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Albert Ansmann

Albert Ansmann

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Environmental Sciences
Germany
2023

D-Index & Metrics

Environmental Sciences

D-Index
101
Citations
31051
World Ranking
365
National Ranking
24

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2023 - Research.com Environmental Sciences in Germany Leader Award

Overview

Albert Ansmann is affiliated with the Leibniz Association in Germany. Their research primarily focuses on environmental science and earth and planetary sciences, with a strong emphasis on atmospheric science and global and planetary change.

Ansmann's work has explored various aspects of atmospheric aerosols, clouds, and their interactions within the Earth's system. The scientist has contributed extensively to topics including atmospheric chemistry and aerosols, atmospheric and environmental gas dynamics, atmospheric ozone and climate, aeolian processes and effects, fire effects on ecosystems, and meteorological phenomena and simulations.

Their notable recent publications include:

  • "A review of coarse mineral dust in the Earth system," 2022, Aeolian Research
  • "Smoke of extreme Australian bushfires observed in the stratosphere over Punta Arenas, Chile, in January 2020: optical thickness, lidar ratios, and depolarization ratios at 355 and 532 nm," 2020, Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics
  • "Californian Wildfire Smoke Over Europe: A First Example of the Aerosol Observing Capabilities of Aeolus Compared to Ground-Based Lidar," 2021, Geophysical Research Letters
  • "Tropospheric and stratospheric wildfire smoke profiling with lidar: mass, surface area, CCN, and INP retrieval," 2021, Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics
  • "The unexpected smoke layer in the High Arctic winter stratosphere during MOSAiC 2019-2020," 2021, Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics

Frequent co-authors of Ansmann include:

  • Holger Baars
  • Ronny Engelmann
  • Martin Radenz
  • Dietrich Althausen
  • Patric Seifert

Albert Ansmann's research has been published predominantly in the following venues:

  • Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics
  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
  • Atmospheric Measurement Techniques
  • EPJ Web of Conferences
  • Atmospheric Environment

Best Publications

  • Independent measurement of extinction and backscatter profiles in cirrus clouds by using a combined Raman elastic-backscatter lidar

    Albert Ansmann;Ulla Wandinger;Maren Riebesell;Claus Weitkamp

  • Measurement of atmospheric aerosol extinction profiles with a Raman lidar

    Albert Ansmann;Maren Riebesell;Claus Weitkamp

  • Depolarization ratio profiling at several wavelengths in pure Saharan dust during SAMUM 2006.

    Volker Freudenthaler;Michael Esselborn;Matthias Wiegner;Birgit Heese

  • Aerosol-type-dependent lidar ratios observed with Raman lidar

    D. Müller;A. Ansmann;I. Mattis;M. Tesche

  • Combined raman elastic-backscatter LIDAR for vertical profiling of moisture, aerosol extinction, backscatter, and LIDAR ratio

    A. Ansmann;M. Riebesell;U. Wandinger;C. Weitkamp

  • EARLINET: towards an advanced sustainable European aerosol lidar network

    G. Pappalardo;A. Amodeo;A. Apituley;A. Comeron

  • Vertically resolved separation of dust and smoke over Cape Verde using multiwavelength Raman and polarization lidars during Saharan Mineral Dust Experiment 2008

    M. Tesche;A. Ansmann;D. Müller;D. Müller;D. Althausen

  • Microphysical particle parameters from extinction and backscatter lidar data by inversion with regularization: simulation.

    Detlef Müller;Ulla Wandinger;Albert Ansmann

  • Long-range transport of Saharan dust to northern Europe : The 11-16 October 2001 outbreak observed with EARLINET

    Albert Ansmann;Jens Bösenberg;Anatoli Chaikovsky;Adolfo Comerón

  • Characterization of Saharan dust, marine aerosols and mixtures of biomass-burning aerosols and dust by means of multi-wavelength depolarization and Raman lidar measurements during SAMUM 2

    Silke Groß;Matthias Tesche;Volker Freudenthaler;Carlos Toledano;Carlos Toledano

  • Airborne observations of the Eyjafjalla volcano ash cloud over Europe during air space closure in April and May 2010

    U. Schumann;B. Weinzierl;O. Reitebuch;H. Schlager

  • Experimental determination of the lidar overlap profile with Raman lidar.

    Ulla Wandinger;Albert Ansmann

  • Continuous monitoring of the boundary-layer top with lidar

    H. Baars;A. Ansmann;R. Engelmann;D. Althausen

  • The automated multiwavelength Raman polarization and water-vapor lidar Polly XT : the neXT generation

    Ronny Engelmann;Thomas Kanitz;Holger Baars;Birgit Heese

  • Saharan Mineral Dust Experiments SAMUM-1 and SAMUM-2 : what have we learned?

    Albert Ansmann;Andreas Petzold;Konrad Kandler;Ina Tegen

  • Aerosol lidar intercomparison in the framework of the EARLINET project. 3. Raman lidar algorithm for aerosol extinction, backscatter, and lidar ratio

    G. Pappalardo;A. Amodeo;M. Pandolfi;U. Wandinger

  • The Saharan Aerosol Long-Range Transport and Aerosol–Cloud-Interaction Experiment: Overview and Selected Highlights

    B. Weinzierl;A. Ansmann;J. Prospero;D. Althausen

  • An overview of the first decade of Polly NET : an emerging network of automated Raman-polarization lidars for continuous aerosol profiling

    Holger Baars;Thomas Kanitz;Thomas Kanitz;Ronny Engelmann;Dietrich Althausen

  • Aerosol lidar intercomparison in the framework of the EARLINET project. 2.Aerosol backscatter algorithms

    Ch. Böckmann;U. Wandinger;A. Ansmann;J. Bösenberg

  • Raman lidar observations of aged Siberian and Canadian forest fire smoke in the free troposphere over Germany in 2003 : Microphysical particle characterization

    Detlef Müller;Ina Mattis;Ulla Wandinger;Albert Ansmann

  • The 16 April 2010 major volcanic ash plume over central Europe: EARLINET lidar and AERONET photometer observations at Leipzig and Munich, Germany

    A. Ansmann;M. Tesche;S. Groß;V. Freudenthaler

  • Depolarization and lidar ratios at 355, 532, and 1064 nm and microphysical properties of aged tropospheric and stratospheric Canadian wildfire smoke

    Moritz Haarig;Albert Ansmann;Holger Baars;Cristofer Jimenez

Frequent Co-Authors

Dietrich Althausen
Dietrich Althausen Leibniz Association
Detlef Müller
Detlef Müller University of Hertfordshire
Ronny Engelmann
Ronny Engelmann Leibniz Association
Ulla Wandinger
Ulla Wandinger Leibniz Association
Holger Baars
Holger Baars Leibniz Institute for Tropospheric Research
Ina Mattis
Ina Mattis German Meteorological Service
Patric Seifert
Patric Seifert Leibniz Association
Matthias Tesche
Matthias Tesche Leipzig University
Volker Freudenthaler
Volker Freudenthaler Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München
Vassilis Amiridis
Vassilis Amiridis National Observatory of Athens

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