Written Scientific Publications

Year 2008

Papers in International Journals, International Proceedings Papers, Books

Cai, H., S. Ma, and G. Kirchengast
Numerical simulation of ionization enhancement in the topside ionosphere of cusp foot-point region caused by low energy particle precipitation
Wuhan Univ. J. Nat. Sci., 13, 185-190, 2008

Foelsche, U., G. Kirchengast, M. Borsche, B. Pirscher, and A.K. Steiner
Creating a Consistent Radio Occultation Data Bae for Climate Studies in the Upper Troposphere and Lower Stratosphere
Proc. of the ECMWF GRAS-SAF Workshop on Applications of Radio Occultation Measurements, June 2008, ECMWF, Reading, UK, 151-165, 2008

Foelsche, U., G. Kirchengast, A. K. Steiner, L. Kornblueh, E. Manzini, and L. Bengtsson
An observing system simulation experiment for climate monitoring with GNSS radio occultation data: setup and testbed study
J. Geophys. Res., 113, D11108, doi:10.1029/2007JD009231, 2008
[pdf (~1.0 MB)] 

Foelsche, U., M. Borsche, A. K. Steiner, A. Gobiet, B. Pirscher, G. Kirchengast, J. Wickert, and T. Schmidt
Observing upper troposphere-lower stratosphere climate with radio occultation data from the CHAMP satellite
Climate Dyn., 31, 49-65, doi:10.1007/s00382-007-0337-7, 2008
[pdf (~2.7 MB)]

Löscher, A., and G. Kirchengast
Variational data assimilation for deriving global climate analyses from GNSS radio occultation data
GPS Solut., doi:10.1007/s10291-008-0087-y, 2008
[pdf (~0.5 MB)]

Löscher, A., C. Retscher, L. Fusco, P. Goncalves, F. Brito, and G. Kirchengast
Variational optimization for global climate analysis on ESA’s high performance computing grid
Rem. Sen. Environ., 112, 1450-1463, 2008
[pdf (~1.3 MB)]

Luntama, J.-P., G. Kirchengast, M. Borsche, U. Foelsche, A.K. Steiner, S. Healy, A. von Engeln, E. O'Clerigh, and C. Marquardt
Prospects of the EPS Gras mission for operational atmospheric applications
Bull. Amer. Met. Soc., 89, 1863-1875, doi:10.1175/2008BAMS2399.1, 2008
[pdf (~3.4 MB)]

Selected Reports from International Report Series of the Center

Binder, S., T. Kabas, A. Leuprecht, C. Bichler, and G. Kirchengast
WegenerNet Klimastationsnetz Region Feldbach: ein Pionierexperiment
Proc. 10. Österr Klimatag, March 2008, Vienna, Austria, V08, 2008
[pdf (179 kB); req. print]

Borsche, M., U. Foelsche, B. Pirscher, A. K. Steiner, C. Lackner, J. Fritzer, M. Pock, and G. Kirchengast
Radiookkultation für globale und regionale Klimabeobachtung der Atmosphäre: Ergebnisse des Wegener Zentrums Graz
Proc. 10. Österr Klimatag, March 2008, Vienna, Austria, V08, 2008

Foelsche, U., G. Kirchengast, M. Borsche, B. Pirscher, and A.K. Steiner
Creating a Consistent Radio Occultation Data Base for Climate Studies in the Upper Troposphere and Lower
Stratosphere, Proc. of the ECMWF GRAS-SAF Workshop on Applications of Radio Occultation Measurements, June 2008, ECMWF, Reading, UK, 151-165, 2008
[pdf (~ 1.5 MB); req. print]

Kirchengast, G., S. Schweitzer, B. Pirscher, M. Pock, F. Ladstädter, B.C. Lackner, I. Thaler, M. Borsche, U. Foelsche, A.K. Steiner, and J. Fritzer
EOPSCLIM – End-to-end Occultation Processing System and Climate Monitoring Service: MetOp GRAS and ACCURATE Integration (Final Report)
Tech. Rep. for FFG-ALR No. 2/2008, 4 pp (Exec.Summary) + FFG-ALR Rep. No.5/2007 and No.1/2008, Wegener Center, Univ. of Graz, Austria, 2008
[pdf (327 kB); req.print]

Kirchengast, G., T. Kabas, S. Binder, A. Leuprecht und C. Bichler
Pionierexperiment WegenerNet Klimastationsnetz: Ein neuartiges Messnetz in der Region Feldbach (Steiermark/Österreich) zur Beobachtung von Wetter und Klima mit sehr hoher Auflösung
Wiss. Ber. Nr. 23-2008, ISBN 978-3-9502615-0-9, Wegener Center Verlag Graz, Austria, 2008
[pdf (~4.9 MB); req.print]
http://www.wegcenter.at/wcv

Pirscher, B., U. Foelsche, M. Borsche, and G. Kirchengast
Globale Analyse des Temperatur-Tagesgangs in der oberen Troposphäre und unteren Stratosphäre mittels Radio-Okkultations-Daten
Proc. 10. Österr Klimatag, March 2008, Vienna, Austria, V09, 2008

Schweitzer, S., B. Pirscher, M. Pock, F. Ladstädter, M. Borsche, U. Foelsche, J. Fritzer, and G. Kirchengast
End-to-end Generic Occultation Performance Simulation and Processing System EGOPS: Enhancement of GPS RO Data Processing and IR Laser Occultation Capabilities
Tech. Rep. for FFG-ALR No. 1/2008, 47 pp, Wegener Center, Univ. of Graz, Austria, 2008
(pdf (~ 4.01 MB); req.print]