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Axel Lauer

Assistant Researcher
Affiliate Researcher, Atmospheric Sciences
[Past Staff]

International Pacific Research Center
School of Ocean and Earth Science and Technology
University of Hawaii
Honolulu, Hawaii 96822

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Education

2005 - Dr. rer. nat. (Ph.D.), Meteorology, Institut für Meteorologie, Freie Universität Berlin, Berlin, Germany
2001 - Diploma (M.S.), Meteorology, Institut für Meteorologie, Ludwig-Maximilian-Universität München, Munich, Germany

Research Interests

Aerosols, clouds, and their interactions
Atmospheric chemistry
Atmospheric modeling
Impact of traffic emissions on the atmosphere and climate

Professional Experience

Assistant Researcher, International Pacific Research Center (IPRC), SOEST, University of Hawaii, USA, November 2009-2012
Postdoctoral Fellow, International Pacific Research Center (IPRC), SOEST, University of Hawaii, USA, September 2007-November 2009
Postdoc in the Young Investigators Group SeaKLIM (impact of ship emissions on atmosphere and climate), Institut für Physik der Atmosphäre, Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt (German Aerospace Center, DLR), Oberpfaffenhofen, Germany, August 2004-August 2007
PhD student, Institut für Physik der Atmosphäre, Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt (German Aerospace Center, DLR), Oberpfaffenhofen, Germany, August 2001-July 2004

Refereed Publications

Zhang, C., Y. Wang, K. Hamilton, and A. Lauer, 2016: Dynamical downscaling of the climate for the Hawaiian Islands. Part I: Present-day. J. Climate, 29 (8), 3027-3048, doi:10.1175/JCLI-D-15-0432.1. IPRC-1175.
Zhang, C., Y. Wang, K. Hamilton, and A. Lauer, 2016: Dynamical Downscaling of the Climate for the Hawaiian Islands. Part II: Projection for the Late 21st Century. J. Climate, 29 (23), 8333-8354, doi:10.1175/JCLI-D-16-0038.1. IPRC-1207.
Xiang, B., B. Wang, A. Lauer, J.-Y. Lee, and Q. Ding, 2014: Upper Tropospheric Warming Intensifies Sea Surface Warming. Clim. Dyn., 43 (1‐2), 259-270, doi:10.1007%2Fs00382-013-1928-0. IPRC-1006.
Lauer, A., C. Zhang, O. Elison Timm, Y. Wang, and K. Hamilton, 2013: Downscaling of climate change in the Hawaii region using CMIP5 results: On the choice of the forcing fields. J. Climate, 26 (24), 10006-10030, doi:10.1175/JCLI-D-13-00126.1. IPRC-996.
Aquila, V., J. Hendricks, A. Lauer, et al, 2011: MADE-in: a new aerosol microphysics submodel for global simulation of insoluble particles and their mixing state. Geoscientific Model Development, 4 (2), 325-355.
Bennartz, R., A. Lauer, and J.-L. Brenguier, 2011: Scale-aware integral constraints on autoconversion and accretion in regional and global climate models. Geophys. Res. Lett., 38, L10809.
Righi, M., C. Klinger, V. Eyring, J. Hendricks, A. Lauer, and A. Petzold, 2011: The climate impact of biofuels in shipping: global model studies of the aerosol indirect effect. Environmental Science & Technology, 45 (8), 3519-3525.
Wang, L., Y. Wang, A. Lauer, and S.-P. Xie, 2011: Simulation of seasonal variation of marine boundary layer clouds over the eastern Pacific with a regional climate model. J. Climate, 24, 3190-3210.
Lauer, A., K. Hamilton, Y. Wang, V.T.J. Phillips, and R. Bennartz, 2010: The Impact of Global Warming on Marine Boundary Layer Clouds over the Eastern Pacific - A Regional Model Study. J. Climate, 23 (21), 5844-5863.
Lauer, A., V. Eyring, J.J. Corbett, C. Wang, and J.J. Winebrake, 2009: Assessment of near-future policy instruments for oceangoing shipping: impact on atmospheric aerosol burdens and the Earth's radiation budget. Environ. Sci. Technolol., 43 (15), 5592-5598.
Lauer, A., Y. Wang, V.T.J. Phillips, C.S. McNaughton, R. Bennartz, and A.D. Clarke, 2009: Simulating Marine Boundary Layer Clouds over the Eastern Pacific in a Regional Climate Model with Double-Moment Cloud Microphysics. J. Geophys. Res.-Atmos., 114, D21205.
Phillips, V. T. J., C. Andronache, B. Christner, C. E. Morris, D. C. Sands, A. Bansemer, A. Lauer, C. McNaughton, and C. Seman, 2009: Potential impacts from biological aerosols on ensembles of continental clouds simulated numerically. Biogeosciences, 6, 987-1014.
Winebrake, J.J., J.J. Corbett, E.H. Green, A. Lauer, and V. Eyring, 2009: Mitigating the health impacts of pollution from oceangoing shipping: An assessment of low-sulfur fuel mandates. Environ. Sci. and Technolol., 43 (13), 4776-4782
Franke, K., V. Eyring, R. Sander, J. Hendricks, A. Lauer, and R. Sausen, 2008: Toward Effective Emissions of Ships in Global Models. Meteorol. Z., 17 (2), 117-129.
Corbett, J. J., J. J. Winebrake, E. H. Green, P. Kasibhatla, V. Eyring, and A. Lauer, 2007: Mortality from Ship Emissions: A Global Assessment, Environ. Sci. Technol., 41 (24), 8512-8518.
Lauer, A., V. Eyring, J. Hendricks, P. Jöckel, and U. Lohmann, 2007: Global model studies of the impact of ocean-going ships on aerosols, clouds, and the radiation budget. Atmos. Chem. Phys., 7, 5061-5079.
Petzold, A., B. Weinzierl, H. Huntrieser, A. Stohl, E. Real, J. Cozic, M. Fiebig, J. Hendricks, A. Lauer, K. Law, A. Roiger, H. Schlager, and E. Weingartner, 2007: Perturbation of the European free troposphere aerosol by North American forest fire plumes during the ICARTT-ITOP experiment in summer 2004, Atmos. Chem. Phys., 7, 5105-5127.
Textor, C., M. Schulz, S. Guibert, S. Kinne, Y. Balkanski, S. Bauer, T. Berntsen, T. Berglen, O. Boucher, M. Chin, F. Dentener, T. Diehl, J. Feichter, D. Fillmore, P. Ginoux, S. Gong, A. Grini, J. Hendricks, L. Horowitz, P. Huang, I. S. A. Isaksen, T. Iversen, S. Kloster, D. Koch, A. Kirkevåg, J. E. Kristjansson, M. Krol, A. Lauer, J. F. Lamarque, X. Liu, V. Montanaro, G. Myhre, J. E. Penner, G. Pitari, M. S. Reddy, Ø. Seland, P. Stier, T. Takemura, and X. Tie, 2007: The effect of harmonized emissions on aerosol properties in global models - an AeroCom experiment. Atmos. Chem. Phys., 7, 4489-4501.
Eyring, V., D. S. Stevenson, A. Lauer, F. J. Dentener, T. Butler, W. J. Collins, K. Ellingsen, M. Gauss, D.A. Hauglustaine, I.S.A. Isaksen, M.G. Lawrence, A. Richter, J.M. Rodriguez, M. Sanderson, S.E. Strahan, K. Sudo, S. Szopa, T.P.C. van Noije, and O. Wild, 2007: Multi-model Simulations of the impact of international Shipping on Atmospheric Chemistry and Climate in 2000 and 2030. Atmos. Chem. Phys., 7, 757-780.
Lauer, A., and J. Hendricks, 2006: Simulating aerosol microphysics with the ECHAM4/MADE GCM - Part II: Results from a first multiannual integration. Atmos. Chem. Phys., 6, 5495-5513.
Lauer, A., J. Hendricks, I. Ackermann, B. Schell, H. Hass, and S. Metzger, 2005: Simulating aerosol microphysics with the ECHAM/MADE GCM - Part I: Model description and comparison with observations. Atmos. Chem. Phys., 5, 3251-3276.
Schwarz, J. P., R. S. Gao, D. W. Fahey, D. S. Thomson, L. A. Watts, J. C. Wilson, J. M. Reeves, D. G. Baumgardner, G. L. Kok, S. H. Chung, M. Schulz, J. Hendricks, A. Lauer, B. Kärcher, J. G. Slowik, K. H. Rosenlof, T. L. Thompson, A. O. Langford, M. Loewenstein, and K. C. Aikin, 2006: Single-particle measurements of midlatitude black carbon and lightscattering aerosols from the boundary layer to the lower stratosphere. J. Geophys. Res., 111, D16207, doi:10.1029/2006JD007076.
Textor, C., M. Schulz, S. Guibert, S. Kinne, Y. Balkanski, S. Bauer, T. Berntsen, T. Berglen, O. Boucher, M. Chin, F. Dentener, T. Diehl, R. Easter, H. Feichter, D. Fillmore, S. Ghan, P. Ginoux, S. Gong, A. Grini, J. Hendricks, L. Horowitz, P. Huang, I. Isaksen, T. Iversen, S. Kloster, D. Koch, A. Kirkevåg, J. E. Kristjansson, M. Krol, A. Lauer, J. F. Lamarque, X. Liu, V. Montanaro, G. Myhre, J. Penner, G. Pitari, S. Reddy, Ø. Seland, P. Stier, T. Takemura, and X. Tie, 2006: Analysis and quantification of the diversities of aerosol life cycles within AeroCom. Atmos. Chem. Phys., 6, 1777-1813.
Kinne, S., M. Schulz, C. Textor, S. Guibert, Y. Balkanski, S. E. Bauer, T. Berntsen, T. F. Berglen, O. Boucher, M. Chin, W. Collins, F. Dentener, T. Diehl, R. Easter, J. Feichter, D. Fillmore, S. Ghan, P. Ginoux, S. Gong, A. Grini, J. Hendricks, M. Herzog, L. Horowitz, I. Isaksen, T. Iversen, A. Kirkevåg, S. Kloster, D. Koch, J. E. Kristjansson, M. Krol, A. Lauer, J. F. Lamarque, G. Lesins, X. Liu, U. Lohmann, V. Montanaro, G. Myhre, J. Penner, G. Pitari, S. Reddy, O. Seland, P. Stier, T. Takemura, and X. Tie, 2006: An AeroCom initial assessment - optical properties in aerosol component modules of global models. Atmos. Chem. Phys., 6, 1815-1834.
Eyring, V., H. W. Köhler, A. Lauer, and B. Lemper, 2005: Emissions From International Shipping: 2. Impact of Future Technologies on Scenarios Until 2050, J. Geophys. Res., 110, doi:10.1029/2004JD005620.
Eyring, V., H. W. Köhler, J. van Aardenne, and A. Lauer, 2005: Emissions from International Shipping: 1. The last 50 Years. J. Geophys. Res., 110, doi:10.1029/2004JD005619.
Lauer, A., J. Hendricks, I. Ackermann, B. Schell, H. Hass, and S. Metzger, 2005: Simulating aerosol microphysics with the ECHAM/MADE GCM - Part I: Model description and comparison with observations. Atmos. Chem. Phys., 5, 3251-3276.
Richter, A., V. Eyring, J. P. Burrows, H. Bovensmann, A. Lauer, B. Sierk, and P. J. Crutzen, 2004: Satellite Measurements of NO2 from International Shipping Emissions. Geophys. Res. Lett., 31, L23110, doi:10.1029/2004GL020822.
Lauer, A., M. Dameris, A. Richter, and J. P. Burrows, 2002: Tropospheric NO2 Columns: A Comparison between Model and Retrieved Data from GOME Measurements. Atmos. Chem. Phys., 2, 67-78.