Affiliation:
Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt, Institut für Physik der Atmosphäre, Oberpfaffenhofen, Germany

Head of the Institute: Prof. Dr. Markus Rapp

Institute of Atmospheric Physics The Institute of Atmospheric Physics investigates the physics and chemistry of the global atmosphere from the Earth's surface up to the upper boundary of the middle atmosphere at about 120 km height. As an institute of the German Aerospace Center (DLR) we answer questions associated with atmospheric processes and with relevance to the research programmes "Aeronautics, Space, and Transportation" and "Energy" of the Helmholtz Association (HGF). Full article

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Global air transport contributes 3.5 percent to global warming 24. September 2020 Global air transport accounts for 3.5 percent of anthropogenic climate warming. Only one third of aviation's climate impact is due to carbon dioxide emissions and two thirds to non-carbon-dioxide effects. These are the findings of a comprehensive international study, which provides the most comprehensive insight to date into the impact of air transport on the climate. Full article

ESMValTool version 2.0 released 21. September 2020 A fully revised version of the Earth System Model Evaluation Tool was recently made available to the scientific community. The release was made possible by a shared effort of the international ESMValTool development team, which consists of about 200 developers from 70 institutions. Full article

Discovery of record-breaking mountain waves above the South American Andes 03 September 2020 Members of the Middle Atmosphere matrix group observed gigantic mountain waves in southern Argentina. Highly precise measurements were made with the CORAL lidar. Full article

Noise weather: Quantification of the influence of weather on noise in the vicinity of a motorway 2 September 2020 The research project 'Noise weather' targeted the influence of weather on sound propagation in computational methods. This project has been successfully completed by proposing a practical and simple procedure for improving calculations according to German standards, also verified by long-term measurements. Full article

Towards spaceborne monitoring of CO2 emissions from power plants – DLR mission „CO2Image“ now in phase A 15 July 2020 A reliable global observation system is needed for the independent monitoring of global CO2 emissions, as foreseen in the Paris agreement. A recent study from IPA now shows that DLR’s compact satellite demonstrator mission CO2Image would be able to detect 90% of the emissions from coal-fired power plants. Full article

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