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Armin Kleinboehl's Picture
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Jet Propulsion Laboratory
M/S 169-237
4800 Oak Grove Drive
Pasadena, CA 91109
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+1 818-393-6421
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Armin Kleinboehl

Education
  • Diplom (M.Sc.), Physics, University of Frankfurt (Main), Germany (1999)
  • Ph.D., Atmospheric Physics, University of Bremen, Germany (2003)
Research Interests
  • Retrieval of atmospheric parameters from measurements of the Martian atmosphere to study its structure, dynamics, and composition.
  • Measurement of structure and chemical composition of Earth's middle atmosphere.
  • Remote sensing of atmospheres in the infrared and microwave wavelength regions.
Projects

MRO - Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter Icon MRO - Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter
NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO) launched in 2005 and is on a search for evidence that water persisted on the surface of Mars for a long period of time.

Professional Experience
  • Jet Propulsion Laboratory (2007 - present)
    • Scientist
    • Caltech Post-Doctoral Scholar (2004 - 2007)
  • University of Bremen (1999 - 2004)
    • Research Assistant
Selected Awards
  • NASA Group Achievement Award (SOLVE Science Team, 2001)
Selected Publications
  1. Kleinböhl, A., Toon, G. C., Sen, B., Blavier, J.-F. L., Weisenstein, D. K., Strekowski, R. S., Nicovich, J. M., Wine, P. H., Wennberg, P. O., On the stratospheric chemistry of hydrogen cyanide, Geophys. Res. Lett., 33, L11806, 10.1029/2006GL026015, 2006.
  2. Kleinböhl, A., Toon, G. C., Sen, B., Blavier, J.-F. L., Weisenstein, D. K., Wennberg, P. O., Infrared measurements of atmospheric CH3CN, Geophys. Res. Lett., 32, L23807, 10.1029/2005GL024283, 2005.
  3. Kleinböhl, A., Bremer, H., Küllmann, H., Kuttippurath, J., Browell, E. V., Canty, T., Salawitch, R. J., Toon, G. C., Notholt, J., Denitrification in the Arctic mid-winter 2004/2005 observed by airborne submillimeter radiometry, Geophys. Res. Lett., 32, L19811, 10.1029/2005GL023408, 2005.
  4. Kleinböhl, A., Kuttippurath, J., Sinnhuber, M., Sinnhuber, B.-M., Küllmann, H., Künzi, K., Notholt, J., Rapid meridional transport of tropical airmasses to the Arctic during the major stratospheric warming in January 2003, Atmos. Chem. Phys., 5, 1291-1299, 2005.
  5. Fix, A., Ehret, G., Flentje, H., Poberaj, G., Gottwald, M., Finkenzeller, H., Bremer, H., Bruns, M., Burrows, J. P., Kleinböhl, A., Küllmann, K., Kuttippurath, J., Richter, A., Wang, P., Heue, K.-P., Platt, U., Pundt, I., Wagner, T., SCIAMACHY validation by aircraft remote sensing: design, execution, and first measurement results of the SCIA-VALUE mission, Atmos. Chem. Phys., 5, 1273-1289, 2005.
  6. Bühler, S. A., Verdes, C. L., Tsujimaru, S., Kleinböhl, A., Bremer, H., Sinnhuber, M., Eriksson, P., Expected performance of the superconducting Submillimeter-Wave Limb Emission Sounder compared with aircraft data, Radio Science, 40, RS3016, 10.1029/2004RS003089, 2005.
  7. Urban, J., Lautie, N., Le Flochmoen, E., Jimenez, C., Eriksson, P., de La Noe, J., Dupuy, E., El Amraoui, L., Frisk, U., Jegou, F., Murtagh, D., Olberg, M., Ricaud, P., Camy-Peyret, C., Dufour, G., Payan, S., Huret, N., Pirre, M., Robinson, A. D., Harris, N. R. P., Bremer, H., Kleinböhl, A., Küllmann, H., Künzi, K., Kuttippurath, J., Ejiri, M., Nakajima, H., Sasano, Y., Sugita, T., Yokota, T., Piccolo, C., Raspollini, P., and Ridolfi, M., Odin/SMR limb observations of stratospheric trace gases: Validation of N2O, J. Geophys. Res., 110, D09301, 10.1029/2004JD005394, 2005.
  8. McKinney, K. A., Wennberg, P. O., Dhaniyala, S., Fahey, D. W., Northway, M. J., Künzi, K. F., Kleinböhl, A., Sinnhuber, M., Küllmann, H., Bremer, H., Mahoney, M. J., Bui, T. P., Trajectory studies of large HNO3-containing PSC particles in the Arctic, Evidence for the role of NAT, Geophys. Res. Lett., 31, L05110, 10.1029/2003GL018430, 2004.
  9. Kleinböhl, A., Bremer, H., von König, M., Küllmann, H., Künzi, K., Goede, A. P. H., Browell, E. V., Grant, W. B., Toon, G. C., Blumenstock, T., Galle, B., Sinnhuber, B.-M., Davies, S., Vortexwide denitrification of the Arctic polar stratosphere in winter 1999/2000 determined by remote observations, J. Geophys. Res., 107, 8305, 10.1029/2001JD001042, 2002 (printed 108, 2003).
  10. Bremer, H., von König, M., Kleinböhl, A., Küllmann, H., K ünzi, K., Bramstedt, K., Burrows, J. P., Eichmann, K.-U., Weber, M., Goede, A. P. H., Ozone depletion observed by ASUR during the Arctic winter 1999/2000, J. Geophys. Res., 107, 8277, 10.1029/2001JD000546, 2002.
  11. Carslaw, K. S., Kettleborough, J., Northway, M. J., Davies, S., Gao, R. S., Fahey, D. W., Baumgardner, D., Chipperfield, M. P., Kleinböhl, A., A vortex-scale simulation of the growth and sedimentation of large nitric acid particles observed during SOLVE/THESEO-2000, J. Geophys. Res., 107, 8300, 10.1029/2001JD000467, 2002.
  12. Rex, M., Salawitch, R. J., Harris, N. R. P., von der Gathen, P., Braathen, G. O., Schulz, A., Deckelman, H., Chipperfield, M., Sinnhuber, B.-M., Reimer, E., Alfier, R., Bevilacqua, R., Hoppel, K., Fromm, M., Lumpe, J., Küllmann, H., Kleinböhl, A., Bremer, H., von König, M., Künzi, K., Toohey, D., Vömel, H., Richard, E., Aikin, K., Jost, H., Greenblatt, J. B., Loewenstein, M., Podolske, J. R., Webster, C. R., Flesch, G. J., Scott, D. C., Herman, R. L., Elkins, J. W., Ray, E. A., Moore, F. L., Hurst, D. F., Romashkin, P., Toon, G. C., Sen, B., Margitan, J. J., Wennberg, P., Neuber, R., Allart, M., Bojkov, B. R., Claude, H., Davies, J., Davies, W., De Backer, H., Dier, H., Dorokhov, V., Fast, H., Kondo, Y., Kyrö, E., Litynska, Z., Mikkelsen, I. S., Molyneux, M. J., Moran, E., Nagai, T., Nakane, H., Parrondo, C., Ravegnani, F., Skrivankova, P., Viatte, P., Yushkov, V., Chemical depletion of Arctic ozone in winter 1999/2000, J. Geophys. Res., 107, 8276, 10.1029/2001JD000533, 2002.
  13. von König, M., Bremer, H., Kleinböhl, A., Küllmann, H., Künzi, K., Goede, A. P. H., Browell, E. V., Grant, W. B., Burris, J. F., McGee, T. J., Twigg, L., Using gas-phase nitric acid as an indicator of PSC composition, J. Geophys. Res., 107, 10.1029/2001JD001041, 2002.
  14. Fahey, D. W., Gao, R. S., Carslaw, K. S., Kettleborough, J., Popp, P. J., Northway, M. J., Holecek, J. C., Ciciora, S. C., McLaughlin, R. J., Thompson, T. L., Winkler, R. H., Baumgardner, D. G., Gandrud, B., Wennberg, P. O., Dhaniyala, S., McKinney, K., Peter, T., Salawitch, R. J., Bui, T. P., Elkins, J. W., Webster, C. R., Atlas, E. L., Jost, H., Wilson, J. C., Herman, R. L., Kleinböhl, A., von König, M., The detection of large HNO3-containing particles in the winter Arctic stratosphere, Science, 291, 1026-1031, 2001.

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