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Albrecht Neftel

Albrecht Neftel

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Environmental Sciences

D-Index
67
Citations
15130
World Ranking
1990
National Ranking
55

Overview

Albrecht Neftel is affiliated with the University of Bern in Switzerland and has contributed extensively to the field of Environmental Science. Their research spans multiple subfields, including Global and Planetary Change, Pollution, Process Chemistry and Technology, Atmospheric Science, and Building and Construction.

The scientist's main areas of study focus on Atmospheric and Environmental Gas Dynamics, Wastewater Treatment and Nitrogen Removal, Odor and Emission Control Technologies, Plant Water Relations and Carbon Dynamics, Atmospheric Chemistry and Aerosols, Anaerobic Digestion and Biogas Production, and Hydrocarbon Exploration and Reservoir Analysis.

Notable recent publications by Neftel include:

  • Ammonia and greenhouse gas emissions from slurry storage - A review, 2020, Agriculture Ecosystems & Environment
  • Effect of management and weather variations on the greenhouse gas budget of two grasslands during a 10-year experiment, 2020, Agriculture Ecosystems & Environment
  • Intercomparison of in situ measurements of ambient NH 3: instrument performance and application under field conditions, 2022, Atmospheric Measurement Techniques
  • Carbon-nitrogen interactions in European forests and semi-natural vegetation - Part 1: Fluxes and budgets of carbon, nitrogen and greenhouse gases from ecosystem monitoring and modelling, 2020, Biogeosciences
  • Assessment of the inverse dispersion method for the determination of methane emissions from a dairy housing, 2021, Agricultural and Forest Meteorology

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Neftel are:

  • Christoph Häni (13 publications)
  • Thomas Küpper (12 publications)
  • Christof Ammann (6 publications)
  • Jörg Sintermann (6 publications)
  • Christophe Fléchard (5 publications)

The scientist regularly publishes in several venues, with the most frequent being:

  • Atmospheric Measurement Techniques (3 publications)
  • Biogeosciences (3 publications)
  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research) (3 publications)
  • Agriculture Ecosystems & Environment (2 publications)
  • Agricultural and Forest Meteorology (2 publications)

Best Publications

  • Atmospheric composition change: Ecosystems–Atmosphere interactions

    D. Fowler;Kim Pilegaard;M.A. Sutton;Per Ambus

  • Evidence from polar ice cores for the increase in atmospheric CO2 in the past two centuries

    A. Neftel;E. Moor;H. Oeschger;B. Stauffer

  • Ice core sample measurements give atmospheric CO 2 content during the past 40,000 yr

    A. Neftel;H. Oeschger;J. Schwander;B. Stauffer

  • Full accounting of the greenhouse gas (CO2, N2O, CH4) budget of nine European grassland sites

    J.F. Soussana;V. Allard;K. Pilegaard;P. Ambus

  • CO 2 record in the Byrd ice core 50,000–5,000 years bp

    A. Neftel;H. Oeschger;T. Staffelbach;B. Stauffer

  • The carbon budget of newly established temperate grassland depends on management intensity

    C. Ammann;C.R. Flechard;J. Leifeld;A. Neftel

  • Effects of climate and management intensity on nitrous oxide emissions in grassland systems across Europe

    C.R. Flechard;P. Ambus;U. Skiba;R.M. Rees

  • Continuous Impurity Analysis Along the Dye 3 Deep Core

    C. U. Hammer;H. B. Clausen;W. Dansgaard;A. Neftel

  • Sulphate and nitrate concentrations in snow from South Greenland 1895–1978

    A. Neftel;J. Beer;H. Oeschger;F. Zürcher

  • Nitrous acid formation in the urban atmosphere: Gradient measurements of NO2 and HONO over grass in Milan, Italy

    Jochen Stutz;Björn Alicke;Björn Alicke;Albrecht Neftel

  • Increase of Atmospheric Methane Recorded in Antarctic Ice Core

    B. Stauffer;G. Fischer;A. Neftel;H. Oeschger

  • Challenges in quantifying biosphere–atmosphere exchange of nitrogen species

    M.A. Sutton;E. Nemitz;J.W Erisman;C. Beier

  • Symbiotic relationships between soil fungi and plants reduce N2O emissions from soil.

    S Franz Bender;Faline Plantenga;Albrecht Neftel;Markus Jocher

  • Ammonia and greenhouse gas emissions from slurry storage - A review

    Thomas Kupper;Christoph Häni;Albrecht Neftel;Chris Kincaid

  • Large perturbations of ammonium and organic acids content in the summit‐Greenland Ice Core. Fingerprint from forest fires?

    M. Legrand;M. De Angelis;T. Staffelbach;A. Neftel

  • Bi‐directional soil/atmosphere N2O exchange over two mown grassland systems with contrasting management practices

    Christophe R. Flechard;Albrecht Neftel;Markus Jocher;Christof Ammann

  • Continuous measurements of hydrogen peroxide, formaldehyde, calcium and ammonium concentrations along the new grip ice core from summit, Central Greenland

    Katrin Fuhrer;Albrecht Neftel;Martin Anklin;Valter Maggi

  • Eddy covariance flux measurements of biogenic VOCs during ECHO 2003 using proton transfer reaction mass spectrometry

    C. Spirig;A. Neftel;C. Ammann;J. Dommen

  • Assessment of the nitrogen and carbon budget of two managed temperate grassland fields

    Christof Ammann;Christoph Spirig;Jens Leifeld;Albrecht Neftel

  • A record of the atmospheric methane sink from formaldehyde in polar ice cores

    Thomas Staffelbach;Albrecht Neftel;Bernhard Stauffer;Daniel Jacob

  • Technical note: Water vapour concentration and flux measurements with PTR-MS

    C. Ammann;A. Brunner;C. Spirig;A. Neftel

Frequent Co-Authors

Christof Ammann
Christof Ammann Federal Council
Christoph Spirig
Christoph Spirig MeteoSwiss Regional Center
Eiko Nemitz
Eiko Nemitz UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology
Pierre Cellier
Pierre Cellier University of Paris-Saclay
Mark A. Sutton
Mark A. Sutton Natural Environment Research Council
Benjamin Loubet
Benjamin Loubet University of Paris-Saclay
Christophe Flechard
Christophe Flechard INRAE : Institut national de recherche pour l'agriculture, l'alimentation et l'environnement
Martin Gallagher
Martin Gallagher University of Manchester
Hans Oeschger
Hans Oeschger University of Bern
Jens Leifeld
Jens Leifeld University of Basel

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