Projects: DarkMix - Illuminating the dark side of surface meteorology: creating a novel framework to explain atmospheric transport and turbulent mixing in the weak-wind boundary layer

Abdoli, Mohammad ; Lapo, Karl ; Thomas, Christoph:
Dynamic stability and canopy structure drive spatio-temporal variability of greenhouse gas concentrations in the sub-canopy of a temperate spruce forest.
In: Agricultural and Forest Meteorology. Vol. 383 (2026) . - 111129.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.agrformet.2026.111129

Abdoli, Mohammad:
Fiber-Optic Distributed Sensing : From Advancing Turbulent Flow Measurement through Experimental and Numerical Simulation to Applications in Forest Micrometeorology.
Bayreuth , 2026 . - XII, 112 p.
( Doctoral thesis, 2026 , Universität Bayreuth, Bayreuther Graduiertenschule für Mathematik und Naturwissenschaften - BayNAT)
DOI: https://doi.org/10.15495/EPub_UBT_00009165

Seidl, Andrew W. ; Johannessen, Aina ; Dekhtyareva, Alena ; Huss, Jannis-Michael ; Jonassen, Marius O. ; Schulz, Alexander ; Hermansen, Ove ; Thomas, Christoph ; Sodemann, Harald:
The ISLAS2020 field campaign : studying the near-surface exchange process of stable water isotopes during the arctic wintertime.
In: Earth System Science Data. Vol. 18 (2026) Issue 3 . - pp. 1969-1993.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.5194/essd-18-1969-2026

Huss, Jannis-Michael ; Thomas, Christoph K.:
The impact of turbulent transport efficiency on surface vertical heat fluxes in the Arctic stable boundary layer predicted from similarity theory and machine-learning.
In: Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences. Vol. 81 (2024) . - pp. 1977-1998.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1175/JAS-D-24-0063.1

Seidl, Andrew W. ; Johannessen, Aina ; Dekhtyareva, Alena ; Huss, Jannis-Michael ; Jonassen, Marius O. ; Schulz, Alexander ; Hermansen, Ove ; Thomas, Christoph ; Sodemann, Harald:
The ISLAS2020 field campaign : Studying the near-surface exchange process of stable water isotopes during the arctic wintertime.
2024
DOI: https://doi.org/10.15495/EPub_UBT_00007933

Abdoli, Mohammad ; Lapo, Karl ; Schneider, Johann ; Olesch, Johannes ; Thomas, Christoph:
Toward quantifying turbulent vertical airflow and sensible heat flux in tall forest canopies using fiber-optic distributed temperature sensing.
In: Atmospheric Measurement Techniques. Vol. 16 (2023) Issue 3 . - pp. 809-824.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-16-809-2023

Zahn, Einara ; Bou-Zeid, Elie ; Good, Stephen P. ; Katul, Gabriel G. ; Thomas, Christoph ; Ghannam, Khaled ; Smith, James A. ; Chamecki, Marcelo ; Dias, Nelson L. ; Fuentes, Jose D. ; Alfieri, Joseph G. ; Kwon, Hyojung ; Caylor, Kelly K. ; Gao, Zhiqiu ; Soderberg, Keir ; Bambach, Nicolas E. ; Hipps, Lawrence E. ; Prueger, John H. ; Kustas, William P.:
Direct partitioning of eddy-covariance water and carbon dioxide fluxes into ground and plant components.
In: Agricultural and Forest Meteorology. Vol. 315 (2022) . - 108790.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.agrformet.2021.108790

Lapo, Karl ; Freundorfer, Anita ; Fritz, Antonia ; Schneider, Johann ; Olesch, Johannes ; Babel, Wolfgang ; Thomas, Christoph:
The Large eddy Observatory, Voitsumra Experiment 2019 (LOVE19) with high-resolution, spatially distributed observations of air temperature, wind speed, and wind direction from fiber-optic distributed sensing, towers, and ground-based remote sensing.
In: Earth System Science Data. Vol. 14 (2022) Issue 2 . - pp. 885-906.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.5194/essd-14-885-2022

Thomas, Christoph ; Huss, Jannis-Michael ; Abdoli, Mohammad ; Huttarsch, Tim ; Schneider, Johann:
Solid-Phase Reference Baths for Fiber-Optic Distributed Sensing.
In: Sensors. Vol. 22 (2022) Issue 11 . - 4244.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.3390/s22114244

Abdoli, Mohammad ; Lapo, Karl ; Schneider, Johann ; Olesch, Johannes ; Thomas, Christoph:
Toward quantifying turbulent vertical airflow and sensible heat flux in tall forest canopies using fiber-optic distributed temperature sensing.
In: Atmospheric Measurement Techniques Discussions. (2022) .
DOI: https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-2022-210

Freundorfer, Anita ; Lapo, Karl ; Schneider, Johann ; Thomas, Christoph:
Distributed Sensing of Wind Direction Using Fiber-Optic Cables.
In: Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology. Vol. 38 (2021) Issue 10 . - pp. 1871-1883.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1175/JTECH-D-21-0019.1

Lapo, Karl ; Freundorfer, Anita ; Fritz, Antonia ; Schneider, Johann ; Olesch, Johannes ; Babel, Wolfgang ; Thomas, Christoph:
The Large-eddy Observatory Voitsumra Experiment 2019 (LOVE19) with high-resolution, spatially-distributed observations of air temperature, wind speed, and wind direction from fiber-optic distributed sensing, towers, and ground-based remote sensing.
In: Earth System Science Data Discussions. (2021) .
DOI: https://doi.org/10.5194/essd-2020-392

Zeller, Marie-Louise ; Huss, Jannis-Michael ; Pfister, Lena ; Lapo, Karl ; Littmann, Daniela ; Schneider, Johann ; Schulz, Alexander ; Thomas, Christoph:
The NY-Alesund TurbulencE Fiber Optic eXperiment (NYTEFOX): investigating the Arctic boundary layer, Svalbard.
In: Earth System Science Data. Vol. 13 (2021) Issue 7 . - pp. 3439-3452.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.5194/essd-13-3439-2021

Zeller, Marie-Louise ; Huss, Jannis-Michael ; Pfister, Lena ; Lapo, Karl ; Littmann, Daniela ; Schneider, Johann ; Schulz, Alexander ; Thomas, Christoph:
The NY-Ålesund TurbulencE Fiber Optic eXperiment (NYTEFOX) : investigating the Arctic boundary layer, Svalbard.
In: Earth System Science Data Discussions. (2021) .
DOI: https://doi.org/10.5194/essd-2021-37

Peltola, O. ; Lapo, Karl ; Thomas, Christoph:
A Physics-Based Universal Indicator for Vertical Decoupling and Mixing Across Canopies Architectures and Dynamic Stabilities.
In: Geophysical Research Letters. Vol. 48 (2021) Issue 5 . - e2020GL091615.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1029/2020GL091615

Fritz, Antonia M. ; Lapo, Karl ; Freundorfer, Anita ; Linhardt, Tobias ; Thomas, Christoph:
Revealing the Morning Transition in the Mountain Boundary Layer Using Fiber-Optic Distributed Temperature Sensing.
In: Geophysical Research Letters. Vol. 48 (2021) Issue 9 . - e2020GL092238.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1029/2020GL092238

Peltola, Olli ; Lapo, Karl ; Martinkauppi, Ilkka ; O'Connor, Ewan ; Thomas, Christoph ; Vesala, Timo:
Suitability of fibre-optic distributed temperature sensing for revealing mixing processes and higher-order moments at the forest-air interface.
In: Atmospheric Measurement Techniques. Vol. 14 (2021) Issue 3 . - pp. 2409-2427.
DOI: doi: 10.5194/amt-14-2409-2021

Pfister, Lena ; Lapo, Karl ; Mahrt, Larry ; Thomas, Christoph:
Thermal Submeso Motions in the Nocturnal Stable Boundary Layer. Part 2: Generating Mechanisms and Implications.
In: Boundary-Layer Meteorology. Vol. 180 (2021) Issue 2 . - pp. 203-224.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10546-021-00619-z

Pfister, Lena ; Lapo, Karl ; Mahrt, Larry ; Thomas, Christoph:
Thermal Submesoscale Motions in the Nocturnal Stable Boundary Layer. Part 1: Detection and Mean Statistics.
In: Boundary-Layer Meteorology. Vol. 180 (2021) Issue 2 . - pp. 187-202.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10546-021-00618-0

Lapo, Karl ; Freundorfer, Anita ; Babel, Wolfgang ; Fritz, Antonia ; Martin, Lioba ; Bader, Nico ; Schneider, Johann ; Olesch, Johannes ; Thomas, Christoph:
ERC DarkMix : Large Eddy Observatory, Voitsumra Experiment 2019 (LOVE19).
Bayreuth 2020 . - 47 p. - (Arbeitsergebnisse / Universität Bayreuth, Abteilung Mikrometeorologie ; 65 )
DOI: https://doi.org/10.15495/EPub_UBT_00005201

Lapo, Karl ; Freundorfer, Anita ; Pfister, Lena ; Schneider, Johann ; Selker, John S. ; Thomas, Christoph:
Distributed observations of wind direction using microstructures attached to actively heated fiber-optic cables.
In: Atmospheric Measurement Techniques. Vol. 13 (2020) Issue 3 . - pp. 1563-1573.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-13-1563-2020