Prof. Dr. Martin Riese

Prof. Dr. Martin Riese is Director of the Institute of Climate and Energy Systems (ICE-4) at Forschungszentrum Jülich (FZJ) and a full professor of atmospheric physics at the University of Wuppertal. ICE-4 investigates the dynamics and chemistry of the upper troposphere and stratosphere to enhance the predictability of climate and weather (e.g. Riese et al., 2012). The institute develops state-of-the-art instruments, conducts global to regional observations, and performs chemistry-climate model simulations (e. g. Charlesworth et al., 2023).

Martin Riese has extensive experience in developing airborne instruments and employing them in scientific missions. Recently, he served as the scientific coordinator for the HALO aircraft campaigns WISE in Ireland (2017), SouthTrac in Patagonia (2019), and PHILEAS in Alaska (2023) (Riese et al., in prep.).

A key focus of his methodological expertise is infrared remote sensing. Martin Riese was one of the lead scientists on the CRISTA Space Shuttle experiments (STS-66 and STS-85), which provided global IR limb observations with unprecedented spatial resolution (Offermann et al., 1999; Riese et al., 1999). Together with his team and colleagues from KIT, he proposed the limb imaging method to study dynamic and chemical processes in the upper troposphere and stratosphere (Riese et al., 2005; 2014). This method was further developed under ESA's Earth observation program and today forms the basis for ESA's Earth Explorer (EE-11) candidate mission CAIRT.

Currently, Martin Riese serves as a member of the mission advisory group for ESA’s FORUM mission (“Far Infrared Radiation Understanding and Monitoring”), which focuses on the radiative feedback of water vapor and ice clouds and is scheduled for launch in 2027 (EE-9).

Martin Riese has been actively involved in various self-administration committees in science. He has served as Chairman of the Scientific and Technical Council of FZJ, Chairman of the Council of FZJ’s doctoral program, and as an elected member of the Review Board for Atmosphere, Ocean, and Climate of the German Science Foundation (DFG).