CM SAF: Staff

Research interests:

• Solar Surface Radiation
• Variability and trend in solar radiation
• Evaluation of gridded data sets
• Aerosol impact on solar radiation
• Impact of Biomass Burning

CM SAF related work:

• Deriving surface solar radiation from satellite observations
• Data quality assessment
• Support on the use of CM SAF data, workshops

Other CM SAF related work:

• EURO4M www.euro4m.eu

Short CV:

• Since 09/2008: Scientist, CM SAF, Division Satellite-based Climate Monitoring, Dept. Climate and Environment, DWD, Offenbach, Germany
• 02/2005 – 08/2008: Scientist, Institute for Atmospheric Physics, University of Mainz, Germany
• 02/2003 – 01/2005: Scientist, Feodor Lynen Stipend, Department of Atmospheric Sciences, University of Washington, Seattle, USA
• 07/1998- 01/2003: Scientist, Max Planck Institute for Chemistry, Mainz, Germany

Selected publications (peer-reviewed):

• Posselt, R., R. Mueller, J. Trentmann, R. Stockli, and M. A. Liniger, 2014: A surface radiation climatology across two Meteosat satellite generations. Remote Sensing of Environment, 103-110.
• Krähenmann, S., A. Obregon, R. Müller, J. Trentmann, and B. Ahrens, 2013: A Satellite-Based Surface Radiation Climatology Derived by Combining Climate Data Records and Near-Real-Time Data. Remote Sensing, 5, 4693-4718.
• Brinckmann, S., J. Trentmann, and B. Ahrens, 2013: Homogeneity Analysis of the CM SAF Surface Solar Irradiance Dataset Derived from Geostationary Satellite Observations. Remote Sensing, 6, 352-378.
• Sanchez-Lorenzo, A., Wild, A.M., Trentmann, J., 2013. Validation and stability assessment of the monthly mean CM SAF surface solar radiation dataset over Europe against a homogenized surface dataset (1983–2005), Remote Sens. Environ., 134, 355-366, doi: 10.1016/j.rse.2011.11. doi: 10.1016/ j.rse.2013.03.012.
• Karlsson, K.-G., Riihelä, A., Müller, R., Meirink, J. F., Sedlar, J., Stengel, M., Lockhoff, M., Trentmann, J., Kaspar, F., Hollmann, R., and Wolters, E., 2013, CLARA-A1: a cloud, albedo, and radiation dataset from 28 yr of global AVHRR data, Atmos. Chem. Phys., 13, 5351-5367, doi:10.5194/acp-13-5351-2013.
• Posselt R., Müller, R.W., Stöckli R., Trentmann, J., 2012, Remote sensing of solar surface radiation for climate monitoring - the CM-SAF retrieval in international comparison, Remote Sens. Environ., 118, 186-198, doi: 10.1016/j.rse.2011.11.
• Müller, R.W., Trentmann, J., Traeger-Chatterjee, C., Posselt, R., Stöckli, R., 2011, The Role of the Effective Cloud Albedo for Climate Monitoring and Analysis, Remote Sensing, 3, 2305 – 2320, doi: 10.3390/rs3112305.
• Posselt, R., Müller, R. W., Stöckli, R., Trentmann, J., 2011, Spatial and temporal homogeneity of solar surface irradiance across satellite generations, Remote Sensing, 3 (5), 1029–1046, doi: 10.3390/rs3051029
• Knippertz, P., Fink, A.H., Schuster, R. , Trentmann, J., Schrage, J. M. , Yorke, C., 2011, Ultra-low clouds over the southern West African monsoon region, Geophys. Res. Lett., 38, L21808, doi:10.1029/2011GL049278.
• Träger-Chatterjee, C., Müller, R. W., Trentmann J. Bendix, J., 2010, Evaluation of ERA-40 and ERA-interim re-analysis incoming surface shortwave radiation datasets with mesoscale remote sensing data, Meteorologische Z., 19, 631-640 , doi: 10.1127/0941-2948/2010/0466.
• Wernli, H., Pfahl, S., Trentmann, J., Zimmer, M., 2010, How representative were the meteorological conditions during the COPS field experiment in summer 2007?, Meteorologische Z., 19(6), 619-630.
• Knippertz, P., Trentmann, J., Seifert, A., 2009, High-resolution simulations of convective cold pools over the northwestern Sahara, J. Geophys. Res., 114, D08110, doi:10.1029/2008JD011271.
• Langmann, B., Duncan, B., Textor, C., Trentmann, J., van der Werf, G., 2009, Vegetation fire emissions and their impact on air pollution and climate, Atmos. Environ. 43, 107-116.
• Rosenfeld, D., Fromm, M., Trentmann, J., Luderer, G., Andreae, M.O., Servranckx, R., 2007, The Chisholm firestorm: observed microstructure, precipitation and lightning activity of a pyro-cumulonimbus, Atmos. Chem. Phys., 7, 645–659.
• Trentmann, J., G. Luderer, T. Winterrath, M. Fromm, R. Servranckx, C. Textor, M. Herzog, H.-F. Graf, M. O. Andreae, 2006, Modeling of Biomass Smoke Injection Into the Lower Stratosphere by a Large Forest Fire (Part I): Reference Simulation, Atmos. Phys. Chem., 6, 5247–5260.
• Trentmann, J., M. O. Andreae, 2006, Fire-induced Convection, McGraw-Hill Yearbook of Science & Technology 2006, McGraw-Hill, 125–127.
• Trentmann, J., R. J. Yokelson, P. V. Hobbs, T. Winterrath, T. J. Christian, M. O. Andreae, S. A. Mason, 2005, An analysis of the chemical processes in the smoke plume from a savanna fire, J. Geophys. Res., 110, D12301,doi:10.1029/2004JD005628.
• Trentmann, J., M. O. Andreae, H.-F. Graf, 2003, Chemical processes in a young biomass burning plume, J. Geophys. Res., 108(D22), 4705, doi:10.1029/2003JD00373.
• Trentmann, J., B. Früh, O. Boucher, T. Trautmann, M. O. Andreae, 2003, Three-dimensional solar radiation effects on the actinic flux field in a biomass-burning plume, J. Geophys. Res., 108(D17), 4558, doi:10.1029/2003JD003422
• Trentmann, J., H. Bovensmann, V. Eyring, R. W. Müller, J. P. Burrows, 2003, Impact of accurate photolysis calculations on the simulation of stratospheric chemistry, J. Atmos. Chem., 44, 225–240.
• Trentmann, J., M. O. Andreae, H.-F. Graf, P. V. Hobbs, R. D. Ottmar, T. Trautmann, 2002, Simulation of a biomass-burning plume: Comparison of model results with observations, J. Geophys. Res., 107(D2), 4013, doi:10.1029/2001JD000410.

Most recent conference contibutions:

• Trentmann, J., R. Mueller, U. Pfeifroth, C. Träger-Chatterjee, R. Cremer, https://agu.confex.com/data/handout/agu/fm14/Paper_21205_handout_399_0.pdf, Poster presented at the AGU Fall Meeting 2014, San Fransisco, USA
• Trentmann, J., A. Sanchez-Lorenzo, R. Posselt, S. Krähenmann, R. W. Müller, M. Wild, R. Stöckli, B. Ahrens, Regional trends in surface solar radiation derived from satellite-based data sets, EGU General Assembly, April 2013, Vienna, Austria.
• Trentmann, J., R. W. Müller, C.Träger-Chatterjee, R. Posselt, R. Stöckli, R. Hollmann, 2012, Surface Solar Radiation climate data sets derived from Geostationary and Polar-orbiting Satellites, AGU Fall Meeting, December 2012, San Francisco, USA.
• Trentmann, J., R. Müller, A. Sanchez-Lorenzo, M. Wild, 2012, Analyzing the Stability of Gridded Surface Radiation Data Sets, 12th EMS Annual Meeting & 9th European Conference on Applied Climatology (ECAC), September 2012, Lodz, Poland.
• Trentmann, J., R. W. Müller, A. Sanchez-Lorenzo, 2012, Validation of gridded data sets of the surface radiation budget with non-BSRN surface observations, International Radiation Symposium 2012, August 2012, Berlin Germany.
• Trentmann, J., D. Dee, P. Berrisford, S. Brinckmann, R. Müller, P. Poli, D. Tan, On the Applicability of ERA-Interim data for Climate Monitoring of the Surface Radiation Budget, 2012, 4th WCRP International Conference on Reanalyses (ICR4), May 2012, Maryland, USA.
• Trentmann, J., P. Berrisford, S. Brinckmann, D. Dee, R.W. Müller, 2012, Homogeneity Analysis of Gridded Data Sets of the Surface Radiation, EGU General Assembly, April 2012, Vienna, Austria.