Dr. Mark Wenig
Assistant Professor
Laboratory for Atmospheric Research
Department of Physics and Materials Science
City University of Hong Kong
Tat Chee Avenue
Kowloon, Hong Kong
Tel: +852 2784 4676
Fax: +852 2788 7830
Email: mark.wenig@cityu.edu.hk
 | Diplom-Vorprüfung in Physik (Intermediate diploma in physics, comparable to BSc), Westphälische Wilhelms-Universität Münster, Germany, 1995 |
| Diplom-Physiker (graduate physicist, equivalent to MSc), Ruprecht-Karls-Universität Heidelberg, Germany, 1998 |
| Dr. Rer. Nat. (Doctor of natural sciences, equivalent to PhD), Interdisciplinary Center for Scientific Computing and Institute for Environmental Physics, Ruprecht-Karls-Universität Heidelberg, Germany, 2001 |
| Post - Doctoral Research Scientist at Heidelberg University, Germany, 2001-2002 |
| Assistant Research Scientist at NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, USA, 2002-2007 |
| Assistant Professor at the Laboratory for Atmospheric Research at the Department of Physics and Material Sciences, City University of Hong Kong, since August 2007 |
| Chemical transport modeling to investigate emissions and pollution transport |
| Long path DOAS ground measurements for trace gas estimation |
| Air quality monitoring in Hong Kong |
| Trace gas retrieval using spectroscopic measurements from space |
| OMI (Ozone Monitoring Instrument an board the Aura satellite) NO2 retrieval algorithm and ground validation |
| Inversion method to classify and analyze different type of pollutant sources |
| Data assimilation techniques to analyze, interpolate, and visualize atmospheric data sets |
| Intercontinental transport of tropospheric trace gases measured from space |
| Influence of lightning on nitrogen oxides production |
| Mathematical operator formalism for the Differential Optical Absorption Spectroscopy (DOAS) technique |
| Optimization of cellular automata using Genetic Algorithms |
| Monte Carlo simulations for radiative transfer modeling |
| Remote sensing techniques for deriving cloud parameters using spectroscopic measurements |
| Computer vision systems on autonomous mobile robots |
| NASA Group Achievement Award for work done on the INTEX-B/MILAGRO field campaign in 2006 |
| Awarded a National Research Council scholarship to work at NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Atmospheric Chemistry and Dynamics Branch |
| 1st place at the international parallel programming contest Gridwars, awarded with a HP Computer Cluster |
| Received a Scholarship to the Graduate Research Program "Modeling and Scientific Computing in Mathematics and Natural Sciences", Interdisciplinary Center for Scientific Computing, Heidelberg, Germany |
The educational objective of my work is to provide students with the opportunity to acquire knowledge in the area of
atmospheric physics and chemistry, remote sensing, air pollution monitoring, satellite and ground measurements of atmospheric aerosols,
data assimilation and digital image processing. The goal is to transfor this knowledge into practical skills that will benefit our
group members' future development in both academia and industry.
The interdisciplinary research program approaches problems at various levels that can be adapted to involve undergraduate students, graduate students, and postdoctoral researchers.
Interested candidates with Physics, Chemistry, Mathmatics or Computer Science backgrounds are encouraged to apply.
Scientific journals:
| Wenig, M. O. , A. M. Cede, E. J. Bucsela, E. A. Celarier, K. F. Boersma, J. P. Veefkind, E. J. Brinksma, J. F. Gleason, and J. R. Herman, Validation of OMI tropospheric NO2 column densities using direct-Sun mode Brewer measurements at NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, J. Geophys. Res., 113, D16S45, doi:10.1029/2007JD008988, 2008 |
| Boersma,K.F., D.J. Jacob, E.J. Bucsela, A.E. Perring, R. Dirksen, R.J. van der A, R.M. Yantosca, R.J. Park, M.O. Wenig, T.H. Bertram, R.C. Cohen, Validation of OMI tropospheric NO2 observations during INTEX-B and application to constrain NOX emissions over the eastern United States and Mexico, Atmospheric Environment, doi:10.1016/j.atmosenv.2008.02.004, 2008 |
| Bucsela, E.J., A.E. Perring, R.C. Cohen, K.F. Boersma, E.A. Celarier, J.F. Gleason, M.O. Wenig, T.H. Bertram, P.J. Wooldridge, R. Dirksen, J.P. Veefkind, Comparison of tropospheric NO2 from in situ aircraft measurements with near-real-time and standard product data from OMI, J. Geophys. Res., 113, D16S31, doi:10.1029/2007JD008838, 2008. |
| E. A. Celarier, E. J. Brinksma, J. F. Gleason, J. P. Veefkind, A. Cede, J. R. Herman, D. Ionov, F. Goutail, J-P. Pommereau, J-C. Lambert, M. van Roozendael, G. Pinardi, F. Wittrock, A. Schönhardt, A. Richter, O. W. Ibrahim, T. Wagner, B. Bojkov, G. Mount, E. Spinei, C. M. Chen, T. J. Pongetti, S. P. Sander, E. J. Bucsela, M. O. Wenig, D. P. J. Swart, H. Volten, M. Kroon, and P. F. Levelt, Validation of Ozone Monitoring Instrument Nitrogen Dioxide Columns, J. Geophys. Res., 113, D15S15, doi:10.1029/2007JD008908, 2008 |
| Grzegorski, M., M. Wenig, U. Platt, P. Stammes, N. Fournier, T. Wagner, The Heidelberg iterative cloud retrieval utilities (HICRU) and its application to GOME data, Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, Vol. 6 pp 4461-4476, 2006 |
| Kunhikrishnan, T., M. G. Lawrence, R. von Kuhlmann, M. O. Wenig, A. Richter and J. P. Burrows, Regional NOx emission strength for the Indian subcontinent and the impact of emissions from India and neighboring countries on regional O3 chemistry in light of seasonal meteorology, J. Geophys. Res., Vol. 111, No. D15, D15301, 2006 |
| Beirle, S., N. Spichtinger, A. Stohl, K. Cummins, T. Turner, D. Boccippio, O. R. Cooper, M. Wenig, M. Grzegorski, U. Platt, T. Wagner, Estimating the NOx produced by lightning from GOME and NLDN data: a case study in the Gulf of Mexico, Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, Vol. 6, pp 1075-1089 , 2006 |
| Bucsela, E. J., E. A. Celarier, J. F. Gleason, M. O. Wenig, J. P. Veefkind, K. F. Boersma, and E. Brinksma, Algorithm for NO2 vertical column retrieval from the Ozone Monitoring Instrument, IEEE Trans. Geo. Rem. Sens., Vol. 44, No. 5, 1245-1258, 2006 |
| Wenig, M. , B. Jähne, and U. Platt, Operator representation as a new differential optical absorption spectroscopy formalism, Applied Optics, Vol. 44, No. 16, pp. 3246-3253, 2005 |
| Irie, H., K. Sudo, H. Akimoto, A. Richter, J.P. Burrows, T. Wagner, M. Wenig, S. Beirle, Y. Kondo, V.P. Sinyakov, and F. Goutail, Evaluation of long-term tropospheric NO2 data obtained by GOME over East Asia in 1996-2002, GRL Vol. 32, L11810, 2005 |
| Beirle, S., U. Platt, R. von Glasow, M. Wenig, and T. Wagner, Estimate of nitrogen oxide emissions from shipping by satellite remote sensing, Geophys. Res. Lett., 31, L18102, doi:10.1029/2004GL020312, 2004 |
| Wenig, M. , S. Kühl, S. Beirle, E. Bucsela, B. Jähne, U. Platt, J. Gleason, and T. Wagner, Retrieval and Analysis of Stratospheric NO2 from GOME, J. Geophys. Res., Vol.109, D04315, 2004. |
| Beirle, S., U. Platt, M. Wenig, and T. Wagner, Highly resolved global distribution of tropospheric NO2 using GOME narrow swath mode data, Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, Vol. 4, 1913-1924, 2004 |
| Hollwedel, J, M. Wenig, S. Beirle, S. Kraus, S. Kühl, W. Wilms-Grabe, U. Platt, and T. Wagner, Year-to-Year Variations of Polar Tropospheric BrO as seen by GOME, Adv. Space Res., 804-808, 2004 |
| Beirle, S., U. Platt, M. Wenig, and T. Wagner, NOX production by lightning estimated with GOME, Adv. Space Res., 793-797, 2004 |
| Wenig, M. , N. Spichtinger, A. Stohl, G. Held, S. Beirle, T. Wagner, B. Jähne, and U. Platt, Intercontinental transport of a power plant plume of nitrogen oxides. Atmos. Chem. Phys. 3, 387-393, 2003. |
| Stohl, A., H. Huntrieser, A. Richter, S. Beirle, O. R. Cooper, S. Eckhardt, C. Forster, P. James, N. Spichtinger, M. Wenig, T. Wagner, J. P. Burrows, and U. Platt, Rapid intercontinental air pollution transport associated with a meteorological bomb. Atmos. Chem. Phys. 3, 969-985, 2003. |
| Beirle, S., U. Platt, M. Wenig, and T. Wagner, Weekly cycle of NO2 by GOME measurements: a signature of anthropogenic sources, Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, Vol. 3,2225-2232, 2003. |
| Wagner, T., F. Wittrock, A. Richter, M. Wenig, J.P. Burrows, and U. Platt, Continuous monitoring of the high and persistent chlorine activation during the Arctic winter 1999/2000 by the GOME instrument on ERS-2. J. Geophys. Res., 0.1029/2001JD000466, 2002. |
| Wagner, T., C. von Friedeburg, M. Wenig, C. Otten, and U. Platt, UV/vis observations of atmospheric O4 absorptions using direct moon light and zenith scattered sunlight under clear and cloudy sky conditions, J. Geophys. Res., VOL. 107, NO. D20, 4424, 2002. |
| Leue, C., M. Wenig, T. Wagner, O. Klimm, U. Platt, and B. Jähne, Quantitative analysis of NOx emissions from Global Ozone Monitoring Experiment satellite image sequences. J. Geophys. Res., 106, D6:5493-5505, 2001. |
| Spichtinger N., M. Wenig, P. James, T. Wagner, U. Platt, and A. Stohl, Satellite detection of a continental-scale plume of nitrogen oxides from boreal fires, Geophys. Res. Lett., 29, 4579-4583, 2001. |
| Velders, G. J. M., C. Granier, R. W. Portmann, K. Pfeilsticker, M. Wenig, T. Wagner, U. Platt, A. Richter, and J. P. Burrows. Global tropospheric NO2 column distributions: Comparing 3-D model calculations with GOME measurements. J. Geophys. Res., D 106:12643-12660, 2001. |
| Wagner, T., C. Leue, M. Wenig, K. Pfeilsticker, and U. Platt, Spatial and temporal distribution of enhanced boundary layer BrO concentrations measured by the GOME instrument aboard ERS-2. J. Geophys. Res., 106, 24225-24236, 2001. |
| Wagner, T., D.W. Arlander, A. Richter, M. Weber, K. Bramstedt, K.-U. Eichmann, F. Wittrock, M. Wenig, J. P. Burrows, and U. Platt, Rekord-Ozonverlust im arktischen Winter 1999/2000 Satellitendaten zeigen starke stratosphärische Chloraktivierung über der Arktis. Ozonbulletin des Deutschen Wetterdienstes, 73, 2000. |
| Leue, C., M. Wenig, B. Jähne, and U. Platt, Globale Biomassenverbrennung und Industrieemissionen, Physik in unserer Zeit, 4(D4787):179, 1998. |
| Leue, C., M. Wenig, B. Jähne, and U. Platt, Quantitative Observation of Biomass-Burning Plumes from GOME. Earth Observation Quarterly, 58:33-35, 1998. |
| Beirle, S., U. Platt, T. Wagner, M. O. Wenig, J. F. Gleason, Weekly Cycle of Nitrogen Dioxide Pollution from Space, In: Our Changing Planet – The view from Space, Cambridge University Press, pp 74-77, 2007 |
| Wenig, M. , C. Leue, S. Kraus, T. Wagner, U. Platt, and B. Jähne, Emission, Transport, and Fate of Tropospheric Trace Gases, In: Image Sequence Analysis to Investigate Dynamic Processes, Lecture Notes in Computer Science, Springer, chapter 15, accepted 2007. |
| Beirle, S., U. Platt, T. Wagner, M. Wenig and J. Gleason, Weekly Cycle of Nitrogen Dioxide Pollution from Space, In: Our Chamging Planet: The View from Space, pp 74-77, in press 2007 |
| Kraus, S., K. Degreif, N. Smoljar, M. Korniyenko, R. Kalkenings, T. Wagner, M. Wenig, B. Jähne, and U. Platt, Spectroscopic Imaging, In: Image Sequence Analysis to Investigate Dynamic Processes, Lecture Notes in Computer Science, Springer, chapter 5, accepted 2007. |
| Wenig, M. , T. Wagner, U. Platt, and B. Jähne, Construction and Analysis of Image Sequences of Atmospheric Trace Gases. In: P Borrell, editor, Sounding the Troposphere from Space: A New Era for Atmospheric Chemistry, pages 251-255, Springer, London, 2003. |
| Stohl, A., N. Spichtinger, S. Beine, M. Wenig, T. Wagner, and U. Platt, Determination of NOx Sources by Combination of Satellite Images with Transport Modelling. In: P Borrell, editor, Sounding the Troposphere from Space: A New Era for Atmospheric Chemistry, pages 271-281, Springer, London, 2003. |
| Wagner, T., A. Richter, C. von Friedeburg, M. Wenig, and U. Platt, Case Studies for the Investigation of Cloud Sensitive Parameters as Measured by GOME. In: P Borrell, editor, Sounding the Troposphere from Space: A New Era for Atmospheric Chemistry, pages 199-210, Springer, London, 2003. |
| Wenig, M. , C. Leue, S. Kraus, T. Wagner, U. Platt, and B. Jähne, Image Sequence Analysis of Satellite NO2 Concentration Maps. In B. Radig and S. Florczyk, editors, Lecture Notes in Computer Science - Pattern Recognition, pages 223-230. Springer, Berlin, 2001. |
| Wenig, M. and C. Leue, Cloud Classification Analyzing Image Sequences, In B. Jähne and Haußäcker, editors, Handbook of Computer Vision and Applications, chapter A22, pp. 652f. Academic Press, London, 2000. |
| Leue, C., M. Wenig, and U. Platt, NOx Emissions Retrieved from Satellite Images Sequences, In B. Jähne and H. Haußäcker, editors, Computer Vision and Applications, chapter A23, pp. 654f. Academic Press, London, 2000. |
| Leue, C., M. Wenig, and U. Platt, Retrieval of Tropospheric NO2 Concentrations from Multispectral Image Sequences. In B. Jähne, H. Haußäcker, and P. Geißler, editors, Handbook of Computer Vision an Applications, volume 3, chapter 37, page 783. Academic Press, London, 1999. |
| Wenig, M. , Satellite Measurement of Long-Term Global Tropospheric Trace Gas Distributions and Source Strengths - Algorithm Development and Data Analysis. Ph.D. Thesis, University of Heidelberg, 2001. |
| Wenig, M. , Wolkenklassifizierung mittels Bildsequenzanalyse auf GOME-Satellitendaten. Diplomathesis, Univ. Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany, 1998. |
