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2026

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125
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52134
World Ranking
98
National Ranking
7

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Environmental Sciences in Germany Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Environmental Sciences in Germany Leader Award
  • 2023 - Research.com Environmental Sciences in Germany Leader Award
  • 2022 - Research.com Environmental Sciences in Germany Leader Award

Overview

Alfred Wiedensohler is affiliated with the Leibniz Institute for Tropospheric Research in Germany and has a significant research footprint in the fields of Environmental Science and Earth and Planetary Sciences. Their work primarily focuses on atmospheric science and related subfields, including health, toxicology and mutagenesis, global and planetary change, environmental engineering, and automotive engineering.

Their research topics cover a broad spectrum associated with atmospheric chemistry and aerosols, air quality and health impacts, atmospheric aerosols and clouds, air quality monitoring and forecasting, atmospheric ozone and climate, vehicle emissions and performance, and atmospheric and environmental gas dynamics.

Alfred Wiedensohler has contributed extensively to various scientific journals, with frequent publications appearing in:

  • Atmospheric chemistry and physics
  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
  • Environment International
  • Atmospheric measurement techniques
  • Atmospheric Environment

The scientist's recent papers include:

  • European aerosol phenomenology − 8: Harmonised source apportionment of organic aerosol using 22 Year-long ACSM/AMS datasets, 2022, Environment International
  • An Overview on the Role of Relative Humidity in Airborne Transmission of SARS-CoV-2 in Indoor Environments, 2020, Aerosol and Air Quality Research
  • Mutual promotion between aerosol particle liquid water and particulate nitrate enhancement leads to severe nitrate-dominated particulate matter pollution and low visibility, 2020, Atmospheric chemistry and physics
  • A global analysis of climate-relevant aerosol properties retrieved from the network of Global Atmosphere Watch (GAW) near-surface observatories, 2020, Atmospheric measurement techniques
  • No Evidence for a Significant Impact of Heterogeneous Chemistry on Radical Concentrations in the North China Plain in Summer 2014, 2020, Environmental Science & Technology

Among their scholarly contributions is the book titled Geografski oris občine Loški Potok, published in 2022 by Znanstvena založba Filozofske fakultete Univerze v Ljubljani (Ljubljana University Press, Faculty of Arts) eBooks.

Alfred Wiedensohler has collaborated frequently with several coauthors, including:

  • Maik Merkel
  • Kay Weinhold
  • Hartmut Herrmann
  • Thomas Tuch
  • Tuukka Petäjä

Best Publications

  • Recommendations for reporting "black carbon" measurements

    Andreas Petzold;John A. Ogren;Markus Fiebig;Pablo Laj

  • The "dual-spot" Aethalometer: an improved measurement of aerosol black carbon with real-time loading compensation

    L. Drinovec;G. Močnik;P. Zotter;P. Zotter;A. S. H. Prévôt

  • A European aerosol phenomenology—1: physical characteristics of particulate matter at kerbside, urban, rural and background sites in Europe

    Rita Van Dingenen;Frank Raes;Jean-P Putaud;Urs Baltensperger

  • Mobility particle size spectrometers: harmonization of technical standards and data structure to facilitate high quality long-term observations of atmospheric particle number size distributions

    A. Wiedensohler;W. Birmili;A. Nowak;A. Sonntag

  • A European aerosol phenomenology 3: Physical and chemical characteristics of particulate matter from 60 rural, urban, and kerbside sites across Europe

    J.-P. Putaud;R. Van Dingenen;A. Alastuey;H. Bauer

  • Performance Characteristics of a High-Sensitivity, Three-Wavelength, Total Scatter/Backscatter Nephelometer

    T.L. Anderson;D.S. Covert;S.F. Marshall;M.L. Laucks

  • Rapid aerosol particle growth and increase of cloud condensation nucleus activity by secondary aerosol formation and condensation: A case study for regional air pollution in northeastern China

    A. Wiedensohler;Y. F. Cheng;A. Nowak;B. Wehner

  • Hygroscopic properties of submicrometer atmospheric aerosol particles measured with H-TDMA instruments in various environments—a review

    Erik Swietlicki;H-C Hansson;K Hameri;Birgitta Svenningsson

  • Size distribution, mass concentration, chemical and mineralogical composition and derived optical parameters of the boundary layer aerosol at Tinfou, Morocco, during SAMUM 2006

    K. Kandler;L. Schütz;C. Deutscher;M. Ebert

  • Contribution of particle formation to global cloud condensation nuclei concentrations

    Dominick V. Spracklen;Kenneth S. Carslaw;Markku Kulmala;Veli-Matti Kerminen

  • Wintertime aerosol chemical composition and source apportionment of the organic fraction in the metropolitan area of Paris

    M. Crippa;P. F. Decarlo;P. F. Decarlo;J. G. Slowik;C. Mohr;C. Mohr

  • Cloud condensation nuclei in polluted air and biomass burning smoke near the mega-city Guangzhou, China – Part 1: Size-resolved measurements and implications for the modeling of aerosol particle hygroscopicity and CCN activity

    D. Rose;A. Nowak;P. Achtert;A. Wiedensohler

  • Long term measurements of submicrometer urban aerosols: statistical analysis for correlations with meteorological conditions and trace gases

    B. Wehner;A. Wiedensohler

  • Characterization and intercomparison of aerosol absorption photometers: result of two intercomparison workshops

    T. Müller;J.S. Henzing;G. De Leeuw;G. De Leeuw;G. De Leeuw;A. Wiedensohler

  • General overview: European Integrated project on Aerosol Cloud Climate and Air Quality interactions (EUCAARI) - integrating aerosol research from nano to global scales

    M. Kulmala;A. Asmi;H. K. Lappalainen;H. K. Lappalainen;U. Baltensperger

  • The Arctic Cloud Puzzle: Using ACLOUD/PASCAL Multiplatform Observations to Unravel the Role of Clouds and Aerosol Particles in Arctic Amplification

    Manfred Wendisch;Andreas Macke;André Ehrlich;Christof Lüpkes

  • The effect of particle size on cardiovascular disorders--the smaller the worse.

    Ulrich Franck;Siad Odeh;Alfred Wiedensohler;Birgit Wehner

  • Particle number size distribution in the urban atmosphere of Beijing, China

    Zhijun Wu;Min Hu;Peng Lin;Shang Liu

  • Warming-induced increase in aerosol number concentration likely to moderate climate change

    Pauli Paasonen;Pauli Paasonen;Ari Asmi;Tuukka Petäjä;Maija K. Kajos

  • Civil Aircraft for the regular investigation of the atmosphere based on an instrumented container: The new CARIBIC system

    C. A. M. Brenninkmeijer;P. J. Crutzen;F. Boumard;T. Dauer

  • Regional Integrated Experiments on Air Quality over Pearl River Delta 2004 (PRIDE-PRD2004): Overview

    Y. H. Zhang;M. Hu;L. J. Zhong;A. Wiedensohler

  • New particle formation in Beijing, China: Statistical analysis of a 1‐year data set

    Zhijun Wu;Min Hu;Shang Liu;Birgit Wehner

  • On the roles of sulphuric acid and low-volatility organic vapours in the initial steps of atmospheric new particle formation

    P. Paasonen;T. Nieminen;E. Asmi;H. E. Manninen

  • A European aerosol phenomenology-3: Physical and chemical characteristics of particulate matter from 60 rural, urban, and kerbside sites across Europe

    J. P. Putaud;R. Van Dingenen;A. Alastuey;H. Bauer

Frequent Co-Authors

Wolfram Birmili
Wolfram Birmili German Environment Agency
Birgit Wehner
Birgit Wehner Leibniz Association
Paolo Laj
Paolo Laj Grenoble Alpes University
Hartmut Herrmann
Hartmut Herrmann Leibniz Association
Erik Swietlicki
Erik Swietlicki Lund University
Markku Kulmala
Markku Kulmala University of Helsinki
Yafang Cheng
Yafang Cheng Max Planck Institute for Chemistry
Laurent Poulain
Laurent Poulain Leibniz Association
N. Ma
N. Ma Jinan University
Thomas Tuch
Thomas Tuch Leibniz Association

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