Sebastian Schmidt
Research Scientist II (Atmospheric Physics)
Contact
- Phone: 303-492-6423
- Fax: 303-735-3737
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- Office: SPSC-W142
Education
Universität Leipzig — Leipzig, Germany
Ph.D. Meteorology (2005)
Universität Leipzig — Leipzig, Germany
M.S. (Diploma) Physics (1999)
Publications
Publications by year:
2013
Coddington, O., Pilewskie, P., Schmidt, K. S., McBride, P. J., and Vukicevic, T., 2013: Characterizing a new surface-based shortwave cloud transmittance retrieval for soil and vegetated surface types, under review for Atmosphere.
Wendisch, M., P. Pilewskie, B. Bohn, A. Bucholtz, S. Crewell, C. Harlow, E. Jäkel, K. S. Schmidt, R. Shetter, J. Taylor, D. Turner, Martin Zöger, 2013: Atmospheric Radiation measurements, in Airborne Measurements for Environmental Research – Methods and Instruments –, Wendisch and Brenguier, eds., in press.
2012
LeBlanc, S. E., K. S. Schmidt, P. Pilewskie, J. Redemann, C. A. Hostetler, R. Ferrare, J. Hair, J. M. Langridge, and D. A. Lack, 2012: Spectral aerosol direct radiative forcing from airborne radiative measurements during CalNex and ARCTAS, J. Geophys. Res., doi:10.1029/2012JD018106, in press.
McBride, P. J., K. S. Schmidt, P. Pilewskie, A. Walther, A. K. Heidinger, D. E. Wolfe, C. W. Fairall, and S. Lance, [...] 2012: CalNex cloud properties retrieved from a ship-based spectrometer and comparisons with satellite and aircraft retrieved cloud properties, J. Geophys. Res., 117, D00V23, doi:10.1029/2012JD017624.
2011
Schmidt, K. S., and P. Pilewskie, 2011: Airborne Measurements of Spectral Shortwave Radiation in Cloud and Aerosol Remote Sensing and Energy Budget Studies, in Light Scattering Reviews, 6, A. Kokhanovsky (ed.), Springer.
Kindel, B. C., P. Pilewskie, K. S. Schmidt, O. Coddington, and M. D. King (2011), Solar spectral absorption by marine stratus clouds: Measurements and modeling, J. Geophys. Res., 116, D10203, doi:10.1029/2010JD015071.
McBride, P. J., Schmidt, K. S., Pilewskie, P., Kittelman, A. S., and Wolfe, D. E., 2011: A spectral method for retrieving cloud optical thickness and effective radius from surface-based transmittance measurements, Atmos. Chem. Phys., 11, 7235-7252.
Brock, C. A., Cozic, J., Bahreini, R., Froyd, K. D., Middlebrook, A. M., McComiskey, A., Brioude, J., Cooper, O. R., Stohl, A., Aikin, K. C., de Gouw, J. A., Fahey, D. W., Ferrare, R. A., Gao, R.-S., Gore, W., Holloway, J. S., Hübler, G., Jefferson, A., Lack, D. A., Lance, S., Moore, R. H., Murphy, D. M., Nenes, A., Novelli, P. C., Nowak, J. B., Ogren, J. A., Peischl, J., Pierce, R. B., Pilewskie, P., Quinn, P. K., Ryerson, T. B., Schmidt, K. S., Schwarz, J. P., Sodemann, H., Spackman, J. R., Stark, H., Thomson, D. S., Thornberry, T., Veres, P., Watts, L. A., Warneke, C., and Wollny, A. G.: Characteristics, sources, and transport of aerosols measured in spring 2008 during the aerosol, radiation, and cloud processes affecting Arctic Climate (ARCPAC) Project, Atmos. Chem. Phys., 11, 2423-2453, doi:10.5194/acp-11-2423-2011, 2011
2010
Schmidt, K. S., P. Pilewskie, B. Mayer, M. Wendisch, B. Kindel, S. Platnick, M. D. King, G. Wind, G. T. Arnold, L. Tian, G. Heymsfield, and H. Eichler, 2010a: Apparent Absorption of Solar Spectral Irradiance in Heterogeneous Ice Clouds, 115, D00J22, J. Geophys. Res., doi:10.1029/2009JD013124.
Schmidt, K. S., Bierwirth, E., Coddington, O., Pilewskie, P., Wendisch, M., Bergstrom, R., Gore, W., Redemann, J., Livingston, J., and Russel, P., 2010b: A new method for deriving aerosol solar radiative forcing and its first application within MILAGRO/INTEX-B, Atmos. Chem. Phys., 10, 7829–7843, doi:10.5194/acp- 10-7829-2010, 10, 2731-2767.
Kindel, B. C., K. S. Schmidt, P. Pilewskie, B. A. Baum, P. Yang, and S. Platnick, 2010: Observations and modeling of ice cloud shortwave spectral albedo during the Tropical Composition, Cloud and Climate Coupling Experiment (TC4), J. Geophys. Res., 115, D00J18, doi:10.1029/2009JD013127.
Coddington, O. M., P. Pilewskie, J. Redemann, S. Platnick, P. B. Russell, K. S. Schmidt, W. J. Gore, J. Livingston, G. Wind, and T. Vukicevic (2010), Examining the impact of overlying aerosols on the retrieval of cloud optical properties from passive remote sensing, J. Geophys. Res., 115, D10211, doi:10.1029/2009JD012829.
Bergstrom, R. W., K. S. Schmidt, O. Coddington, P. Pilewskie, H. Guan, J. M. Livingston, J. Redemann, and P. B. Russell: Aerosol spectral absorption in the Mexico City area: results from airborne measurements during MILAGRO/INTEX B, Atmos. Chem. Phys., 10, 6333–6343, doi:10.5194/acp-10-6333- 2010, 2010.
Bucholtz, A., D. L. Hlavka, M. J. McGill, K. S. Schmidt, P. Pilewskie, S. M. Davis, E. A. Reid, and A. L. Walker, 2010: Directly measured heating rates of a tropical subvisible cirrus cloud, J. Geophys. Res., 115, D00J09, doi:10.1029/2009JD013128.
Davis, S., Hlavka, D. Jensen, E., Rosenlof, K., Yang, Q., Schmidt, S., Borrmann, S., Frey, W., Voemel, H., Bui, T. P., 2010: In situ and lidar observations of tropopause subvisible cirrus clouds during TC4, J. Geophys. Res., 115, D00J17, doi:10.1029/2009JD013093.
2009
Schmidt, K. S., G. Feingold, P. Pilewskie, H. Jiang, O. Coddington and M. Wendisch, 2009: Irradiance in polluted cumulus fields: Measured and modeled cloud-aerosol effects. Geophys. Res. Lett., doi:10.1029/2008GL036848
Livingston, J. M., R. Redemann, P. B. Russell, O. Torres, B. Veihelmann, P. Veefkind, R. Braak, A. Smirnov, L. Remer, R. W. Bergstrom, O. Coddington, K. S. Schmidt, P. Pilewskie, R. Johnson, and Q. Zhang, Comparison of aerosol optical depths from the Ozone Monitoring Instrument (OMI) on Aura with results from airborne sunphotometry, other space and ground measurements during MILAGRO/INTEX-B, Atmos. Chem. Phys., 9, 6743-6765, 2009.
2008
Coddington, O., K. S. Schmidt, P. Pilewskie, W. J. Gore, R. W. Bergstrom, M. Román, J. Redemann, P. B. Russell, J. Liu, and C. C. Schaaf, 2008: Aircraft measurements of spectral surface albedo and its consistency with ground-based and space-borne observations, J. Geophys. Res., 113, doi:10.1029/2008JD010089.
Isaac, G., and S. Schmidt (2008), Cloud Properties from In Situ and Remote Sensing Measurements: Capability and Limitations, in Perturbed Clouds in the Climate System, Frankfurt, Germany, March 2008, Heintzenberg, J., and R. J. Charlson, eds. 2008.
2007
Schmidt, K. S., P. Pilewskie, S. Platnick, G. Wind, P. Yang, and M. Wendisch, 2007: Comparing irradiance fields derived from Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer airborne simulator cirrus cloud retrievals with solar spectral flux radiometer measurements, J. Geophys. Res., 112, D24206, doi:10.1029/2007JD008711.
Alexander Kokhanovsky, B. Mayer,W. von Hoyningen-Huene, S. Schmidt, and P. Pilewskie: Retrieval of cloud spherical albedo from top-of-atmosphere reflectance measurements performed at a single observation angle, ACP, 7, 3633-3637.
Thiel, S., Ammannato, L., Bais, A., Bandy, B., Blumthaler, M., Bohn, B., Engelsen, O., Gobbi, G. P., Gröbner, J., Jäkel, E., Junkermann, W., Kazadzis, S., Kift, R., Kjeldstad, B., Kouremeti, N., Kylling, A., Mayer, B., Monks, P. S., Reeves, C. E., Schallhart, B., Scheirer, R., Schmidt, S., Schmitt, R., Schreder, J., Silbernagl, R., Topaloglou, C., Thorseth, T. M., Webb, A. R., Wendisch, M., and Werle, P.: Influence of clouds on the spectral actinic flux density in the lower troposphere (INSPECTRO): overview of the field campaigns, ACP, 7, 13417-13473.
Schmidt, S., V. Venema, F. Di Giuseppe, R. Scheirer, M. Wendisch, and P. Pilewskie, 2007: Reproducing cloud microphysical and irradiance measurements using three 3D cloud generators. Quart. J. Roy. Meteorol. Soc. (133) 624.
2005
Kylling, A., Webb, A. R., Kift, R., Gobbi, G. P., Ammannato, L., Barnaba, F., Bais, A., Kazadzis, S., Wendisch, M., Jäkel, E., Schmidt, S., Kniffka, A., Thiel, S., Junkermann, W., Blumthaler, M., Silbernagl, R., Schallhart, B., Schmitt, R., Kjeldstad, B., Thorseth, T. M., Scheirer, R., and Mayer, B.: Spectral actinic flux in the lower troposphere: measurement and 1-D simulations for cloudless, broken cloud and overcast situations, Atmos. Chem. Phys., 5, 1975-1997, doi:10.5194/acp-5-1975-2005, 2005
2004
2004
Schmidt, S., Lehmann, K., Wendisch, M., 2004: Minimizing instrumental broadening of the drop size distribution with the M-Fast-FSSP, J. Atmos. Oceanic Techol., 21, 1855-1867, doi:10.1175/JTECH-1673.1
Invited talks (2011/2012):
Aircraft and Ground-based Measurements of Spectral Solar Radiation. September 19, 2012, SORCE Science Team Meeting, Annapolis, Maryland.
Cloud-aerosol radiative effects: Navigating the spectral dimension. September 12, 2012, First Pan-Global Atmosphere System Studies Conference, Boulder, Colorado.
Shortwave Cloud-Aerosol Observations and Modeling: Navigating the Spectral Dimension. April 5, University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin.
Spectral Shortwave Irradiance Measurements in Inhomogeneous Cloud-Aerosol Fields. July 5, IUGG-IAMAS, Melbourne, Australia.
Measurements of Shortwave Radiation: The Value of Spectral Resolution for Cloud and Aerosol Remote Sensing. July 11, HISE, Toronto, Canada.
The spectral fingerprint of ice clouds. September 26, WaVaCS workshop, Paris, France.
Selected first author conference contributions:
Schmidt, S., Peter Pilewskie, Graham Feingold, Hongli Jiang: Impact of aerosol and clouds on 3D irradiance fields during the Gomaccs experiment, AGU Fall meeting, San Francisco, 2007 (oral)
Schmidt, K. S., Feingold, G., Jiang, H., Pilewskie, P., Platnick, S., Wind, G.: The shortwave radiative propterties of cloud fields during TC4 and Gomaccs, 15th International Conference on Clouds and Precipitation, Cancun, Mexico, July 2008 (poster)
Schmidt, K. S., Pilewskie, P., Wendisch, M., Platnick, S., Wind, G.: The shortwave radiative properties of Cirrus Cloud Fields during TC4. International Radiation Symposium, Iguacu, Brazil, August 2008 (poster)
Schmidt, K. S., G. Feingold, P. Pilewskie, H. Jiang, O. Coddington: Measured and Modeled Cloud-aerosol Radiative Effects in Polluted Cumulus Clouds, MOCA (IAMAS/IAPSO/IACS joint assembly in Montreal, Canada, July 2009 (oral)
Schmidt, K. S.,E. Bierwirth, P. Pilewskie, J. Redemann, R. Brandt, A. Lyapustin, C. Gatebe, C. Schaaf, R. Kahn: Airborne measurement of surface albedo in Alaska, EGU 2009 (poster)
Schmidt, K. S., P. Pilewskie, M. D. King, G. Wind, L. Tian, S. Platnick, and T. Arnold: Apparent Absorption of Spectral Solar Radiation in Heterogeneous Tropical Cirrus Clouds, MOCA (IAMAS/IAPSO/IACS joint assembly in Montreal, Canada, July 2009 (oral)
Schmidt, K. S., P. McBride, and P. Pilewskie: New Spectral Methods in Cloud and Aerosol Remote Sensing Applications, AMS meeting, Portland, OR, July 2010, (oral)
Schmidt, S. P. Pilewskie, B. C. Kindel: Airborne Measurments of Solar Radiation: The value of spectrally-resolved observations for cloud-aerosol remote sensing and energy budget, AGU 2010 (poster)
Schmidt, K. S., P. Pilewskie, B. C. Kindel: The Spectral Shape of Shortwave Cloud Albedo and Apparent Absorption, AMS meeting, Portland, OR, July 2010 (poster)
Schmidt, K. S., P. McBride, P. Pilewskie, G. Feingold, and H. Jiang: New spectral methods in cloud and aerosol remote sensing applications, EGU Vienna, 2010 (oral)
Schmidt, K. S., P.Pilewskie, J. Redemann, P. Russell, R. Bergstrom, E. Bierwirth, and M. Wendisch: Constraining aerosol radiative forcing – is urban outflow special? EGU Vienna, 2010 (oral)
Schmidt, K. S.: Cloud Properties from SSFR onboard Atlantis and P-3, CalNex experiment data workshop, Sacramento, CA, January 2011 (oral)
Schmidt, K. S., Pilewskie, P., Kindel, B.: The spectral radiative effects of inhomogeneous clouds and aerosols, SORCE science team meeting , Sedona, AZ, September 2011 (oral)
Schmidt, K. S., Pilewskie, P., Feingold, G., Coddington, O., Song, S., McComiskey, A.: Spectral radiative effects and remote sensing of aerosol-immersed cumulus cloud fields. 16th International Conference on Clouds and Precipitation, August 2012, Leipzig, Germany (oral)
Schmidt, K. S., Coddington, O., Pilewskie, P., Song, S.: Cloud inhomogeneities, aerosol particles, thermodynamic phase, and crystal shape in hyperspectral shortwave measurements and model calculations. International Radiation Symposium, August 2012, Berlin, Germany (oral)
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