Kerstin Schepanski

Research Fellow

Telephone number: +44(0) 113 34 34931
Email address: K.Schepanski@leeds.ac.uk
Room: 11.121

Knippertz Working Group

Publications

Schepanski K; Tegen I; Macke A (2012) Comparison of satellite based observations of Saharan dust source areas, Remote Sensing of Environment, 123, pp.90-97.
Heinold B; Tegen I; Schepanski K; Tesche M; Esselborn M; Freudenthaler V; Gross S; Kandler K; Knippertz P; Mueller D; Schladitz A; Toledano C; Weinzierl B; Ansmann A; Althausen D; Mueller T; Petzold A; Wiedensohler A (2011) Regional modelling of Saharan dust and biomass-burning smoke Part I: Model description and evaluation, TELLUS SERIES B-CHEMICAL AND PHYSICAL METEOROLOGY, 63, pp.781-799. doi: 10.1111/j.1600-0889.2011.00570.x
Schepanski K; Knippertz P (2011) Soudano-Saharan depressions and their importance for precipitation and dust: a new perspective on a classical synoptic concept, QUARTERLY JOURNAL OF THE ROYAL METEOROLOGICAL SOCIETY, 137, pp.1431-1445. doi: 10.1002/qj.850
Johnson BT; Brooks ME; Walters D; Woodward S; Christopher S; Schepanski K (2011) Assessment of the Met Office dust forecast model using observations from the GERBILS campaign, QUARTERLY JOURNAL OF THE ROYAL METEOROLOGICAL SOCIETY, 137, pp.1131-1148. doi: 10.1002/qj.736
Okin GS; Bullard JE; Reynolds RL; Ballantine JC; Schepanski K; Todd MC; Belnap J; Baddock MC; Gill TE; Miller ME (2011) Dust: Small-scale processes with global consequences, Eos, 92, pp.241-242.
Laurent B; Tegen I; Heinold B; Schepanski K; Weinzierl B; Esselborn M (2010) A model study of Saharan dust emissions and distributions during the SAMUM-1 campaign, Journal of Geophysical Research D: Atmospheres, 115, .
Laurent B; Tegen I; Heinold B; Schepanski K; Weinzierl B; Esselborn M (2010) A model study of Saharan dust emissions and distributions during the SAMUM-1 campaign, JOURNAL OF GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH-ATMOSPHERES, 115, . doi: 10.1029/2009JD012995
Cavazos C; Todd MC; Schepanski K (2009) Numerical model simulation of the Saharan dust event of 6-11 March 2006 using the Regional Climate Model version 3 (RegCM3), JOURNAL OF GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH-ATMOSPHERES, 114, . doi: 10.1029/2008JD011078
Schepanski K; Tegen I; Todd MC; Heinold B; Boenisch G; Laurent B; Macke A (2009) Meteorological processes forcing Saharan dust emission inferred from MSG-SEVIRI observations of subdaily dust source activation and numerical models, JOURNAL OF GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH-ATMOSPHERES, 114, . doi: 10.1029/2008JD010325
Schepanski K; Tegen I; Macke A (2009) Saharan dust transport and deposition towards the tropical northern Atlantic, ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY AND PHYSICS, 9, pp.1173-1189.
Washington R; Bouet C; Cautenet G; Mackenzie E; Ashpole I; Engelstaedter S; Lizcano G; Henderson GM; Schepanski K; Tegen I (2009) Dust as a tipping element: The Bodele Depression, Chad, PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, 106, pp.20564-20571. doi: 10.1073/pnas.0711850106
Heinold B; Tegen I; Esselborn M; Kandler K; Knippertz P; Mueller D; Schladitz A; Tesche M; Weinzierl B; Ansmann A; Althausen D; Laurent B; Massling A; Mueller T; Petzold A; Schepanski K; Wiedensohler A (2009) Regional Saharan dust modelling during the SAMUM 2006 campaign, TELLUS SERIES B-CHEMICAL AND PHYSICAL METEOROLOGY, 61, pp.307-324. doi: 10.1111/j.1600-0889.2008.00387.x
Knippertz P; Ansmann A; Althausen D; Mueller D; Tesche M; Bierwirth E; Dinter T; Mueller T; Von Hoyningen-Huene W; Schepanski K; Wendisch M; Heinold B; Kandler K; Petzold A; Schuetz L; Tegen I (2009) Dust mobilization and transport in the northern Sahara during SAMUM 2006 - a meteorological overview, TELLUS SERIES B-CHEMICAL AND PHYSICAL METEOROLOGY, 61, pp.12-31. doi: 10.1111/j.1600-0889.2008.00380.x
Cavazos C; Todd MC; Schepanski K (2009) Numerical model simulation of the Saharan dust event of 6-11 March 2006 using the Regional Climate Model version 3 (RegCM3), Journal of Geophysical Research D: Atmospheres, 114, .
Klueser L; Schepanski K (2009) Remote sensing of mineral dust over land with MSG infrared channels: A new Bitemporal Mineral Dust Index, REMOTE SENSING OF ENVIRONMENT, 113, pp.1853-1867. doi: 10.1016/j.rse.2009.04.012
Schepanski K; Tegen I; Todd MC; Heinold B; Bönisch G; Laurent B; Macke A (2009) Meteorological processes forcing Saharan dust emission inferred from MSG-SEVIRI observations of subdaily dust source activation and numerical models, Journal of Geophysical Research D: Atmospheres, 114, .
Reinfried F; Tegen I; Heinold B; Hellmuth O; Schepanski K; Cubasch U; Huebener H; Knippertz P (2009) Simulations of convectively-driven density currents in the Atlas region using a regional model: Impacts on dust emission and sensitivity to horizontal resolution and convection schemes, JOURNAL OF GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH-ATMOSPHERES, 114, . doi: 10.1029/2008JD010844
Heinold B; Tegen I; Schepanski K; Hellmuth O (2008) Dust radiative feedback on Saharan boundary layer dynamics and dust mobilization, GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH LETTERS, 35, . doi: 10.1029/2008GL035319
Schepanski K; Tegen I; MacKe A (2008) Saharan dust transport and deposition towards the Tropical Northern Atlantic, Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics Discussions, 8, pp.16061-16096.
Birmili W; Schepanski K; Ansmann A; Spindler G; Tegen I; Wehner B; Nowak A; Reimer E; Mattis I; Mueller K; Brueggemann E; Gnauk T; Herrmann H; Wiedensohler A; Althausen D; Schladitz A; Tuch T; Loeschau G (2008) A case of extreme particulate matter concentrations over Central Europe caused by dust emitted over the southern Ukraine, ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY AND PHYSICS, 8, pp.997-1016.
Schepanski K; Tegen I; Laurent B; Heinold B; Macke A (2007) A new Saharan dust source activation frequency map derived from MSG-SEVIRI IR-channels, GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH LETTERS, 34, . doi: 10.1029/2007GL030168
Birmili W; Schepanski K; Ansmann A; Spindler G; Tegen I; Wehner B; Nowak A; Reimer E; Mattis I; Müller K; Brüggemann E; Gnauk T; Herrmann H; Wiedensohler A; Althausen D; Schladitz A; Tuch T; Löschau G (2007) An episode of extremely high PM concentrations over Central Europe caused by dust emitted over the southern Ukraine, Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics Discussions, 7, pp.12231-12288.