Research Topics

• atmospheric water cycle: clouds, precipitation, water vapor
• ground-, ship-, air- and space-borne passive and active remote sensing
• GRaWAC: G-band Radar for Water vapor and Arctic Clouds
• synergistic retrieval development
• machine learning approaches for retrievals and imagery

Projects

• (AC)3: Climate Relevant Atmospheric and Surface Processes and Feedback Mechanisms (DFG); sub-project E03
• HD(CP)2: High Definition Clouds and Precipitation for advancing Climate Prediction (BMBF)

Links

• Orcid
• Scopus

Selected publications

• Ehrlich, A., and Coauthors (incl S. Schnitt), 2024: A comprehensive in-situ and remote sensing data set collected during the HALO–(AC)³ aircraft campaign. Earth System Science Data Discussions, doi.org/10.5194/essd-2024-280
• - Wendisch, M. and Coauthors (incl S. Schnitt), 2024: Overview: Quasi-Lagrangian observations of Arctic air mass transformations – Introduction and initital results of the HALO-AC³ aircraft campaign. Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, 24 (15), 8865-8892, doi.org/10.5194/acp-24-8865-2024
• - Schirmacher, I., S. Schnitt, M. Klingebiel, N. Maherndl, B. Kirbus, A. Ehrlich, M. Mech, S. Crewell, 2024: Clouds and precipitation in the initial phase of marine cold air outbreaks as observed by airborne remote sensing, Atmospheric Measurement Techniques, 12823-12842, doi.org/10.5194/acp-24-12823-2024
• - Chatterjee, D., S. Schnitt, P. Bigalke, C. Acquistapace, and S. Crewell, 2024: Capturing the diversity of mesoscale trade wind cumuli using complementary approaches from self-supervised deep learning. Geophysical Research Letters,  51,e2024GL108889,  doi.org/10.1029/2024GL108889
• Schnitt, S.,  A. Foth, H. Kalesse-Los, M. Mech, C. Acquistapace, F. Jansen, U. Löhnert, B. Pospichal, J. Röttenbacher, S. Crewell, B. Stevens, 2024: Ground- and ship-based microwave radiometer measurements during EUREC⁴A. Earth System Science Data,  doi.org/10.5194//essd-16-681-2024
• Lamer, K., P. Kollias, V. Amiridis, E. Marinou, U. Loehnert, S. Schnitt and A. McComiskey, 2023: Ground-Based Remote-Sensing of Key Properties. In Fast Processes in Large-Scale Atmospheric Models (eds Y. Liu and P. Kollias), doi.org/10.1002/9781119529019.ch14
• Konow, H. et al (incl  S.Schnitt), 2021: EUREC⁴A’s HALO. Earth System Science Data, doi.org/10.5194/essd-13-5545-2021
• Bock, O., Bosser, P., Flamant, C., Doerflinger, E., Jansen, F., Fages, R., Bony, S., Schnitt, S., 2021: Integrated water vapour observations in the Caribbean arc from a network of ground-based GNSS receivers during EUREC⁴A, Earth System Science Data, doi.org/10.5194/essd-13-2407-2021
• Stevens, B., Bony, S., Farrell, D. et al, 2021: EUREC⁴A, Earth System Science Data, doi.org/10.5194/essd-13-4067-2021
• Stephan, C.C., Schnitt, S., Schulz, H., Bellenger, H., de Szoeke, S. et al, 2021: Ship- and island-based atmospheric soundings from the 2020 EUREC⁴A field campaign, Earth System Science Data, 13, 491–514, doi.org/10.5194/essd-13-491-2021
• Schnitt, S., Löhnert, U., Preusker, R., 2020: Potential of Dual-Frequency Radar and Microwave Radiometer Synergy for Water Vapor Profiling in the Cloudy Trade Wind Environment, Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology, 37(11), 1973-1986, doi.org/10.1175/JTECH-D-19-0110.1
• Stevens, B. et al., 2020: The Added Value of Large-eddy and Storm-resolving Models for Simulating Clouds and Precipitation, Journal of the Meteorological Society of Japan. Ser. II, 98(2), 395-435, doi.org/10.2151/jmsj.2020-021
• Schnitt, S., Orlandi, E., Mech, M., Ehrlich, A., Crewell, S., 2017: Characterization of Water Vapor and Clouds During the Next-Generation Aircraft Remote Sensing for Validation (NARVAL) South Studies, IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Applied Earth Observations and Remote Sensing, 10(7), 3114-3124, doi.org/10.1109/JSTARS.2017.2687943

Education

• PhD (Meteorology): Advancing Ground-Based Water Vapor Profiling through Synergy of Microwave Radiometer and Dual-Frequency Radar, University of Cologne (2020) link
• M.Sc. (Physics): Evaluation of trade wind cloud properties using a passive airborne microwave radiometer during the NARVAL campaign, Universität zu Köln (2016)
• B.Sc. (Physics), Freie Universität Berlin (2013)