Andreas Foth

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andreas [dot] foth [at] uni [dash] leipzig [dot] de
University of Leipzig
Institute for Meteorology
Stephanstr. 3
04103 Leipzig

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Prager Straße 34, Room 503
04317 Leipzig

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My research mainly addresses the determination of the state of the atmosphere using ground-based and spaceborn remote sensing, both active and passive. Which measurement instruments can be usefully combined to observe a height profile of the entire troposphere, especially during cloud cover and precipitation? How could we use such measurements to parameterize precipitation evaporation, for example?

A novel synergistic retrieval approach to enable tropospheric temperature and humidity profiling under all weather conditions for an improved quantification of evaporation rates
Duration: 04/2020 - 03/2023
Funded by: DFG Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft
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• since 04/2020: Scientific employee at Leipzig Institute for Meteorology (LIM), University of Leipzig, Germany
  
• 01/2020 - 03/2020: Scientific employee at the Leibniz Institute for Tropospheric Research (TROPOS)
  
• 01/2017 - 12/2019: Scientific employee at Leipzig Institute for Meteorology (LIM), University of Leipzig, Germany
  
• 01/2013 - 01/2017: PhD student at Leipzig Institute for Meteorology (LIM), University of Leipzig, Germany
  

• 01/2013 - 01/2017: PhD in meteorology, Leipzig Institute for Meteorology (LIM), University of Leipzig, Germany, thesis: “Optimal estimation of water vapour profiles usinga combination of Raman lidar and microwave radiometer”.
  
• 10/2010 - 12/2012: Master of science in meteorology,Leipzig Institute for Meteorology (LIM), University of Leipzig, Germany, Master thesis: “Bestimmung der vertikalen Aerosolverteilung über PuntaArenas, Chile (53.2°S, 70.9°W)”.
  
• 10/2006 - 09/2010: Bachelor of science in meteorology,Leipzig Institute for Meteorology (LIM), University of Leipzig, Germany, Bachelor thesis: “Stadtklima und Luftschadstoffe in Leipzig”.
  

• Remote sensing
  • Raman lidar
  • Mikrowave radiometer
  • Cloud, rain, and wind profiling radar
  • Spaceborn lidar observations with CALIOP on board of CALIPSO
• Inverse modelling
• Atmospheric retrieval algorithm development
• Synergy of measurement systems
• Precipitation evaporation parameterization
• Derivation of aerosol optical properties based on Raman lidar technique

2020

Ansmann, A., Ohneiser, K., Mamouri, R.-E., Knopf, D. A., Veselovskii, I., Baars, H., Engelmann, R., Foth, A., Jimenez, C., Seifert, P., and Barja, B.: Tropospheric and stratospheric wildfire smoke profiling with lidar: Mass, surface area, CCN and INP retrieval, Atmos. Chem. Phys. Discuss. [preprint], https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-2020-1093, in review, 2020.

Foth, A., Zimmer, J., Lauermann, F., and Kalesse, H.: Evaluation of micro rain radar-based precipitation classification algorithms to discriminate between stratiform and convective precipitation, Atmos. Meas. Tech. Discuss. [preprint], https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-2020-290, in review, 2020.

Ohneiser, K., Ansmann, A., Baars, H., Seifert, P., Barja, B., Jimenez, C., Radenz, M., Teisseire, A., Floutsi, A., Haarig, M., Foth, A., Chudnovsky, A., Engelmann, R., Zamorano, F., Bühl, J., and Wandinger, U.: Smoke of extreme Australian bushfires observed in the stratosphere over Punta Arenas, Chile, in January 2020: optical thickness, lidar ratios, and depolarization ratios at 355 and 532 nm, Atmos. Chem. Phys., 20, 8003–8015, https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-20-8003-2020, 2020.

2019

Foth, A., Kanitz, T., Engelmann, R., Baars, H., Radenz, M., Seifert, P., Barja, B., Fromm, M., Kalesse, H., and Ansmann, A.: Vertical aerosol distribution in the southern hemispheric midlatitudes as observed with lidar in Punta Arenas, Chile (53.2° S and 70.9° W), during ALPACA, Atmos. Chem. Phys., 19, 6217-6233, https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-19-6217-2019, 2019.

2017

Foth, A. and Pospichal, B.: Optimal estimation of water vapour profiles using a combination of Raman lidar and microwave radiometer, Atmos. Meas. Tech., 10, 3325-3344, https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-10-3325-2017, 2017.

Foth, A.: Optimal estimation of water vapour profiles using a combination of Raman lidar and microwave radiometer, Ph.D. thesis, Faculty of Physics and Earth Science, University of Leipzig, 2017.

2016

Macke, A. et al. including Foth, A.: The HD(CP)2 Observational Prototype Experiment HOPE – An Overview, Atmos. Chem. Phys. Discuss.,doi:10.5194/acp-2016-990, in review, 2016.

Foth, A., Baars, H., Di Girolamo, P., and Pospichal, B.: Continuous Time Series of Water Vapor Profiles from a Combination of Raman Lidar and Microwave Radiometer, EPJ Web of Conferences, 119, 05001, doi:10.1051/epjconf/201611905001, 2016.

Baars, H. et al. including Foth, A.: An overview of the first decade of PollyNET: an emerging network of automated Raman-polarization lidars for continuous aerosol profiling, Atmos. Chem. Phys., 16, 5111-5137, doi:10.5194/acp-16-5111-2016, 2016.

2015

Foth, A., Baars, H., Di Girolamo, P., and Pospichal, B.: Water vapour profiles from Raman lidar automatically calibrated by microwave radiometer data during HOPE, Atmos. Chem. Phys., 15, 7753-7763, doi:10.5194/acp- 5-7753-2015, 2015.

2014

Kanitz, T., Ansmann, A., Foth, A., Seifert, P., Wandinger, U., Engelmann, R., Baars, H., Althausen, D., Casiccia, C., and Zamorano, F.: Surface matters: limitations of CALIPSO V3 aerosol typing in coastal regions, Atmos. Meas. Tech., 7, 2061-2072, doi:10.5194/amt-7-2061-2014, 2014.

2012

Kanitz T., Foth, A., Wandinger U., Ansmann A., Engelmann R., Althausen D., Casiccia C., and Zamorano F.: CALIOP observations in coastal regions at southern midlatitudes compared to PollyXT measurements, Reviewed extended abstracts of the 26th International Laser Radar Conference (ILRC), Porto Heli, Greece, 25 - 29 June, 2012.