Dr. Franz Kanngießer
postdoctoral researcher, POF Topic 2
RD 1: Ocean Circulation and Climate Dynamics
RU Marine Meteorology
Office
Building 5, Room 5.317
Phone: 0431 600 4060
E-Mail: fkanngiesser(at)geomar.de
Address:
Wischhofstraße 1-3
24148 Kiel
research topics
- remote sensing of aerosol processes
- aerosol optics
- application of machine learning methods
- impact of mineral dust on air quality and climate system
curriculum vitae
2011 - 2014 studies in meteorology (BSc), Leipzig University
2014 - 2017 studies in meteorology (MSc), Leipzig University, thesis: "Observations of glories above arctic boundary layer clouds to identify cloud phase and derive its frequency" (original title in German)
2017 - 2022 doctoral researcher in radio- und space science, Chalmers University of Technology, Schweden
2020 fil. lic., thesis: "Modelling optical properties of morphological complex soot aerosol"
2022 PhD, thesis: "Modelling optical properties of morphological complex aerosol"
2022 - 2023 postdoctoral researcher, University of Cologne
since 2023 postdoctoral researcher, GEOMAR
selected publications (before May 2023)
- Michael Kahnert and Franz Kanngießer, "Optical properties of marine aerosol: modelling the transition from dry, irregularly shaped crystals to brine-coated, dissolving salt particles", J. Quant. Spectrosc. Radiat. Transfer, 295, 108408 (2023)
- Michael Kahnert, Franz Kanngießer, Emma Järvinen and Martin Schnaiter, "Aerosol-optics model for the backscatter depolarisation ratio of mineral dust particles", J. Quant. Spectrosc. Radiat. Transfer, 254, 107177 (2020)
- Franz Kanngiesser and Michael Kahnert, "Coating material-dependent differences in modelled lidar-measurable quantities for heavily coated soot particles," Opt. Express, 27, 36368-36387 (2019)
Articles in a Scientific Journal - peer-reviewed
(2024)
Optical Characterization of Marine Aerosols Using a Morphologically Realistic Model With Varying Water Content: Implications for Lidar Applications and Passive Polarimetric Remote Sensing.
Geophysical Research Letters, 51
(5).
Art.Nr. e2023GL107541.
DOI 10.1029/2023GL107541.
and Fiedler, S.
(2024)
“Seeing” Beneath the Clouds — Machine-Learning-Based Reconstruction of North African Dust Plumes.
AGU Advances, 5
(1).
Art.Nr. e2023AV001042.
DOI 10.1029/2023AV001042.
Presentations
and Fiedler, S.
(2025)
Reconstructing and tracking partially cloud-obscured dust plumes in the Bodélé Depression.
[Talk]
In: ESA Living Planet Symposium 2025. , 23. - 27.06.2025, Wien, Austria .
(2024)
Calculating multi-wavelength depolarisation ratios of mineral dust using spheroids.
[Talk]
In: Bremen Light Scattering Workshop 2024. , 18.-19.03.2024, Bremen, Germany .
and Fiedler, S.
(2024)
Machine-learning-based reconstruction of passive observations of North African dust storms – a stepping stone for process studies.
[Talk]
In: EUMETSAT Meteorological Satellite Conference 2024. , 30.09.-04.10.2024, Würzburg, Germany .
and Fiedler, S.
(2024)
Reconstructing the spatial patterns of dust plumes in geostationary satellite images over North Africa using in-painting techniques.
[Talk]
In: EGU General Assembly 2024. , 14.–19.04.2024, Vienna, Austria .
DOI 10.5194/egusphere-egu24-9450.
and Fiedler, S.
(2023)
Reconstructing the extent of North African below-cloud dust events in satellite observations using machine-learning techniques.
[Talk]
In: EUMETSAT Meteorological Satellite Conference 2023. , 11.-15.9.2023, Malmö, Sweden .
Reports - Cruise Reports
, Ishimaru, A., Eduarada, M., Mulet-Benzo, C., Brunßen, Z., Damke, P., Engelmann, R., Gaenslen, H. T., Hans, A. C., Hayo, L., Henning, P., Johnsen, T., Kanngiesser, F. , Klopfer, M., Leuzinger, A., Lübbecke, J. F. , Menzel, D., Rohleder, C., Rudloff, D., Schulz, M., Skupin, A., Sousa Lima, T., Sudarchikova, N., Tuchen, F. P. , Waza, A. A. and Witt, R.
(2025)
Western boundary circulation, AMOC, Rain and Dust in the tropical Atlantic, Cruise No. M207, 04.01.2025 - 11.02.2025, Belém (Brazil) - Mindelo (Cape Verde).
.
Meteor-Berichte, M207
.
Begutachterpanel Forschungsschiffe, Bonn, Germany, 53 pp.
DOI 10.48433/cr_m207.
