Dr. Cristofer Jimenez
Leibniz Institute for Tropospheric Research (TROPOS)
Permoserstraße 15
04318 Leipzig
Mail: cristofer.jimenez@tropos.de
Function
Scientific staff
Department
Remote Sensing of Atmospheric Processes
Research areas & research interest
- Remote sensing of aerosol-cloud interactions.
- Development of lidar instruments and methods.
- Dual-FOV lidar and lidar/radar synergy for cloud remote sensing.
- Raman, Polarization, and fluorescence lidar for aerosol characterization and aerosol-cloud research.
Current projects
- Lidar/radar synergistic retrieval of ice-cloud microphysical properties (LIRAS-ice).
- Long term liquid-cloud characterization by means of dual-FOV polarizaiton lidar.
- Modernization and expansion of the MARTHA high-performance fluorescence lidar for long-term climate and environmental research.
- EXCELSIOR – Transfer of knowledge and technology in the framework of th implementation of the Eratosthenes Centre of Excellence (ECoE) in Limassol, Cyprus.
- PollyNET – Portable lidar network for worldwide aerosol and cloud observations.
Completed projects
- Vertically resolved studies of aerosol-cloud interaction - New approach: cloud microphysical properties from dual-field-of-view polarization Lidar.
- SCiAMO – Smoke-Cirrus interaction in the Arctic - a new research initiative in the framework of MOSAiC.
- MOSAiC – Multidisciplinary drifting Observatory for the Study of Arctic Climate, 2019/20.
- HD(CP)2 – High definition clouds and precipitation for advancing climate prediction.
- DACAPO-PESO – Dynamics, Aerosol, Cloud And Precipitation Observations
Measuring Systems (constructed and supervised)
- MARTHA (Multiwavelength Atmospheric Raman Lidar for Temperature, Humidity, and Aerosol Profiling)
Curriculum vitae
Academic Qualification