orlandi, A. Ortolani, G. Panegrossi, M. Pasqui, S. Pinori, V. Poli, F. Porcù, F. Prodi, J. F. W. Purdom, D. Rosenfeld, V. Sanderson, E. A. Smith, R. Solomon, J. Steinwagner, F. Tampieri, F. J. Tapiador, A. Tassa, F. Torricella, G. J. Tripoli, F. J. Turk, G. A. Vicente, M. G. Villani (2004): Precipitation Estimation: From the RAO to EURAINSAT and beyond, Proc. 2nd MSG-RAO Meeting, Salzburg, 9-10 September 2004, ESA-SP-582, 113-118, 2004.
• M. Kästner, Steinwagner J., (2004): Precipitation in the Mediterranean region observed with TRMM data, in: Proc. The 2004 EUMETSAT Meteorological Satellite Conference, Prague, Czech Republic, 31.05.-04.06.2004, EUM P 41, 198-205, 2004.
• M. Kästner, Steinwagner, J., (2004): Precipitation in the Mediterranean Region observed with TRMM Microwave Data, Contribution to 14th International Conference on Clouds and Precipitation, Bologna, Italy, 18.-23. July 2004.
• J. Steinwagner, (2004): Optimization of the choice of parameters for an operational off-line retrieval of vertical trace gas profiles from MIPAS data, PhD thesis, published in German as DLR-Forschungsbericht 2004-25, ISSN 1434-8454, ISRN DLR-FB-204-25, 2004.
• J. Steinwagner, (2003): Regional and seasonal analysis of precipitation estimations from TMI Data, (Published in German) Report on WP D1.14, Project EURAINSAT, 2003.
• J. Steinwagner, (2003): Optimization of the MIPAS Processor, (published in German), Annual report 2003 of the department IMF-AP, DLR, 2003.
• A. Doicu, Steinwagner, J., Hilgers, S., (2002): Retrieval-Techniques, (published in German), Annual report 2002 of the department IMF-AP, DLR, 2002.
• G. Schwarz, Hilgers, S., Drescher, A., Steinwagner, J., (2001): The MIPAS-Level-2 Offline Processor, (published in German), Annual report 2001 of the department IMF-AP, DLR, 2001.
• G. Schwarz et al., October 2001 ASSFTS 10 Workshop, Ventura poster (2001): Use of Selected Initial Guesses to the Retrieval of Trace Gas Profiles,
• J. Steinwagner, (1998): Examination of the Low Level Jet of the Monsoon over the Arabian Sea and the Bay of Bengal with TMI-Data, final report for NIO, 1998.
• J. Steinwagner, (1998): Remote Sensing of Wind Velocity over the Ocean with TMI, LMU Munich, diploma thesis (published in German), 1998.

Curriculum vitae

Oct. 2007 - current	University Utrecht, Institute for Atmospheric and Marine Research Utrecht (IMAU), The Netherlands, researcher; Measurements of stratospheric isotopes with remote sensing instruments (Project ISOSAT)
Sep. 2006 - Sep. 2007	University of Bremen, Institute of Environmental Physics, Germany, research associate; Coordination of the improvement of SCIAMACHY limb products (SQWG); Feasibility of water and HDO retrievals from SCIAMACHY measurements
Mar. 2006 - June 2006	Forschungszentrum Karlsruhe, Institut für Meteorologie und Klimaforschung, Germany, research associate; Water isotope measurements with MIPAS (Project)
Aug. 2004 - Dec.2005	Max Planck Institute for Nuclear Physics (MPI-K), Heidelberg, Germany; Post-Doc research associate; Retrieval of stable isotope profiles in the atmosphere from MIPAS data
Aug. 2003 - Dec. 2003	German Aerospace Centre (DLR) e. V., Oberpfaffenhofen, Germany, German Remote Sensing Data Centre (DFD), Dep. Climate and Atmosphere Products (KA); research associate; analysis of precipitation estimations from TMI data; work package D 1.14, project EURAINSAT, EU
May 2000 - July 2003	German Aerospace Centre (DLR) e.V., Oberpfaffenhofen, Germany; Remote Sensing Technology Institute (IMF), Dep. Atmospheric Processors (AP); PhD student
Apr. 1999 - Apr. 2000	science + computing GmbH, Munich, Germany ; consulting and maintenance of network based computer systems
Oct. 1998 - Dec. 1998	National Institute of Oceanography (NIO), Goa, India; Guest scientist in the remote sensing department; application of the results of the diploma thesis to the Arabian Sea and Bay of Bengal

Academic Education

May 2000 - Jun. 2004	Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität, Munich, Germany; Doctorate, Degree: Dr. rer. nat.; obtained on June 28th, 2004
Nov. 1990 Aug. 1998	Technische-Universität, Munich and Ludwig–Maximilians-Universität, Munich, Germany; Studies in Physics/Meteorology; Degree: Diploma in Meteorology; obtained on Aug. 5th, 1998

Apprenticeship

Sep. 1988 - Jun. 1990

Apprenticeship as banker, Munich, Germany; Degree from the chamber of industry and commerce (IHK)

Schooling

Sep. 1979 - Jul. 1988

Rupprecht-Gymnasium Munich, Germany; general qualification for university (Abitur)